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Re: banana (serge) to 1/8" (doepfer, blacet)

2002-10-22 by Bill Sequeira

Re: the bananas to 1/8", STS would be able to provide some for you.
They are high quality although a bit pricey.

Regards,

Bill
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Bill Sequeira, Ph.D.
Principal, Axon Hillock

> From: peter <whincop@...>
> Reply-To: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 06:56:54 -0400 (EDT)
> To: <SergeModular@yahoogroups.com>
> Cc: Peter Whincop <whincop@...>
> Subject: [SergeModular] banana (serge) to 1/8" (doepfer, blacet)
>
>
> dear serge friends,
>
> sorry for the cross posting, i am not sure where to ask this, and i am
> going slightly crazy, having so many nice toys but i'm not sure of how to
> connect things together safely and with a mind to avoiding any loops (of
> course!) and minimize hum. (eventually, when i have a lot of time, i'll do
> a full star-ground network.) an answer for from an AHer is appended. i was
> wondering if someone could explain this to me, assuming i am quite stupid
> (which i don't think i am, but i'm just so desperate to learn this, and to
> get my system running so i can compose; i'm not so obsessive about DIY
> things, just want to compose and maintain a simple, unique studio, but
> i've hit a hurdle... in which case i am happy to appear stupid, or at
> least eat some technical humble pie.). i presume "ground" here means
> chasis ground, not that i even have a chasis ground (to my knowledge...
> how do i conjure one of these? i don't use a mixing board).
>
> thanks in advance; please be patient or tolerant with this struggling
> soul... too many things are going wrong right now, perhaps it is the full
> moon. and... if anyone knows where i can find banana to stripped 1/8"
> cables (assuming i just need to have on conductor wire to solve this), i'd
> appreciate such a hint. and where to get cheap stackable (not necessarily
> differently colored) banana cables (i'm dead poor).
>
> thanks again,
>
> peter w
> cambridge, ma
>
>
> ------ (from AH) ------
> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 20:50:13 -0600
> From: Peter Grenader <petergrenader@...>
> To: peter <whincop@...>, analogue@...
> Subject: Re: [AH] banana (serge) to 1/8" (doepfer, blacet)
>
> Stone me if I am wrong n this, but if Peter were to just connect the
> grounds together of the two power supplies (D and S) wouldn't this serve
> the same purpose? then he could just have the grouns on the banana end
> floating, or only use a one conductor wire to begin with, with no ground
> on either side
>
>
> peter wrote:
>
>> hi everyone,
>>
>> this is probably the stupidest question ever, but i was wondering if
>> someone could help me find my way in knowing how to make a cable that
>> is banana at one end and 1/8" at the other. what becomes of the extra
>> part of 1/8"? do i ned to make a "common" collecting point of some
>> kind? are such cables commercially available? i'd rather avoid having
>> a special module to do the job than to have cables, no matter how
>> messy, do it. (or perhaps that is not such a great idea, if someone
>> suggests as much....)
>>
>> any help would get me making music faster, and i'm eager to learn as
>> much as possible about these things, especially if they involve ground
>> issues.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> peter w
>> cambridge, ma
>
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