Post Your KLEE Panels Designs Here

a.b.o.z. · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:08 am Post subject:

scott where is your klee?
Smile

i'm only 400km from mine Very Happy

i'm in my wifes home town down on adriatic coast.
it is darn hot. juck Razz

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:

Luka · Joined: Jun 29, 2007 Posts: 1003 Location: Melb.

that panel looks great thomas, the line of switches is good thinking, i might re-make my panel based on that design while im still waiting for money to buy panel components

Scott Stites · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject:

Well, actually Andy, it's not such a bad idea - it may work quite well for others. I think we'll find that one person's Klee is another's Clover Laughing

My Klee is in Kansas, but I'm in Penang, Malaysia right now for a good long time ('til end of July). Not sure if it's *really* 10,000 miles, but I figure it's close to that. I'm closer to Andy's Klee than to mine.

Hmmmm.........

Scott Stites · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject:

I keep forgetting to mention that is one spankin' badass circular panel! Very nice indeed.

Uncle Krunkus · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:29 am Post subject:

sduck · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject:

So here's mine. I probably get the award for ugliest klee panel yet.

Folks who also look in the modularsynthpanels yahoo group have already seen this, and the .fpd file is available there - I can post it here also if there's any interest.

I just wanted something that would fit right into my otherwise mostly motm format synth. It's actually Clickmrmike's design, with some slight tweaks of the switch positioning and labeling. I basically took an old milton panel design and modified the bottom of it.

Apologies for getting the electro-music Klee label wrong - I didn't read all of the applications and build thread until after I designed it.

So anyway, this panel is on its way to me from Seattle as of now, and I've got the boards half stuffed, and many of the panel parts are here or are on the way also. When I posted this design on modularsynthpanels, it seemed to get things going, and Thomas White did his amazing oval design, which'll also work for my purposes, so I'll probably end up getting one of those once Scott Deyo starts producing them cheaply. I like this straightforward, linear design, but I also really like the oval design - one can have 2 klees, right? This is assuming that eventually there'll be a third board run (hope!).

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fonik · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:51 am Post subject:

mono-poly · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:30 am Post subject:

Wiard Klee

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State Machine · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject:

sduck · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject:

mono-poly · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:07 am Post subject:

It is DIY for in my Wiard setup.

Scott Stites · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject:

Man, that is just absolutely beautiful.

bugfight · Joined: Aug 02, 2007 Posts: 188 Location: Arlington, TX USA

Luka · Joined: Jun 29, 2007 Posts: 1003 Location: Melb.

well here is my contribution

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my modular panel material is a bit different from most,
im using rusty steel that i have found around our warehouse.
so here is my rusty klee.
sorry about photo quality

im still waiting for my switches,
then ill finally check the circuit build for any problems.
so excited !

cant wait to hear this baby in action

sduck · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject:

At first glance I went "ewww, that's some serious funk". But then I found I couldn't look away - that panel has some serious depth, and looks like it'll be real fun to use. Cool variant on the steampunk thing. Thanks for sharing!

Luka · Joined: Jun 29, 2007 Posts: 1003 Location: Melb.

yeah its a bit grimey. but i kinda like that

one day ill have some cash and ill get some aluminium panels cut for all my panels, for now i like the industrial rust edge. this machine is going to make good noise so rust fits in with that theme Smile

seraph · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:34 am Post subject:

Sound · Joined: Jun 06, 2006 Posts: 842 Audio files: 1

OH! Luka! Its amazing!

Please, could you upload a high resolution picture? I would like to look your klee more detailed!

Could you explain how you do your front panels a little bit?

Thanks!

Luka · Joined: Jun 29, 2007 Posts: 1003 Location: Melb.

ok, ill try find a camera (and ill chuck into this post)

Basically i found lots of sheets of 1mm steel which were rusty as hell (only surface rust and only slighty correoded on one side). i pulled out our angle grinder and cut it to measure a moog unit system. desinged the panel in photoshop ( i actually designed it for brass but i made it in rust to suffice for the moment but i think ill keep a whole cabinet in rust now )

drilled the holes with a drill press, and labeled it by hand with a sharpie. drilling wasnt too hard, it was a lot easier than i expected however i never had drilled much aluminium before this. after making some aluminium panels for other people i must say it is so malable and easy to work with Smile

so then i added led bezels and some cheap knob that im using for my whole cabinet. now waiting for switches. (200 on the way) i hate waiting for international deliveries Sad

i have an enitre rack near completion of modular done in rusty steel. i like it a lot. it is a good means of recycling, it looks a lot different to most people's modular systems, and it is so much fun using angle grinders and heavy metal tools Smile

it also has a industrial edge and seems fitting for a modular synth.

attached is my design, soon to come high res pictures if i find a camera
the rust has a really amazing natural corrosion patterns so ill put some time into take the photos right once i find a camera

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klee panel design, ive changes a few slight things when i drilled and marked the panel
main differences are the position of the merge T&G, the colour of the LEDs, and that i wont be using push buttons for the inner row of switches (obviously the switc

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sduck

Ok, here's 2 pics of my ugly duckling klee in it's current state. Just a ton of wiring to do yet. I wanted to get a halfway decent pic as I'm off on vacation next week, and won't be able to work on the thing, and need a pic to keep my head in the game. I just threw the knobs on loosely for the picture - don't want to mess them up while soldering tons of wires on the back - but also wanted to have a feel for how the thing will look like completed, and so I could fulfill the instructions on the bottom of page 21.

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Luka · Joined: Jun 29, 2007 Posts: 1003 Location: Melb.

im really not looking forward to wiring the beast ;; sigh
have a nice holliday sduck Wink

State Machine · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:14 am Post subject:

Been looking at the panels guys and I continue to be amazed at the variations ....... great work to all !!!! I love it Wink

Bill

softfin · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:42 am Post subject:

I finally bite the bullet and designed a panel for my Klee. Very Happy

I used Fonik's panel layout as a starting point and modified it quite a bit to better suit my tastes (bigger sliders).
The price estimate for the panel was a positive surprise: it will probably cost only a little more than 100eur Smile

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Rykhaard · Joined: Sep 02, 2007 Posts: 1290 Location: Canada