No Worries! Re: [sdiy] bananas on blacet dsc

[Cynthia Webster]

Hi Rudd!

As far as banana conversions or adjustments...

There are none!  

(at least I don't do anything special, except to run a grounding wire
between the front panel and the PCB.  I mount the PCB to the panel with
screws and threaded aluminum stand-offs, which provide a great place to
insert a little grounding lug between the panel and the standoff.

The only real concern with bananas that I find is between machines.
I always add a green banana jack somewhere on the outside of any synths that
I own that is tied to the power supply ground.  this way you have the option
of simply running a green ground wire between machines as the shield cables
of "ususal" patch cords normally do.

Honestly even this is often not required,
(usually only to cure a hum problem)


I bought over (18) of these from John and so far no problems whatsoever with
bananas!

have you seen the Dark Star hot rod modifications here?

http://www.hotrodmotm.com/ds_mods.htm

(they're pretty easy but the FILTER OUT mod requires cutting one little
trace on the pcb before adding a chip or a socket...

Best Wishes! 

Cynthia

> on 1/11/03 4:51 AM, Rude 66 at r.lekx at chello.nl wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> i just received my 76477's and a blacet dark star chaos pcb. before i start
> putting it together, i've decided it would be the coolest to use banana
> jacks for it.
> what do i do with grounding when i make this change? i've looked on john's
> tech page but the only comment i could find about bananas was about drilling
> of the holes.
> i remember a topic like this a while ago, but i can't find the exact info
> anymore..
> 
> thanks!
> 
> r./
> 
>