Wiardgroup

>> Lights have a purpose, just as knobs and switches have a 
purpose. If  the idea of LEDs is to entertain moreso than inform, 
then what you  have is a toy or mere stage dressing. Why not go all 
the way and add spinning disks, glowing red dials, Jacob's ladders 
and other gewgaws?<<

Grant wrote:

>You mean like the LED Barber Poles on the new Buchla 200 
modules?<

I'm afraid I don't follow (and am almost afraid to find out).  Is 
there a url where I might see this tonsorial travesty?

>> Maybe it's just me, but I think signal generation and processing 
equipment that aspires to be professional should look the part. 
As such, it should be characterized by a functional and *dignified* 
exterior.<<

>That is exactly what I was trying to do. Sorry you don't like it. 
Does a violin look unprofessional because it has scrollwork?<

Yes, if that scrollwork hasn't been correctly centered.

BTW, I very much enjoyed your LED explanation and thank you for 
taking the time to enter it.  Perhaps there is some method to your 
madness after all.  But does an LED really have to be illuminated at 
the point of zero crossing?  (Since zero = nothing, how 'bout the LED 
is OFF at that point?)  Seems like overkill to me.  I have no problem 
with green for positive and red for negative, however.
And lest you think your arguments have been for naught, I'm actually 
more intrigued by Wiard than ever.

johnm