john12ax7
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Just something I've wondered about. Typical console signal flow is top to bottom (input to fader). But 500 series modules do the reverse, input is bottom, output is top. Was there a technical reason they did this?
Consoles are organized by user access, faders are at bottom of strip to be easily reached by the user, while preamp gain trim, pad and polarity are typically set and forget so furthest away from operator. Conversely self contained modules are organized to facilitate their inputs and outputs.john12ax7 said:Just something I've wondered about. Typical console signal flow is top to bottom (input to fader). But 500 series modules do the reverse, input is bottom, output is top. Was there a technical reason they did this?
jsteiger said:Keep in mind this was just a module in the early API desks. It was never meant to be a standalone format. I am not really sure why but maybe it was patchbay style. Outputs over inputs.
EmRR said:If you're plugging things in sequentially, you want the bottom first. Otherwise you're reaching under the thing you already did, that's now in the way. We don't stack things top to bottom; you can't. Similar logic.
john12ax7 said:Why stack with gravity when there are equipment racks? Which I tend to organize to top to bottom.
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