Patchbay or just connections? posted ...

Patchbay or just connections?

Posted on Oct 15, 2007 10:41 am
crux
Typo Szar
Member Since: Jul 04, 2002

A member of my band is making a small vocal booth in his bedroom, very DIY type stuff. A major problem he has at the moment is he doesnt know how he'll run things like mic lines, RCA cables, 1/4 jacks in there without having to drill holes that will compromise the soundproofness (a word?) of the booth. I suggested a patchbay, but he says after the room he wont have the cash to buy one and wants to build something himself.

Ofcourse we have no idea how to go about this, are there any electronic parts in such a contraption? wat he wants is basically a panel in his wall, taht has XLR inputs, and 1/4 and all taht otehr stuff, that is simply a "through" to his soundcard or mixer outside. So i htought it probaly doenst have any electronics, since its not amplifying anything, its alot like having a connector. Ofcourse this begs the questino of sound quality and wat not.

Im sure everyone has some basic idea of wat im talking about, any ideas and suggestions are welcome!

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pjk
Prince CZAR-ming
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Since: Apr 08, 2004

Oct 15, 2007 11:22 am

I did this very thing in my studio. I put XLR faceplate in the live room, so I can plug in mics. Then solder mic cable to other side, and run it to my control room wall, where I have another faceplate, with 2 or 4 XLR jacks.

Works pretty darn well. I could have soundproofed the boxes better, but oh well. There's insulation behind the faceplates, so I think it'll be OK.

I got the faceplates from Parts Express.

Go to www.partsexpress.com and put in 'proco wp xlr' in the search field.

Yikes, they've gone up. I bought mine for 4$ each or so (the 2 gang ones). I guess it won't be much cheaper this way. ugh.

crux
Typo Szar
Member
Since: Jul 04, 2002

Oct 15, 2007 10:42 pm

Thanx for the reply, so we can just buy the parts and put em together eh?

My guitarist asked about phantom power, if ur using a face plate liek this, will phantom power travel through it?

pjk
Prince CZAR-ming
Member
Since: Apr 08, 2004

Oct 16, 2007 07:08 am

sure does, i suppose 200 feet would be difficult, but from one room to another won't make any difference.

Basically it's just a longer cable, with a couple of splices in it. Just keep the wires connected to the right place (1, 2, 3) and you'll be all set.

Soldering XLR jacks can be a real pain. I'd advice trying to find a set of those 'helping hands' with the alligator clips on little bars, that you can move around. Otherwise, it's a real frustrating project.

www.skycraftsurplus.com/i...&ProdID=400

Something like that.

crux
Typo Szar
Member
Since: Jul 04, 2002

Oct 16, 2007 07:41 am

thanx a bunch!