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Taking a look at a pic of the back the jacks look to be about 3mm apart, which seems fine for most 3.5mm straight jack cables. What I'm betting is that most peo

Taking a look at a pic of the back the jacks look to be about 3mm apart, which seems fine for most 3.5mm straight jack cables. What I'm betting is that most people don't have 6 3.5mm to 3.5mm cables, given that most boards and interfaces take 1/4"

kennywinker 4y ago
3mm of space only leaves room for 1.5mm of extra radius per cable. I just eyeballed my cable drawer and I only saw one kind that might fit next to each other with that little clearance. It’s gonna be a pain… not a huge pain, but a pain nonetheless. idk why they couldn’t just add a little extra width and avoid the pain with most cables. Especially since what you’ll need most of the time isn’t going to be the 1/8” to 1/8” cables they’re going to give you - but 1/4” to 1/8” cables - since most instruments have 1/4” outputs
MisterSandman 4y ago
To be fair, 3.5mm and 1/4" are virtually equivalent ports, and the only reason 1/4" is used for audio interfaces is because of convention (and probably because it's easier to grab). Converters between them should be dirt cheap. It's not like Apple shipping 2022 iPhones with Lightning v/s USB C
- eternityforest 4y ago
  Converters are an issue when the whole point is small size. I wish they'd develop a full USB-C alternate mode for pro audio. One C cable could do dozens of channels, or one of legacy analog, and provide clean regulated power for wireless gear, and the connectors pack very densely. You could even make it daisy chainable, plus speakers could be powered over PD at small shows, and so could lights.
  - relaxing 4y ago
    At 0.5mm pitch between connectors the crosstalk would be nasty.
    - eternityforest 4y ago
      I was thinking all-digital where possible, only using analog for 1 or 2 channel legacy connections
      - MisterSandman 4y ago
        I feel like digital cables is a fundamentally backwards-idea for audio devices. Audio is analog and if you're going to be using digital cables, you'll just need to add a bunch of DACs in the chain.

kennywinker 4y ago

3mm of space only leaves room for 1.5mm of extra radius per cable. I just eyeballed my cable drawer and I only saw one kind that might fit next to each other with that little clearance. It’s gonna be a pain… not a huge pain, but a pain nonetheless. idk why they couldn’t just add a little extra width and avoid the pain with most cables. Especially since what you’ll need most of the time isn’t going to be the 1/8” to 1/8” cables they’re going to give you - but 1/4” to 1/8” cables - since most instruments have 1/4” outputs

MisterSandman 4y ago

To be fair, 3.5mm and 1/4" are virtually equivalent ports, and the only reason 1/4" is used for audio interfaces is because of convention (and probably because it's easier to grab). Converters between them should be dirt cheap. It's not like Apple shipping 2022 iPhones with Lightning v/s USB C

eternityforest 4y ago
Converters are an issue when the whole point is small size. I wish they'd develop a full USB-C alternate mode for pro audio. One C cable could do dozens of channels, or one of legacy analog, and provide clean regulated power for wireless gear, and the connectors pack very densely. You could even make it daisy chainable, plus speakers could be powered over PD at small shows, and so could lights.
- relaxing 4y ago
  At 0.5mm pitch between connectors the crosstalk would be nasty.
  - eternityforest 4y ago
    I was thinking all-digital where possible, only using analog for 1 or 2 channel legacy connections
    - MisterSandman 4y ago
      I feel like digital cables is a fundamentally backwards-idea for audio devices. Audio is analog and if you're going to be using digital cables, you'll just need to add a bunch of DACs in the chain.