
2. Designing the Front Panel
It’s Your Klee – Do What You Wanna Do
The operating console of any piece of gear is probably the most important part of the
design, and, with the
electro-music
Klee Sequencer, that is left totally in your capable
hands. The front panel of the Klee Sequencer
is
its operating console, and you will find
that is where a good 90% of your build time is spent. After that, that’s where 100% of
your operating time will be spent, so think long and hard about how
you
want it to be
arranged.
Give consideration to ergonomics – don’t put things so close together that you have to
hold your tongue just right to change one setting whilst not bumping any other settings.
Don’t put jacks in places where a plug inserted into one of them will inhibit your access
to controls. Make sure the layout and flow makes sense to you. In general, this is the
usual drill you would apply to any project of yours.
Now, you may be thinking “That’s all well and good, but what flippin’ controls go on the
damn thing in the first place?”
That’s cool. That’s a cool question. The Klee Sequencer has a number of controls most
sequencers have, but it has a few that are perhaps not so common.
So, we’re going to introduce you to two things right now – the first thing are the controls
that allow you to control your
electro-music
Klee Sequencer; the second thing is this is
the first of many, many tables we’re going to inflict upon you over the course of this
document.
The tables consist of the types of controls, connectors and indicators that make up the
Klee interface to the world. Each table will list the control, and what the function of that
control is. This may help you to determine where you want to place things. Another
recommended tome is the “Know the Klee” section of the
electro-music
Klee Sequencer
Operating Manual. This will hopefully fill in any gaps of understanding that may arise
from these short, curt tables.
So, without further ado, the tables……..
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