[sdiy] patch panel concept

[John Mahoney]

At 04:32 PM 11/22/2006, Tom Arnold wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 03:46:54PM -0500, John Mahoney wrote:
> > What I meant was, how are they wired *electrically* -- are they mono
> > or stereo, if stereo how are you using the TRS connections, etc.
>
>Oh.  Stereo jacks.  Shorting ( didnt use resistors ) between tip and ring,
>sleeve grounded.  Makes it easier to use the matrix to insert things unlike
>now on a synthi where you have to tie ground to one of the terminals outside
>of the matrix.

Regarding the grounding issue, I apparently don't understand how it 
works on Synthis! Regardless, I still like the idea of using stereo 
connections so that every connection can be attenuated or not. I've 
also considered using trimpots on some pins to make compact variable ones.
--
john