MOTM

In a message dated 2/20/2001 10:49:32 PM, elhardt@... writes:

>But you have to be careful about too much of a C shape.  
>Otherwise you get cables dangling down like spagetti too far infront of
>the 
>synth and cable piling up on the bottom modules

This is a good point! I already hate long patch cables getting in the way, 
and catching them with the guitar neck. In this way I think one row of 
modules sloped forward on top would not be nearly the problem that two rows 
(or more) would. The other thing that helps minimize this phenomenon is 
Larry's Magic Buss (and you thought he was just another Stooge). 

For those of you who haven't heard of this idea it was Larry's suggestion to 
run multiples horizontally between the module rows (and below the lowest row) 
so that signals can be bussed across the system reducing the need for those 
unsightly longer cables. BTW, I was totally opposed to this idea, until I 
happened to look over at my other synths (with bananas) and realized that 
about 90% of the jacks had only one plug in them, 5% had two or three plugs 
in them, and the remainder had about 4 to 8 plugs in them. Ask Larry for more 
info -- there's no product (YET!)

JB