What about a stand-alone unit That would get rid of the
space-constraints and make it possible to have I/O jacks along one
edge and the top/bottom - and put I/O jacks at a comfortable distance
from "patching" jacks, making it easier to insert/remove jacks close
to the edge. If desired, both an 8x8 and a 16x16 version could be
made. And best of all, it wouldn't take up precious rack-space.

If it's not made as a stand-alone unit it might be wise to make sure
it would fit in the "beauty-box" case (with room to spare for a
multiple if it doesn't get too cramped) and offer the latter without
PSU.

That being said I'm not likely to buy this module as I think I'll
prefer patching the old-fashioned way. I'm mostly using my synth in
the studio, though, and I can see how this would make life easier if
you often have to change patches quickly, e.g. in a live situation.

Cheers,
Silas

On Feb 4, 2008 6:28 PM, Stu Grimshaw < grimshaw@... > wrote:
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> dieter,
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> if you were to produce a panel that is equally long/wide, the module
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> bottom, outputs right) 180 degrees (inputs on top, outputs right) etc.
> there would be little point in retaining the 1-8 and a-h labelling,
> but i would be happy to lose that in favour of the flexible mount option.
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> and here's my vote for slightly fewer rows to gain space between them.
> although having eight rows is very tempting for those with clock
> dividers and sequencers :)
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