[sdiy] Standard markings for modular I/O & CV versus Audio?

[ColinMuirDorward]

How about black for inputs, red for bipolar outputs, green for unipolar
outputs, for example. Then you know if you LFO is going to cross zero or
not.
Trouble is you get an existential crisis when you have a jack that can be
either input or an output, like on a passive banana to 1/4" connector, for
example.

On Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 2:45 PM Quincas Moreira, <quincas at gmail.com> wrote:

> While I agree wholeheartedly that everything is voltage, I do find it
> useful in a pinch to look at my Product and know which is the gate input
> and which are the EG outs without leaning and squinting,,,  It's just
> practical. I doesn't mean I won't patch the "wrong" signals if I want to
> but it's a visual aid that helps identify jacks quickly.
>
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 4:29 PM Eric Schlappi <eric.schlappi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm with Vladimir. I put a solid box around my outputs and encourage
>> people to use CV and audio interchangeably.
>>
>> I also normalize something to every CV attenuator, if you don't want a
>> control to do something you should turn it down. This makes for much more
>> flexible/immediate instruments and is one of the advantages 3.5mm jacks
>> have over bananas, but is obviously not suitable for every module or style
>> of patching.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 2:18 PM Vladimir Pantelic <vladoman at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> personally I find any color scheme beyond maybe separating inputs and
>>> outputs not really useful in modular and especially in Eurorack.
>>>
>>> one person's LFO is another one's kick bass oscillator and what comes
>>> out of a clock divider might be a slow logic signal or a sub bass square
>>> wave signal. CV is audio and audio is CV - embrace the wild west ;)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20.12.19 05:51, Quincas Moreira wrote:
>>> > Brian, use color coded nuts! Befaco sells them, look for Bananuts. I
>>> use
>>> > something like the Serge code. Blue for cv, black for audio, red for
>>> > logic. if i want to diferentiate between ins and outs, green for cv
>>> out,
>>> > blue in. Gold for audio out and black in.
>>> >
>>> > I did this to my FCUK Product, check it:
>>> > https://youtu.be/iRDa3DMeReQ
>>> >
>>> > Sent from my iPhone
>>> >
>>> > On Dec 19, 2019, at 22:34, rsdio at audiobanshee.com
>>> > <mailto:rsdio at audiobanshee.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Hello all,
>>> >>
>>> >> I seem to recall that some brands of modular utilize a consistent set
>>> >> of markings for Inputs, Outputs, CV (DC) & Audio (AC or DC). There’s
>>> >> also sometimes the convention that inputs are on top, and outputs are
>>> >> on the bottom, but that seems difficult to stick to for all kinds of
>>> >> modules.
>>> >>
>>> >> It seems nice to be able to glance at a front panel and know right
>>> >> away which jacks are outputs, which are inputs, which can accept CV
>>> >> and/or audio.
>>> >>
>>> >> What conventions exist? Are there conflicting conventions? Is it
>>> hopeless?
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks for any input (as long as you label the inputs),
>>> >>
>>> >> Brian Willoughby
>>> >>
>>> >> p.s. I just designed a one-off module that I thought was going to
>>> >> include a set of multiples. However, I’ve now learned that I need to
>>> >> make these active, so I have to designate which jacks are inputs
>>> >> versus outputs. I’ve already ordered the face plate for this one, but
>>> >> I’m still thinking of how I might have changed the labeling to reflect
>>> >> active versus passive.
>>> >>
>>> >>
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