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Hosa Technology’s CMM-500Y Series Hopscotch Patch Cables

March 1, 2017 IM

Hosa Technology’s CMM-500Y Series Hopscotch Patch Cables are designed for modular synthesizers, allowing audio signals to jump from one device to another. Each cable includes a short pigtail with a female 3.5 mm TS jack at one end that takes a signal that has already been patched elsewhere and sends it along a completely new path. The cables feature Oxygen-Free Copper (OFC) conductors, flexible spiral shielding, and slim nickel-plated plugs for use in a modular synthesizer rig without interfering with other cables and controls. The Hopscotch Patch cables are color-coded by length. CMM-545Y set comes with five yellow, 1.5-foot (45 cm) cables. CMM-545Y includes a series of lengths one red, six-inch (15 cm); one orange, one-foot (30 cm); one yellow; one green, two-foot (60 cm); and one blue, three-foot (90 cm).