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    <font face="Arial">That is the WHOLE POINT of the EuroSynth
      Specification. To try and get some sense and control back in to it
      before <font face="Arial">the whole EuroRack concept just dies  a
        self-generate deat<font face="Arial">h.<br>
          <br>
          <font face="Arial">Many of the points you raised are covered
            by the specification.</font> Some can't.<br>
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          <font face="Arial">We specify M3 which is the norm now in
            EuroRack although M2.5 was always the original 19" rack
            option.<br>
            <font face="Arial">You can't force metal manufacturers to
              make only one form of rail and they certainly won't do it
              for </font>the EuroRack or any other market. the 19"
            specification refers to the height, width and other factors
            but not the the depth of the slots  or even that you have to
            have threaded strips.<br>
            <font face="Arial">Lipless rails are NOT Eurorack, they are
              FracRack. I don't know where that idea came from but every
              19" rack system I have seen since 1970+ has had lipped
              rails. The feeble argument <font face="Arial">for lipless
                rails is the extra panel space - but that is incredibly
                weak considering how incompatible it is with the other
                systems.<br>
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                <font face="Arial">Power Connector solution IS</font>
                poor but a decision was made with the EuroSynth
                Specification to acknowledge that their are probably
                millions of modules out there using it and not any sense
                in changing it to a totally different type. What the
                EuroSynth Specification does do is refine the busb<font
                  face="Arial">oard side of the connect<font
                    face="Arial">or to make it work better<font
                      face="Arial">, and YES, it is still backwards
                      compatible with existing EuroRack</font></font></font>
                systems.<br>
                <br>
                <font face="Arial">Bringing</font> out a new connector
                in EuroRack has been tried before and i think the sales
                volumes show that it doesn't work. Our busboards and
                modules already have a dual-footprint for IDC or 0.156"
                (MOTM) connectors so we can ALREADY manufacture<font
                  face="Arial"> our own Eurorack systems using a
                  superior connector solution but you try convincing</font>
                the 1000's of existing users to change all their systems
                over because YOU want to use a better connector.... <br>
                <font face="Arial">There are a bucket load of threads</font>
                about reversed connectors, impedance problems and lots
                of long-winded suggestions on how to resolve it but even
                the 'EuroRack Manufacturers' have <font face="Arial">state
                  that they</font> won't change (why? because they are
                (a) scared of upset<font face="Arial">ting a few
                  existing users and (b) can't be bothered to </font>admit
                the problem and make the tiny changes needed for even
                the simplest of improvements)<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21/10/2017 5:45 AM, Roman wrote:<br>
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      <div>Why bother with color jacks since whole eurorack is a mess!<br>
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      <div>Power source - no specs at all, power cable - crap, power
        connector - mistake, mounting screws - M3 or M2.5 or
        inch-something, various rail types resulting in different srew
        lenght requirement, rails with or without lip, mounting holes in
        if full HP or half-HP location, sliding nuts - insanity, panel
        thickness and materials, from 1 to 5mm, and I haven't even
        touched CV ranges, neither in/out impedances, this list can go
        on and on.<br>
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      <div>And anybody considering standarize jack colors? Gimme a
        break. How about uniform font?<br>
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      <div>Roman<br>
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        <p>Dnia 20 października 2017 19:39 Quincas Moreira
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            <div>I think I prefer the way Random Source does the Serge
              colour coding in Euro, it goes on the panel rather than on
              the jack. just a coloured circle around each jack. And
              keep it simple, just red, black and blue, more becomes
              messy, IMo<br>
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            <div>Sent from my iPad<br>
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              <div>On Oct 20, 2017, at 11:41 AM, Vladimir Pantelic
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vladoman@gmail.com"><vladoman@gmail.com></a> wrote:<br>
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              <div>except for the Doepfer range, no other module I have
                uses these right angle Cliff jacks. And I don't even
                know where to buy the colored version from.<br>
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              <div>so unless I do full color print panels, I see not way
                to implement this scheme even if I wanted.<br>
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                <div>On 10/20/2017 06:05 PM, Andre Majorel wrote:<br>
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                <div>I think that it would make panels look like angry
                  fruit salads<br>
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                <div>and that might be counter-productive. A quick way
                  to tell<br>
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                <div>outputs from inputs would be nice, though.
                  Something like the<br>
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                <div>Cwejman S1 but using brightness rather than hue. Eg
                  white for<br>
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                <div>outputs, black for inputs.<br>
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