nope, that’s why I made my own
the ritualistic sacrifice of one cable to make this connector saves me 3 banana cables - and the shortest ones I have I find much too long for use case.
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have you had to use it? or anyone else, have you?
looks great! did you 3D print that to get the ends to all be connected like shorting bars are?
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Nope. The LEM has been a real treat to use. My Command formerly seemed like a music easel, but now it seems like a Music Easel. 
(and the LEM worked well with the Implexus, too)
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awesome to hear. I likely will get one in a couple weeks (if they’re back in stock) so I’m keeping an eye on people’s reviews of it until then. keep ‘em comin!
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Yeah I also haven’t needed the grounding strap, but it is nice to know I have it, without needing to diy the cable… never know if some gear will act funny with it or what the power situation might be for live. I should give the syntrx a go with it when I get back from my trip as I’ve had it act funny with the 0ctrl unless I have more than recommended number of cables running between the 2.
It’s a triple bar 
https://www.mouser.ca/ProductDetail/Pomona-Electronics/2970-0?qs=2nDnb8a6ouMKKvCTFkLQ8Q%3D%3D&countryCode=CA¤cyCode=CAD
they come with screws that drop down from the top to pinch the wire ends
this allows them to still be stackable
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oh nice! I didn’t even realize there were triples 
I just ordered the Easel command station and program manager. Any tips with using the program manager ? Do I need to remove the program manager when I’m not using it ?
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No. You can just toggle between the programmer, local, or both.
I have only had the briefest of plays with the card. It was a bit clunky, but it does what it’s meant to do. There are a few functions not addressed by the card (LEM and some audio stuff). I can’t recall precisely and my studio is torn down for a move, so I can’t check. I bought the card for a specific gig, but didn’t end up using it. I bought the embed kit, too, but haven’t installed it. I’m not a preset user and never save my patches outside of commercial sound design gigs, so I may never actually need it. Still, it might prove useful. You can apparently only access some Easel features with the software editor, but I hadn’t gotten that far before packing everything up.
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Scot one more question. I’m ordering the LEM218 do I need to buy additional cables to connect to the command station or is what they give me out of the box enough ?
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Mine only came with the ground strap (I didn’t need it), a MIDI adapter for the 1/8" TRS MIDI jacks, and the power supply. However, you can connect via standard 1/8" CV/GATE, MIDI, or banana cables. I bought three short banana cables like this specifically for this:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Ban05--buchla-cv-banana-patch-cable-5-inch-violet
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Also, you are going to love the LEM/Command combo.
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did you find one available stateside, or are you pre-ordering? last I heard, next batch won’t be available until May.
Preordering mate. Might as well wait in line and practice on the iron horse (easel) in the meantime
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Thanks mate. I just ordered. I feel like Goku in his final form once the LEM 218 arrives
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Buchla dropped news that the Easel and 50th Anniversary Easel orders will be opening in June.
https://buchla.com/anniversaryeasel/
https://buchla.com/musiceasel/
(I couldn’t find a dedicated thread for this but feel like there is one already. feel free to move, if so.)
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It seems like the lem has an extra green output on the anniversary edition. 
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That is so much more appealing than the angular, outsized case of the upcoming “standard” variant.
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Incoming Midi velocity?
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yeah really lovely… lack of a wrist cushion on the regular version also, wonder what that version is gonna run though, something tells me it is not a small step up in price.
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