hey!
i'm new to the forum so i'd just like to introduce myself and ask a cheeky question or two as well.
i'm from sheffield, make my own music and started bending last week - got some nice pitch bends out of an 'old mcdonald' piano book but then i fried it, no luck at all with a fun n learn phonics bus (it promised a lot but didn't want to bend at all plus it was in poor nick and the layout wasn't conducive to adding switches etc.) so now i've got a phone type toy and a kids drum machine to attack over the bank holiday...
basically i want to get some practice in before attacking some more expensive hardware i.e. 505's, 626's, hr-16's and other drum machines.
as 505's and 626's seem to have so many options to bend i thought the best thing to do was to hook them up using an external patchbay. however i have no experience of doing this and would welcome any tips. i was gonna use a 25 pin cable (even though i've read on here that they're hard to wire up). would this be suitable:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=97739&criteria=25%20pin&doy=27m5also would this type of thing be suitable for housing the patch bay?
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=1676&C=Maplin&U=SearchTop&T=BOX&doy=27m5they have metal ones as well but i wasn't sure if people used this type of thing or just made their own boxes from scratch. also...if this box would be suitable, how do people recommend cutting the slot for the 25 pin socket?
cheers! i'll let you know how i get on...