From yahoo Sent Wed, Feb 25th 2015, 11:30
> I am amazed the CV and Gate busses have not been adopted by more Eurorack makers. Almost ALL of the CV and Gate producing > modules that we make have jumpers inside to select its use or not. The ones that dont are because of size constraints > (the 16-pin header is hard to fit on a 4HP module). I personally have made the mods that Dieter mentioned wherever > possible in my rig. In some cases with other companies modules, I had to replace a jack with a normalized one but in the > case of Doepfer modules, all the jacks seem normalized. > > > Dieter - one thing that can be annoying when making the mod on some of the older modules you make, on many modules the > unused normalized pins on the jacks are connected to the regular pins and can be a problem to cut. If they happen to be > under the jack it is even harder. I wish that when normalized jacks are used as input jacks (which I would love to see in > all input uses) that makers would just make that PCB pad bigger or go to a blank square or something to make soldering to > it easier. Back in the day I used to sell E-Mu modulars from a store in Seattle and one thing I remembered form them is > that every input and output jack was normalized and the switching pin of the jack went to a molex pin on the PCB so yo > could make custom normalization any way you wanted. This was a added expense that would be a burden to many makers, but a > un-drilled pad on the PCB cost nothing and the DIY crowd would LOVE you for it. > -James That's valid only for older modules which were designed on the old ATARI system. For all new modules and whenever we redesign a module the two terminals are no longer connected and in some cases the switching contacts are even wired to a separate pin next to the socket in case that a customer wants to normalize the socket (e.g. A-138, A-132-2). Best wishes Dieter Doepfer ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doepfer_a100/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doepfer_a100/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: xxxxxxx_xxxx-xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx xxxxxxx_xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: xxxxxxx_xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx <*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to: https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/