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Eurorack Knob Idea

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322 points po | 1 comments | 25 Apr 25 13:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.249s | source
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bondarchuk ◴[25 Apr 25 14:06 UTC] No.43793707[source]▶
>It's a nice dream, of a synthesizer where any knob can be pulled out and replaced with a patch cable, and any jack can have a knob plugged into it to set it to a fixed value.

What's even better, though, is a coupled knob + jack where the knob turns into an attenuator for the input when a cable is plugged in, and works as a standalone knob otherwise. I think this is quite a common design.

I believe I've also seen patch cables with built-in attenuators.

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kennywinker ◴[25 Apr 25 16:18 UTC] No.43795371[source]▶
Another common pattern is jack + offset. The most useful is when you have jack + offset + attenuator… but most modules pick one or the other for space reasons.
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1. lsaferite ◴[28 Apr 25 01:27 UTC] No.43816663[source]▶
There are dual-knob coaxial setups that are only slightly bigger than a single knob as well. I've seen them mainly used in a course and fine adjustment setup, but you could certainly use them as atten+offset.