I have a pretty hard rule on synth only posts, however, I thought this one would be of use to many out there. Sequence 15 has a great post up on patchbays.If you ever wondered how they work or if your synth collection has grown to the point it is no longer flexible, this might be worth a look.
"So what does a patch bay do? It gives you a place to bring all of your signal sources and destinations together, so that you can connect things in any arbitrary order using short patch cords. In that respect, it's no different from a modular synthesizer. However, a well laid out patch bay can also make your life easier by having pre-made 'default' connections that correspond to the way you normally connect things in the studio, but can be easily overriden when desired. And, by making it more convenient to change connections, it can enable the use of things that might otherwise be too much trouble to cable up -- like auxiliary outputs from synths."
Great post Dave!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I apologize for the crummy quality of the video in the first segment -- I accidentally set the camera to low resolution, and I didn't realize it until I edited the whole thing together last night.
ReplyDeleteI really should invest in a patch bay!
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