I bought the cheap and cheerful non-rohs cross-threading sockets of doom.
Fitting 28 of them resulted in cramped up digits... but i think it was of valuable experience because I'm only ever going to use mini-jack sockets from now on!
when i posted first, i didn't notice that I have the *illegal ptn* error message on start up. also it's not playing the patterns right when NOT patched... any suggestions on what i've done wrong?
I've just got a new un-bent RX17 and had a poke around and found the same problem when shorting connections on the 28 pin chip next to the stupidly hardcore looking chip. However I took apart my other RX17 to have a look at how the guy I bought it off bent it and he shorted connections on the two chips next ti the 90 degree bit of aluminium.
Yeah, i done the same but still get the odd crash-induced reset if i hook up certain points on the patchbay. It's no big deal though because i know which points to avoid. I may just make a switch based break-out box so I can find the best sounding stable bends... unless you fancy pointing me in the right direction.......
I'd be a bit careful with wiring up chip pins that cause crashes to a patchbay. In my experience they tend to be the power inputs to the chip and you'll probably notice sparks when you make the connection. Sonner or later you'll get a patching comination that will fry the circuit.
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