MOTM

Well, it's clearly not for everybody, then.  

Curiously, I sold all of my Synth.com stuff because it was noisy.  I 
am most interested in the music that a system will produce and to my 
ears and taste, that means MOTM.  And I absolutely *love* the look!

Mike

--- In motm@y..., "rogerpellegrini" <pellegrini_roger@J...> wrote:
> I apologize if this going over old ground, and I understand I may 
be 
> invoking the wrath of the devoted, but in my humble opinion, the 
> rigid grid MOTM panel design is a considerable drawback to the 
> system.  My opinion is that the Moog design approach (or to 
differing 
> degrees the design of Arp 2500, Cirocco modulars, or Polyfusion 
> systems) is superior in that anyone familiar with the modules can 
> identify functions easily from a distance, a goal of good human 
> interface design.  To my eye, for example, no two Moog modules look 
> alike, whereas (nearly) all the MOTM modules do.  Look at the 
> dashboards of well-designed cars and you will see differently 
shaped 
> and sized buttons whose functions relate to their appearance and 
can 
> be identified from a distance by a driver whose attention is 
(mostly) 
> elsewhere.  Those dashboards with rows of identical buttons are 
> criticized in the automotive press.
> 
> To put this in context, I use a medium-sized modular Moog augmented 
> with a smattering of modules from MOTM, Synth.com and Blacet.  I've 
> also designed a few panels of my own over the last 20 years.  
> Recently, faced with the choice of purchasing Mixer, Noise and 
Sample 
> & Hold modules, I chose the Synth.com modules over the MOTM 
modules, 
> simply from an ergonomic standpoint, and despite the superior 
> specifications of the MOTM offerings.  I truly do like the MOTM 
> modules I currently have, and will purchase more, but there is room 
> for improvement in the interface design.
> 
> In any case, please consider the advantages of "varying the grid", 
> allowing for different knob types, and functional layout choices 
when 
> considering new panel designs.  And thank you in advance for being 
> open minded enough to consider other points of view.