[sdiy] banana sockets

[Rude 66]

i certainly hear no difference between the serge modular (bananas) and
others. if anything crosstalks, it can be the matrix system on the 2500, but
it does so in a 'happy accidental' way most of the time.

most of my home built stuff is bananas.. but the crosstalk problems i had
were with my 76477 synth, which doesn't have banana's but switches. my only
issue with bananas is that they have to be almost filed to bare metal to
solder. wires just don't stick to them as easy as to jack plugs.

another thing you can do to connect it to the outside world is a small
banana- jack converter.


troy, what do you mean by 'all metal'? the ones i use do have plastic caps
in front and back, but so do the ones on the serge. they're almost 25 years
old and still work fine..


ruud



----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen" <mclilith at charter.net>
To: "Oren Leavitt" <oleavitt at ix.netcom.com>; "SynthDIY"
<synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] banana sockets


> At 02:56 PM 7/9/04 , Oren Leavitt wrote:
>
> >With the high signal levels used in most modulars, noise pickup should
> >be negligable.
>
> I've never had the luxury of owning a modular system, but I've always
> wondered about whether they "radiated" any interference from all those
> unshielded patch cords. Remember, it doesn't have to be "radio
frequencies"
> to cause some interference with other gear.
>
> I also wonder if a large modular system would pass FCC emission and
> susceptibility standards. I don't think modulars were tested for such
> things back in their heyday. I think most of them are sold as kits now,
and
> probably escape testing through some loophole in the rules.
>
>
> later,
> Glen