Lunetta Interconect
by Les Hall
www.electro-music Lunetta Forum

Introduction
The choice of interconnect is a practical, personal, and cost-driven one.  In the following text I describe the primary methods of Lunetta interconnect.  

sTANg's Method:  Banana Jacks
By far the most popular way to do interconnect, banana jacks are fairly inexpensive and they allow you to stack connections so that you can send one output to multiple locations on your Lunetta.  sTANg uses them in his sculptures, most notably his cube sculpture which creates very complex sounds.  Consider this method if you want medium cost and ease of patching.  A true Lunetta purist will go for this alternative if only to honor sTANg's legacy, however there are other options to consider so read on.  

Nuts and Bolts
A very inexpensive method of interconnect is to use connect your circuits with nuts and bolts.  For wires you use alligator clips on either end of each wire and protruding from your synth are the ends of bolts.  This method saves space and breaks the cost barrier as well.  Consider it to be your choice if you want low cost and the ability to make lots of connections per terminal.  

Wires
If you're breadboarding the circuit, then all you need is 24 gauge solid wire to hook things up.  

Screw Terminals
One very compact way to do interconnect is to use screw terminals.  You can get 0.1" spacing screw terminals that hold up to two or three 24 gauge solid wires per terminal for about $0.40 per terminal from suppliers such as www.digikey.com and others.  This is a fairly pricey alternative, and you would only choose it in situations where space is a premium or for doing sculptures.  The screw terminals require that you have a really tiny slotted screwdriver to make the connections.  I feel that this method is best suited for situations like patching on a Lunetta PCB and not for entire systems like a Lunetta modular.  

Conclusion
There are a few different methods of doing interconnect for Lunettas so the choice is up to you.  Naturally you will want to select the best alternative for your situation.