To be honest if i prefer a kit or just the boards depends a lot on the pricing. If the pricing for a kit a about the same or a little bit higher thenthe bare boards + self sourcing i'd go for a kit. And i'd have to take a look at the final bom to see if i maybe already have a lot of parts of parts at home.
Complete kits usually make for a faster build since I always run into things being out of stock when self sourcing. My Ambika took six months too finish mainly because I had to wait for parts to become available in stock at every order I made. Then again if I'd bought everything in one order I would have finished it faster.
I think that I already have a nice bunch of required parts at hand, but I'll have to order some stuff anyway...
Providing full kits is going to give you quicker feedback from builders, but it's going to give you a lot more work. It's up to you to find the right balance.
I think so. yay! i haven't bought a big pile of defective PCBs \:D/ Just did a short test and went to enjoy the sun afterwards. Presets were playing fine, no hum.
hi julian looking great!! makes me think of lego "space" stuff when I was little...haven't moved on much have I
I'm with shiftr in being swayed by the moolah - if it is cheaper to self-source parts then I'd be up for boards or boards and rare parts only, then can save a bit to get a case off fcd72 (i know how you hate to see a naked machine Frank!) - if similar price then would go for kit. like ellu tho I would be hoping to source from a single place or it gets messy & I lose track! Unfortunately my stock in hand is a bag of resistors and some pink LEDs! so it's all to buy...
whatever you decide, count me in with the pioneers! \:D/ \:D/ \:D/
you have total flexible routing. you can set each channel to either left 1 right 1 left 2 right 2 stereo 1 stereo 2
aditionaly plugged in jacks are recognized. So if there is only a jack plugged into 'left 1' all other routing settings will be ignored and everything is routed to the connected jack left 1.
A Pionneer run is also useful for avoiding issues caused by components inconsistencies from one source to another. I don't know to what extent your product can be subject to this, but you might want to think about that. For instance, Olivier had an issue with certain pt2399s and he couldn't have spotted this without a pioneer run.
I think there won't be any parts related problems on the front panel (besides using a non HC version of the 4050 for the SD card ) since most of the stuff is very basic and the magic happens on the mainboard (those will be tested here).
I think sending out at least some complete kits is good to get the grip of kit preparation . Neither me nor my girlfriend have done this before (and I'm quite surprised of how many boxes are piling around me here!)
I don't want to pack all kits and afterwards realize that i could have done it in half the time if I'd optimized the process
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Just did a short test and went to enjoy the sun afterwards.
Presets were playing fine, no hum.
>:D<
pioneers complete kits sounds so good!
can you use the outs to put:
1/2 mix,
3/4 mix + metronome
I think sending out at least some complete kits is good to get the grip of kit preparation . Neither me nor my girlfriend have done this before (and I'm quite surprised of how many boxes are piling around me here!)
I don't want to pack all kits and afterwards realize that i could have done it in half the time if I'd optimized the process
>:D<