-=> Roy J. Tellason said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "POWER SUPPLY [1/2]" on 01-14-04  04:06.....

 RJT> Yeah,  sometimes you just want to fiddle with stuff.

I always do, if I can. And sometimes it has saved me a heap,
finding and fixing a fault that a pro wouldn't even bother
looking for 

 RJT> I saw some fancy studio-type equipment like that,  they pushed some
 RJT> keys on a computer-style keyboard (there was a monitor over the top of
 RJT> the "mixing console" and this software made sliders move
around and

I saw a promo video on something like that years ago. IIRC the
settings from previous mixdowns were stored on a hard disk and
read back in sync with time code on the audio tapes. Very
ingeneous!

 RJT> such.  I also recall something of the sort with Yamaha organs,  some
 RJT> years back,  where the presets would to the same sort of thing,  move
 RJT> switches and sliders around so you could get a pretty good visual
 RJT> indication of where things were.  

Natty! I have detailed diagrams of similar things operated by
pneumatics that were used on pipe organs about 100+ years ago.
Although they only had two positions, on or off.

From Greg Mayman, in beautiful Adelaide, South Australia
   "Queen City of The South"    34:55 S  138:36 E

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