Doepfer

150 Euros would be about a 50% premium over the cost of an 
equivalent 1/4" patchbay (e.g. Behringer Ultrapatch Pro, 2 X 24) 
which is high but not terribly unreasonable considering the product 
doesn't exist anywhere else.

The topic comes up frequently enough in this group to make me think 
that there's a reasonable demand for it. The fact that Doepfer has 
built one for themselves for use with MAQ/Schaltwerk/Regelwerk 
ought to be a big clue that the rest of us have the same kind of 
need.

The "build-it-yourself" ideas isn't bad, but I'd prefer a box/front 
panel assembly so I could use panel-mount jacks front and rear, 
instead of PCB-mount jacks, which I think would be easier to deal 
with.

Another possibility would be to offer a 19" 1U "combination" module to 
make it more marketable and bury the cost of the patchbay. I think an 
"external interface" module consisting of both midi/CV and patchbay 
would be very attractive, it would get rid of all the "wrap around" 
cables to the front of the A100.

Joe

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Bakis Sirros 
<synth_freak_2000@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- Dieter Doepfer <hardware@d...> wrote:
> > From: "Dieter Doepfer" <hardware@d...>
> > To: "Bakis Sirros" <synth_freak_2000@y...>
> > Subject: AW: [Doepfer_a100] 3.5mm patchbay?
> > Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:07:29 +0200
> > 
> > Please forward ......
> > 
> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: dustin_l_mosley
> > [mailto:dustinmosley@h...]
> > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. Juni 2003 22:29
> > > An: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> > > Betreff: [Doepfer_a100] 3.5mm patchbay?
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >   Does anyone know of a company that makes a
> > patchbay with
> > > mono 3.5mm connections on the front to help
> > integrate other
> > > pieces of gear to your a-100?  I have a few A-181s
> > (the mult with
> > > the adapter from 1/4") but it's slow and a pain to
> > use with gear
> > > with connections on the back.  Any ideas or
> > solutions?
> > >   Thanks
> > >   Dustin
> > 
> > We have built such a patchbay for our own
> > applications (19" / 1HU / 2 x 20
> > 3.5mm sockets front + rear), especially for
> > demonstration of
> > MAQ/Schaltwerk/Regelwerk during music fairs,
> > workshops and so on. We connect
> > the CV/Gate outputs of MAQ/Schaltwerk/Regelwerk at
> > the rear side and have
> > the signals then available at the front too to patch
> > them to the A-100
> > system. We asked visitors of fairs/workshops if they
> > would be interested in
> > such a patchbay but found that there are not
> > sufficient inquiries.
> > 
> > We could manufacture this patchbay if there are
> > sufficient orders. But the
> > device is not low cost. 80 jack sockets have to be 
> > soldered to the pc board
> > and mounted to the 19" front panel. In small
> > quantities (~50) the price will
> > be around 150 Euro (80 jack sockets 1 Euro each + 5
> > pc boards + 19"/1HU
> > front panel + charges for punching the holes,
> > lacquer of the front panel,
> > soldering, assembly and test).
> > 
> > But as nobody was interested in this patchbay so far
> > - maybe because of the
> > price - we did not offer it. Alternatively we could
> > offer only the
> > stamped/laquered front panel without sockets and pcb
> > at a much lower price
> > (~ 20..25 Euro). In this case the customer will have
> > to assemble the jack
> > sockets himself.
> > 
> > Best wishes
> > Dieter Doepfer
> > 
> 
> 
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> athens-greece
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