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strider_mt2k
03/12/09

In reply to A Gallery of Knobs and Buttons...Because They're Amazing
Sure, it's all "OOhs and AAAAhs" until you have repair one.

Then the gnashing of teeth starts. (Not always, but often enough.)

I used to fabricate custom conrol panels for surveilance vehicles.

It's actually easier when it's your own baby, but those in the know are aware...
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Brian Butz
03/12/09

In reply to A Gallery of Knobs and Buttons...Because They're Amazing
Whatever on my other comment gettin' thrown aside. This is what the gizmo fetish is all about: knobs, sliders, and push buttons. Deep down, it's all about the signal to noise here. Respect.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
03/12/09

@Brian Butz: "Whatever on my other comment gettin' thrown aside."

Do you mean 'thrown aside' because no one replied to it?
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frigg
03/12/09

In reply to A Gallery of Knobs and Buttons...Because They're Amazing
As someone who has a studio stashed away somewhere, there's less and less buttons and knobs. People are always impressed by buttons and knobs, but most of the button and knob stuff is now routed in the computer.

The more advanced it gets, the less impressive it looks.
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Lou Esposito
03/11/09

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Mixing consoles often look like they have more buttons and knobs than they really do. All the vertical strips are duplicates and do the same thing...except each one is for a different track of audio.
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frigg
03/12/09

@Lou Esposito: You can take it one step further and say that all the knobs on that single strip basically control volume - volume at different frequencies, overall volume, volume of right channel relative to left channel, but basically, it's all about volume.
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AltheaKnukka
03/11/09

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That is absolutely stunning. I have nothing else to say besides that I want to work in a recording studio now
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zenpoet
03/12/09

@AltheaKnukka: Hey, could you turn the red knob for me? Not that one, that one. No, the other one. No, the other one. No, the other one. No, the other one.

Good! Thanks. Now turn the blue one. Hey, come back!
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