> Hello,
>
> hardware@... wrote:
> > From my point of view such a matrix is very useful in a
> semi-modular unit
> > with fixed assignments of the inputs and outputs.
> This leads me to another topic. I really would appreciate a kind of
> "standard hardware interface" for pre-patched connections.
>
> I could imagine something like a jumper-pin (I only know the german word
> "Steckerstifte" - similar to wire-wrap contacts) connected to the switch
> contact of each input socket, or connected to the fix contact of each
> output socket. Now one could patch those contacts with cables with the
> corresponding crimped push-on sockets (german "Steckhülse").
>
> So you could build a prepatched system, but would be able to break those
> patches by external cables.
>
> Florian

For all new modules the switching contact of each socket (provided that it
is unused) is connected to a solder point next to the socket. We will modify
even the pcb's of older modules little by little and add these solder
points.

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer