From Synhouse: Moog Source Control Panel
w/62 REAL SWITCHES to Replace Membrane Panel
Completely renew and improve the
control panel of your Moog Source with this brand new replacement
control panel overlay from Synhouse, with 62 real mechanical switches inside a sandwich
assembly based on a flexible PCB with self-stick adhesive laminated to
the underside.
Moog Source membrane panels were garbage from day one and anybody knows
it. A $99 Sanyo microwave oven at Kmart has a better switch panel than
a Moog Source. And in my 39th year of working with electronic music
machines, I have yet to meet a single person who likes membrane switch
panels at all. Membrane switch panels were just a way to avoid paying
for real switches. It's unthinkable that Studio Electronics actually
designed NEW instruments with membrane switches in the 90s...Ugh. No
taste.
From a slight distance, the new Synhouse switch panel looks like the
same old Moog Source control panel, but up close and from a side angle
you can see that the brightly colored polycarbonate overlay has been
molded (yes, a mold was made for this, Synhouse owns it) with 62 raised
rectangular areas that hide the 62 real snap dome mechanical switches
inside. The switch mechanisms are most similar to those in the switches
of the E-mu Emulator II, SP1200, etc.. The switches move up and down
approximately 2 millimeters. They have positive tactile feedback when
pressed, but it is a muted sound with a low thunk, not loud and clicky
like a VCR switch.
As with all the Synhouse overlay products, it is manufactured of the
highest quality polycarbonate and adhesive with crystal clear printing
and brilliant colors.
The product in the photos below isn't streaked or
discolored, the photos watermarked with faint yellow or green writing
that says
SYNHOUSE all over it so that you know you are seeing the actual
Synhouse Moog Source button panel overlay and not one of the
defective crap membrane overlays that have been going around the forums
and
sales sites for years before this one existed. These are
photos of the real Synhouse button panel overlay that no one else sells.
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enlarge it:
