<div dir="ltr"><div>Ho Xavier,</div><div>I don't know about the contact strength/resistance of alligator clips, but my experiences this winter with alligators on the breadboard, etc, have made me really dislike them. They perform very poorly in the cold. The rubber jackets get stiff and prevent you from being able to open the jaws, and the joints themselves also become very stiff. IMO bananas outperform anything that relies on mechanical action to make the connection. <br></div><div>Maybe you'd be fine if it's a warm place you'll by synthesizing in.</div><div>Let us know what you decide!</div><div>Colin<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 2:20 PM Xavier Butcher <<a href="mailto:zeedeeh@gmail.com">zeedeeh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Hi,<div><br></div><div>I have been planning a banana jack system, and have just seen the SOMA Pulsar 23, which actually uses M3 bolts and crocodile clips for patching! <a href="https://www.synthesizer.gr/soma-pulsar-23" target="_blank">https://www.synthesizer.gr/soma-pulsar-23</a></div><div><br></div><div>The system i’m planning is already quite unconventional as it is, battery powered with each module a separate boat made from salvaged cases, powered with ethernet cables.</div><div><br></div><div>I’m wondering if using crocodile clips is basically the same as using bananas? would there be more noise/interference issues?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Xavier</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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