[sdiy] Should GaTech go bananas?

[harrybissell]

three words...

OK a fraction and one word...

1/8" Switchcraft !!!

H^) harry    (ARP, Aries, MiniModular (which does NOT use Switchcraft, too
bad...))

jfm3 wrote:

> In your EE labs, there are a ton of banana connectors?  There won't be
> after a pile of ramen eating undergrads build modular synths with Banana
> jacks :)
>
> 1/4" phone jacks are the One True Right and Only interconnect for audio!
> Take your heretical and blasphemous musings elsewhere, sir!
>
> More seriously: you'll have trouble converting some MOTM modules to
> banana jacks, since they use switching to operate differently when a
> plug is inserted.
>
> The students can make their own cables.  That's a different kind of
> engineering problem than what you're teaching, I suspect, but spending a
> few days building your own patch cables builds character.  After all,
> what good is the most buttery and temperature stable oscillator in the
> world if its interconnect to the VCF flakes out in a stiff breeze?
>
> Have fun :)
>
> On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 11:36 -0800, James Patchell wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> >  From a building point of view...bananas are more labor intensive that 1/4
> > inch.  From a using point of view...bananas offer a bit more
> > flexibility.  There are a number of trade offs between the two of them.
> >
> > At 11:09 AM 12/27/2005 -0800, MTG wrote:
> > >Dumb question, ... wouldn't you be replacing SHIELDED 1/4" cabling
> > >with UNSHIELDED banana plugs?
> > >
> > >In unrelated matters, I'm not so into the analog end of things (shudder),
> > >is there a similar DIY list for digital types?
> > >
> >
> >          There are quite a few of us interested in digital.  I am working
> > on a FPGA based synth, when I have time.  One list member used an AVR to
> > make a digital...etc....there are actually quite a few of us
> > here...course...I also do analog as well (my first love...I sure hope
> > analog doesn't find out I am cheating on her with digital :-)....
> >
> >
> > >GB
> > >
> >
> >          -Jim
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> > http://www.oldcrows.net/~patchell
> >
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> >