On Fri, 4 Jul 2003, Bakis Sirros wrote:

> > To all who are interested in a digital multimeter
> > suitable for A-100:
> >
> > The German electronic distributor Conrad
> > (www.conrad.de) offers a low-cost
> > digital multimeter (VC555) at 5.95 Euro (or even
> > 3.95 Euro for a limited
> > period). The advantage of this multimeter is the
> > size: 52 width x 95 height
> > x 26 thickness. The height is only 95 mm and this
> > means one could e.g. place
> > it on a A-100 blind panel e.g. by means of a
> > double-sided self-adhesive tape
> > or by screwing it to the panel. Normally multimeters
> > are much bigger. We
> > will never be able to offer a multimeter for the
> > A-100 at such a good price.
> > If there are sufficient inquiries we could ask our
> > front panel manufacturer
> > to manufacture a special blind panel with a
> > rectangle hole that fits to the
> > VC555 and a small hole for a 3.5 mm socket so that
> > one could measure each
> > A-100 signal. In this case the multimeter could be
> > placed behind the front
> > panel. But we would need at least 50 orders. Front
> > panels in smaller
> > quantities are too expensive due to the initial
> > programming and tooling
> > charges (same charges for 1, 50, 100 or 1000 front
> > panels).

This seems like an interesting project, though one that doesn't really
attract me (I don't mind multing out to my digital multimeter if I need
measurements).

My one thought on it that I'll throw out for those who would be
interested, is that it would be better to have two holes for jacks,
multed, so that you could pass the signal through the multimeter on it's
way elsewhere.

Personally, the module I'd love to see that I'm completely shocked noone
has done yet is a tuner. I keep my trusty boss tuner near my modular at
all times for getting the vcos back into musical shape after mod source or
sfx excursions. It would be so much more expedient to have a tuner in
module format, not to mention that it would cut back on my raging clutter
problem.

-Brandon (need to fine someplace to put the 777 and the machinedrum other
than the floor...)
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