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> Hi All, Joe here. Talked to Rex yesterday and it looks like
> my "Animal" is shipping next week (joy)... but I've been thinking
> about the grounding issues...Sooooo if someone has the time would
> they mind giving me a walkthrough with my gear and how I would deal
> with this issue = )...(please) I talked to Rex about it and he was
> talking to me like I know what I'm doing ( I'm not a DIY person ) and
> most likly the only "synth guy" affraid of electric currents... So
> here's my set-up... I'll be using a Makie 1402VLZpro as my mixer ( so
> I have to ground it )it has a regular 3 prong plug and as a sequencer
> a Frostwave Fatcontroler which has an AC "wall wart" or power adaptor
> ( as some like to call them )or wall hamster...I have one STS power
> supply and two bannana to U attachement ( don't know the right term
> for that one ) its a U shape that can be attached to screws... If
> some one has the time please give me a step by step on this one so I
> can get ready for next week... and honestly write it for "dumbasses"
> cause I really don't know what I'm doing... Thanks in advance.
>
> Joeda...
>
>
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>From: John Papiewski <johnp299792@...>
>Reply-To: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com
>To: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [SergeModular] Please help with grounding (please)
>Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 11:39:32 -0500
>
>If your Mackie has any posts on the back for grounding, this is where
>the U-shape thing goes. It will look like a silvery metal shaft fitted
>onto a similar looking bolt that sticks out the back of the mixer.
>
>If you don't see that, then look for any screw that looks grounded to
>the mixer's metal chassis. Loosen it up a little & slip the U connector
>underneath, then tighten it again. The banana part of the connector and
>the banana jack on your Serge power supply will connect together with a
>long banana cable. That should take care of your grounding.
>
>chorus72000 wrote:
> > Hi All, Joe here. Talked to Rex yesterday and it looks like
> > my "Animal" is shipping next week (joy)... but I've been thinking
> > about the grounding issues...Sooooo if someone has the time would
> > they mind giving me a walkthrough with my gear and how I would deal
> > with this issue = )...(please) I talked to Rex about it and he was
> > talking to me like I know what I'm doing ( I'm not a DIY person ) and
> > most likly the only "synth guy" affraid of electric currents... So
> > here's my set-up... I'll be using a Makie 1402VLZpro as my mixer ( so
> > I have to ground it )it has a regular 3 prong plug and as a sequencer
> > a Frostwave Fatcontroler which has an AC "wall wart" or power adaptor
> > ( as some like to call them )or wall hamster...I have one STS power
> > supply and two bannana to U attachement ( don't know the right term
> > for that one ) its a U shape that can be attached to screws... If
> > some one has the time please give me a step by step on this one so I
> > can get ready for next week... and honestly write it for "dumbasses"
> > cause I really don't know what I'm doing... Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Joeda...
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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>

> Actually, the easiest way to handle all of this is to make a little converter
> box that has bannana jacks and 1/4" jacks. That takes all the Sleeve

> from the 1/4" jacks and runs them to a single (black) bannana jack. All the

> of the 1/4" jacks should then go to individual (of some other color) bannana
> jacks. Then you can run a single bannana cable from the Serge power

> to the black jack on your box. All other connections should be the obvious
> ones. BTW MOTM (Paul Schreiber) makes just this sort of adapter panel.

> From: "metafoetus2002" <jan-hinnerk.helms@...>
> Reply-To: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 20:49:08 -0000
> To: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [SergeModular] Re: Please help with grounding (please)
>
> --- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "Michael A. Firman" <maf@m...>
> wrote:
>
>> Actually, the easiest way to handle all of this is to make a little converter
>> box that has bannana jacks and 1/4" jacks. That takes all the Sleeve
> connectors
>> from the 1/4" jacks and runs them to a single (black) bannana jack. All the
> tips
>> of the 1/4" jacks should then go to individual (of some other color) bannana
>> jacks. Then you can run a single bannana cable from the Serge power
> supply
>> to the black jack on your box. All other connections should be the obvious
>> ones. BTW MOTM (Paul Schreiber) makes just this sort of adapter panel.
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> does anybody have experience with the according quarter-inch-to-banana
> adapter panel from Modcan? I am not experienced with this system and can
> not see "black" grounding banana jacks on this module, nor can I find any
> informations on these on the website. Are there no grounding jacks on a
> Modcan for connecting it to a Serge?
>
> Thanks,
> best regards
> Jan-Hinnerk
>
>
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>Hello,
>
>Don't confuse chassis ground with signal ground. Having a wall wart
>(or other 2 prong connector for power) has little to do with the signal
>ground. You need (NEED) to have a common signal ground with the
>Frostwave, Serge, and the Mackie. This is easy, John told you how
>to do the ground to the Mackie, now do the same with the Frost wave.
>Actually, the easiest way to handle all of this is to make a little converter
>box that has bannana jacks and 1/4" jacks. That takes all the Sleeve connectors
>from the 1/4" jacks and runs them to a single (black) bannana jack. All the

>of the 1/4" jacks should then go to individual (of some other color) bannana
>jacks. Then you can run a single bannana cable from the Serge power supply
>to the black jack on your box. All other connections should be the obvious
>ones. BTW MOTM (Paul Schreiber) makes just this sort of adapter panel.