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That’s the way. :-).

Great pic! I'm curious what this concept is you started designing, specifically?... because CV patch cables have been a part of synthesis since the very beginning, of course. We didn't get synths WITHOUT patch cables until the Minimoog era of technology.

I am aware, yes. It has been around in a specific form but when I came to the euro format it wasn't really a thing just yet. I am not saying my design cannot be made into all formats it can. It works with a specific voltage range after all. The current state is that it leeches from your output CV (for power) and gives you a little derivative from the original source signal. That can be solved too. There was one guy in the past who made a euro version before anyone else but it never kicked off for him maybe because he wasn't able to market them well, a shame. The design that is currently out there is basically a bipolar led soldered into a jack compartment and then embedded in epoxy or similar material. So that's his design copied blatantly by others without further tweaks to the design. The form factor they have achieved in manufacturing is very good and I like it though! My design takes this design further and adds more functionality that gives you even more information when you are working with modular synths. Also, the form factor and its properties further enhance what you can get out of it. I would like to disclose more but in the past, I have disclosed this "entry" design... right after everyone started making and selling them without even telling me anything. It took them a while to get it done though. Fine by me. At the current price point, I view it more as a fast "cash out". The margin on it is quite "insane". I was offering my knowledge and tweaks to one of these brands and they never got back to me. I need to get a proper tech who can build them, or someone to create an automatic manufacturing line that will be able to do this properly. Materials and everything else is quite easy to get actually. As is marketing it properly in a way that these will end up in the abyss of the past. My conduct of work in that department is such that I can really work with what is available today without a need for massive budgets. It's hard to fail with what I know about my job that I so dearly love doing.