NANOPATCH X is a tiny 8-point patch bay, primarily designed for use in conjunction with other DF Audio patch bays (though it can also be useful just by itself).
It has four 6.35 mm TRS sockets on the back, each of which break out to two 3.5 mm TS sockets on the top panel (identical wiring to the MINIBAY V2 FX rows).
Use insert cables to connect up to four effects pedals via the rear sockets and get patchable access to the ins and outs on the top panel.
It can also be used as a breakout box for devices that output CV over TRS sockets.
DESCRIPTION: 8-point patch bay
BACK PANEL: 4 x 6.35 mm TRS sockets
TOP PANEL: 8 x 3.5 mm TS sockets
NORMALLING: No
COMPATIBLE SIGNALS: Audio, CV, MIDI
DIMENSIONS: 76 mm x 70 mm x 22mm
WEIGHT: 150 g
NANOPATCH X
Dud Faz' NANOPATCH X & M tutorial
NANOPATCH X as a CV breakout box
Another handy use case...
TRS (tip-ring-sleeve) sockets can carry two separate signals. NANOPATCH X breaks these signals out into two separate TS sockets on the top panel.
Using TRS to dual TS cables (AKA insert cables), a single 6.35 mm TRS socket on the back of NANOPATCH X can be used to connect to both the input and output of an effects pedal.
The 3.5 mm sockets on the top can then be used as patch points to route a signal through the pedal.
This signal being patched in could come directly from an instrument or modular system, or via another DF Audio patch bay. Similarly, the output could go directly to a mixer or via another patch bay.
How IT WORKS
Here's how the TRS sockets on the back of NANOPATCH X are connected to the corresponding patch points on the top panel: TIP - upper socket; RING - lower socket.
NANOPATCH X direct patching
NANOPATCH X with NANOPATCH M
Typical NANOPATCH X pedal connection