so apparently modular synth patch cables
(these things) (the wires connecting modules of a synthesizer)
were originally based on telephone switch boards
(you used to not be able to just call someone directly; you had to call an operator who would plug cables into a switch board to connect your phone to the one you were trying to connect to)
and now I’m imagining
what if there were a massive collaborative synthesizer network as vast as the telephone wire system of people patching in to connect to each other
















