a modest proposal...

[Ken Stone]

>(I'm a real newbie to synths period, let alone building one's own synths,
>so I may not understand the issue here at all)  Why use patch cords at
>all?  Why not have the modules plug into a common backplane, and use a
>computer to control routing of the sound?  TTYL!
>

Sure, this can be done, but a lot of us like the old fashioned way of
creating really big messes, and fighting through miles of patch cord in an
attempt to find that elusive knob!

Ken
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