[sdiy] Multis for jack connections [was: Should GaTech go bananas?]

[Seb Francis]

I've never found the need for multis myself, I always just use something 
like this ...

http://www.maplin.co.uk/images/Full/1272i0.jpg
http://www.maplin.co.uk/images/Full/1169i0.jpg

Seb


Peter Grenader wrote:

>James Patchell wrote:
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>>Turns out with the signal levels you see with synths...unshielded bananas
>>work just fine.  I use both.  I prefer 1/4 for some things...bananas for
>>others.
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>I respectfully disagree with this - very respectfully.  Some modern day
>synths are throwing 16 v p to p signals about, which IMHO is too hot for non
>shielded external cabling -- too much of a risk just for the elimination of
>multiples.  Mults are a drag because they are relatively functionless and
>take valuable real estate- but it sure beats hum and bleed.
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>How to get around MFDS (Mult faceplate depletion syndrome):  I have four
>mults which I keep out of the machine. Instead I've housed them in little
>chassis boxes that I gently place where I need them and lay them carefully
>on the instrument when they are called to action.
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>Not sure it was on this list or AH, but I made a comment once that the DTG's
>on a Serge I had in here for repair would fire when I turned on my stove's
>electronic ignition in the kitchen (adjacent to where the instrument was).
>This is what convinced me.
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