[sdiy] presets on a modular

[Paul Maddox]

Richard

> So you'd need a rather hefty analogue switching matrix board, or some kind
> of digital multiplexing system. The former is expensive and complicated,
> and the latter immediately runs into issues of bandwidth and resolution.
> especially if you're planning to send audio through it. Plus it's also
> digital. ;)

ooo, someone figured it out..
To run the system I planned needed a 50Mhz digital backplane.
This gave 100khz sample rate for each in and out and the ability to have 64
modules in a single 'system'.

> I think the interface is a side problem compared to the challenge of
> designing a patching system that can route anything to anything and works
> reliably and accurately.

done, at least on paper..

> We used to have an electro-mechanical telephone system in the UK called a
> Strowger exchange. If you don't mind dedicating a room to your modular, I
> expect it would do the job easily. :)

<ROFLMAO>
You'd get deafened when you changed a patch on a big system..

Paul