[sdiy] patch connection alternatives?

[Christian Bergmiller]

I once used mini Banana Jacks.
They are sturdy but unfortunately non stackable..

look here fore a (tiny) picture:
http://www.sdiy.org/cbm/

homepage of the manufaturer of the jacks
http://products.hirschmann.de//index.php?sessiontoken=20061019080626-11111111&manid=4&CFID=&CFTOKEN=&pbparam=tid=124,pid=2420,spid=1,maid=1,view=2

or:

http://tinyurl.com/ybozmk

christian

2006/10/19, mark verbos <mverbos at earthlink.net>:
> I'm talking about Johnson, the same ones Serge and Buchla use. Mouser
> and Digikey have them for about this price in quantity 100. Maybe you
> should order them from the States.
>
> Mark
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> Fernando de Izuzquiza wrote:
>
> > here at 0,5 euros = $0,63 but buying at least 500, and theese are the
> > cheapy ones. Pomona-like cost 1,70 euros = $2,13 here!
> >
> >
> > El 19/10/2006, a las 1:13, mark verbos escribió:
> >
> >> Banana jacks are less than $.40 each. How is that too expensive?
> >>
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >> Fernando de Izuzquiza wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi.
> >>> I used Ghielmetti matrixes for some years where I studied (Phonos,
> >>> in  Barcelona).
> >>> It was quite common in electroacoustic music studios until mid  80s,
> >>> being the heart of the big synth that those kind of studios  are.
> >>> AFAIK, the matrix is expensive and the pins too. The pins tend to
> >>> loose it's goldened surface so you'd have to stock lots of spares
> >>> for  the future. It's an elegant system but expensive, imho.
> >>> AND you have to take ALL signals to the panel (a pain in the @#+*,  imo)
> >>> I have used a huge one and got seasick sometimes to find  things...
> >>> distracting if too big < > great when small (VCS3,  AKS). A studio-
> >>> size one can be a nightmare... A synth with lots  of signals, too...
> >>> Sad that (std sized) bananas are so expensive and 1/8'' so filmsy
> >>> (or  otherwise too heavy and expensive) And I find 1/4'' too big
> >>> and  violent when disconnecting.
> >>> ...this topic returns about once a year or two =:P
> >>> Fernando
> >>> PS ... not being able to decide on the connectors is my biggest
> >>> excuse for not being working in my synth!!!   =:S
> >>> El 18/10/2006, a las 23:05, RMC escribió:
> >>>
> >>>> Hello
> >>>>
> >>>> Some other patching ideas, borrowed from EMS' approach: how about
> >>>> http://monopole.ph.qmw.ac.uk/~thomas/synthdiy/patchpanels.htm
> >>>> or
> >>>> http://www.ghielmetti.ch/englisch/gktmatrix.htm
> >>>> or
> >>>> http://www.info-lite.com/index.php?info=app_req&id=6
> >>>>
> >>>> I like the Harry Bissell D-type idea - you could also look at
> >>>>
> >>>> http://makeashorterlink.com/?N28E42EFD
> >>>> http://makeashorterlink.com/?W29E42EFD
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers
> >>>>
> >>>> RMC, England
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>
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