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Posted on Jan 14, 2008 08:40 pm
drum777
Member Since: Jan 14, 2008
not sure what to get..i'm still in construction of my home studio.and i was going to run 1/4 inch instrument cables in the walls to a patch bay above my board.does this sound like a good idea...i was tired of the mess of cables....also i was going to ron 1/4 inch instrument cable and 2 mic cables in my vocal booth and then run those to the board..not sure exactly what to do..any help will be greatly appreciated...thank you Don
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Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Jan 14, 2008 09:56 pm Yes, a patch bay is a wonderful thing. I use them. And indeed running the cables hidden is great, just don't use cheap stuff as it is a PITA to have to tear out a wall when one goes sour on ya.
But yes, that is common practice to run cables to patch bays for hooking in in other areas.
pjkPrince CZAR-mingMember
Since: Apr 08, 2004
Jan 15, 2008 10:47 am Hey there Drum, Welcome to HRC.
I've done this in my basement studio. I ran cables through the ceiling, and put 4 position jack plates in my control room, by where the board will be. It's not done yet, but you can see sort of how I've done it in my blog.
www.homerecordingconnecti...h=December+2005
The faceplates will be left of the windows in my control room.
I thought I had a picture on here of my control room wall. It has (1) 4pos faceplate up, and the other cables hanging out of the wall. oh well.
