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Re: Serge Jack colors and Their functional meanings?

2007-12-08 by evetsterueb

--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, Steve Ridley <spr@...> wrote:
> ...I think the colour system developed back around 1973/4, and
> as the modules developed, the colour codes didn't always
> fit perfectly, so the definitions of the colours has become
> quite loose. If you think blue usually CV, black usually
> audio and red usually trigger/gate, you won't go far wrong.

More grist for the mill:

Gray was used for SSG coupler and NTO sync jacks back in the '80s. A
late '90s SSG I have uses purple for the coupler. Gate and Trigger in
the early '80s were both red, yellow trigger jacks came later (I've
got one from '97).

There is a similar thread on the Modcan group. Is somebody doing
research for an obscure doctoral thesis?

As a long time Serge fan I'm not giving up banana plugs and I'm used
to that color scheme so when I got some some Frac rack and Euro rack
modules I replaced the 1/8" jacks with banana jacks in the classic
Serge color scheme. Makes a big difference.

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