[sdiy] bananas on blacet dsc

[Rude 66]

thanks folks, for all the advice. it seems easier than i thought..

actually the idea is as follows.  i don't have my own modular, but live 5
mins away from a studio with plenty of them.  there's not much point in
starting my own when there are a 2500 and serge so close by.

instead what i want to do is sort of collect circuits and/or pcb's, like the
dark star and some of you guy's other designs that are in some way freaky,
different, etc sound makers or manipulators. maybe the guts of a speak &
spell too. a lofi toy sampler or voice manipulator.. weird stuff and toys,
that's the idea. useable as fx-box or for sound generation, and as much vc
as possible.
i'll mount it all on a big front plate, sort of fenix-style but probably a
bit bigger, and would like to interface them with banana jacks.
this would save me the trouble of having different face plates made and
doing conversions from one format to the other. also this way i can make
different seizes for different functions: for example a ring mod doesn't
have to take up the space of a whole module. peter ullrich also has a
picture on his site of one of his old 76477 machines that somehow i really
like the look of.
so i guess it's not only the dark star, but also others that need to be
'converted' to banana. are there problems with other designs? or is it
always as simple as this?

also tips are welcome, especially about the only 'weak point' in the idea:
power. i've seen lots of different ways and voltages used on designers
websites. i don't want to end up having to power each module
individually..;-) any ideas what road to take here?
then again some toys are battery or wallwart operated and could stay that
way.

and all of this started because i scavenged a big metal box that would serve
perfectly as the main housing....;-)

r./



----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Grenader" <petergrenader at mksound.com>
To: "Rude 66" <r.lekx at chello.nl>; "Synth-DIY list"
<synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] bananas on blacet dsc


>
> If the Dark Star is running off the same supply as the rest of your
modules,
> and therefore the same ground, you should be fine.  As far as the benefit
of
> the sheliding, considering and assuming your current system doesn't use
them
> as it is fit with banana's already, you should be Downtown-Freddy Brown
> without them (you'll be OK)
>
> If you are NOT running the Dark Star from the same supply, make sure the
> grounds of those two power systems are connected or it ain't gonna work
for
> ya.
>
> hope this helps,
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
> Rude 66 wrote:
>
> >
> > hi all,
> >
> > i just received my 76477's and a blacet dark star chaos pcb. before i
start
> > putting it together, i've decided it would be the coolest to use banana
> > jacks for it.
> > what do i do with grounding when i make this change? i've looked on
john's
> > tech page but the only comment i could find about bananas was about
drilling
> > of the holes.
> > i remember a topic like this a while ago, but i can't find the exact
info
> > anymore..
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> > r./
> >
> >
> >
>
>