Wow, there are some very inventive minds over here ;) cinhcet, so how did you cut the panel ? With a router, a cutter, schaeffer ?? When you say the meters are too slow, you're tlaking about the refresh rate and/or the lantency with respect to the audio signal ? I would have thought even if there is a delay you still get to see if a track is hot or not, if there is signal clipping. It would be nice for me when I'm tracking as I already have my fingers busy playing the instrument and adjusting gain, so these would save me clicking back and forth to get the meters to show in the sequencer / mixer application. Thanks for your tips. As for the panel I plan to do a hybrid one: almost horizontal main aluminium panel : faders, vpots + ledrings and switches mounted on custom designed PCB underneath the panel. Holes drilled by me and fader slots cut with a jigsaw (not sure if its the right term) slanted plexiglas panel/window, no holes drilled, underneath which i'll mount one or several pcb holding the LCDs, the meters and the LTC display + rude solo light. I need to find some tinted plexi for this and paint the inside black, otherwise it might look a bit strange What do you think about this ?