I'm in the mixed format group. And I do understand the space issue,
as I struggle with it also. However, in the mixed format system, the
different jacks are a pain in the a..! So I 're-format' by mounting
the smaller panels into blanks and adding 1/4" jacks, leaving the
original module alone. (I'm 6'3" with BIG hands and 1/8" jacks just
don't work well for me {I've broken them on several occasions}.)
Banana systems are nice, but there are too many things that really
work better with switching jacks, which don't exist in a banana
system. If possible, I hook the 1/4" jacks to the switched input on
the 1/8" jacks so I could, in fact, bypass a 1/4" patch using 1/8"
cables. (My system is Synthesizers.com, MOTM, Blacet, CGS, and ...)
LarryT
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Andre Majorel <aym-htnys@...> wrote:
>
> On 2006-06-15 04:12 -0000, coyoteous wrote:
>
> > I guess I'm with the camp that would rather buy more modules in
> > their existing formats than spend time and money to re-face them
> > - though I do respect and understand why one would want to unify
> > to one format.
>
> I think Norman's motivation is not looks but panel density. The
> difference is on the order of 40% : 8.16 cm² per front panel
> element for Modcan vs. about 11.6 cm² on average for MOTM.
>
> To put things into perspective, the figure is about 4.5 cm² for
> Doepfer and 16 cm² for Arrick.
>
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