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Bananas are cool, but I like normalling in modules which is available in 3.5mm and 1/4" jacks - not with bananas.  

I have a ton of bananas, mainly because I need them to patch my Step & Smooth Gens into random voltage gens, etc. - without normalling, every module needs some sort of patch to set it up, so, with 9 panels, you can only guess that it amounts to a very large investment in bananas....

And, talk about price, the average price of each of my Pomona banana cords is $5.00, whereas the average price of most of my 3.5mm patch cords is less than $1.00!  

These are just facts - bananas are cool, too!!!

gary






--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, sascha victoria <sascha.victoria@...> wrote:
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> I don't get why all modulars don't just use bananas. Once you go bananas its
> hard to go back. I love my Serge.
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> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Michael <maf@...> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Okay, I thought about it for a little while and decided to order two of
> > each
> > of the three lengths. They are something that Grant and I talked about in
> > the distant past when discussing the merits of various patch chord types.
> > We always said that there was no reason that 1/4" or 1/8" chords couldn't
> > be stackable and TipTop did it. But still eight bucks a pop...........
> >
> > --- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com <wiardgroup%40yahoogroups.com>, "gcmci"
> > <gchang@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Although the $8 price is higher than some of the hundreds of other patch
> > cables that I have, having 12 of these in the 3 different lengths (4 per
> > that is) is a godsend when patching keyboard voltages and it makes patching
> > devices triggered by a common source easier to trace.
> > >
> > > The quality of the cables is quite nice - they are quite flexible and the
> > jacks stack very nicely without too much force.
> > >
> > > Just using these guys when patching in my Pressure Points to trigger a
> > patch makes it more direct - when I do use a mult (like on the bottom of a
> > 300 series module, I now have 4 outputs from the mult - often, I would have
> > to use two mults just to have four gates or four CVs....
> > >
> > > Of course, that's just opinion - I could be wrong...8*)
> > >
> > > gary
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com <wiardgroup%40yahoogroups.com>, John
> > Mahoney <jmahoney@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The point of having mults available at every output is to encourage
> > > > signal splitting. You avoid the mental resistance -- the "oh, I have
> > > > to unpatch this cable, patch in a multiple or Y-adapter, and then add
> > > > another cable" factor.
> > > >
> > > > I think the cables are reasonably priced when you consider the
> > > > avoided cost of mults and/or adapters and add the benefit of patching
> > > > spontaneity.
> > > >
> > > > But, hey, to each his own. Lots of folks think that Wiard modules are
> > > > expensive.
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > >
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