I really don't see why you need a LINK jack at all. None of my other
filters have LINK jacks, and I hook them up in series, parallel, one
in inside the feedback loop of another, all kinds of ways. If you are
going to simply mult the input jacks together, then there's little
need for a LINK jack at all. The three filters on each board are in
parallel. Not much use in putting them in series, except to narrow a
specific band even more. If you wanted to get 6 bands, then you'd
connect two of these modules in parallel. To link them together, you'd
simply connect all the inputs together, which is exactly what the mult
does. So in the end, if you really want three inputs on each board,
and be able to link several modules together, just patch a cord
between the IN jacks on the modules.
On 10-Dec-09, at 11:32 AM, wjhall11 wrote:
> Or, reading Dave's note more carefully, does this mean there should
> be LINK OUT and LINK IN jacks to accomplish the cascade...
>
>
>
> --- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, "wjhall11" <wjhall@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Well then, stubbornly adhering to the large-knob format, so far as
>> inputs are concerned, I suggest we big-knobbers plan on taking
>> Scott's suggestion - specifically, just ganging the three inputs up
>> like a multiple. In the case of inputting an external audio
>> signal, I suppose we could put it through a mixer first - like the
>> 830 if need to, right?
>>
>> Now as for the "LINK OUTPUT" - this was intended for cascading two
>> (or more) of the polymoogs so there would, effectively, be more
>> "bands." I haven't a clue what the best way to do this is and the
>> jack was stuck there in the design before the PCBs came available
>> and we really knew what was happening.
>>
>> Dave, Scott - is this jack even necessary? Would taking the output
>> from one resonator and just sticking it into another one have the
>> desired effect of cascading them? Maybe it would be an output of
>> just the resonator without any "dry" mixed back in (via the DRY OUT
>> pot). I dunno -
>>
>> I suppose it depends on how the signal flows through the resonator
>> bands... series or parallel... or something.