Storing Cables ?

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I was cleaning my "studio" today and I realized that I have a lot of cables and it took a little while to separate them all. This is a random/stupid question but how do all of you keep your mic/guitar/etc. cables in order? Zip ties? Elastics?

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Pinnipedal Czar (: 3=
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Since: Apr 11, 2004


Jun 27, 2004 07:39 pm

I like those re-useable zip-ties .('cause they don't pick up fuzz like the velcro ones.) I zip each cable separately, then I put a bungie-chord through the middle of the '0'-shaped pile, connect one end of the bungie to itself, and hang it up by the other end... out 'da way .

One 'lil trick I use that keeps me from picking up, and moving chords around all the time, was to have a 'transport' of 1" hooks, running across the ceiling from my mixer to the iso-booth, spaced so the chord is well supported, and wide enough to hold a couple of mic cables, and a headphone cable . I haven't had to move them, since I put them up there, so I'm thinking of replacing the hooks with 2" pvc.

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Since: May 25, 2004


Jun 27, 2004 11:33 pm

good ingenuity hue!!!!

Thats better than what I do. I dont tie mine, and mash them into a box with a bat....... I fasten the box down very cleanly though.

I may try your method instead.....

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Jun 28, 2004 02:08 am

LOL

Great visual ! heh heh

"...Back ! Back ! Take that ! CLICK . Whew .(sigh of relief) "

LOL

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Jun 28, 2004 08:24 am

I roll mine up and toss em en the corner... either that or all my friends steal mine :| Out of all the cable I had I've only got two recording snakes left. Pisses me off cause everyones like "we don't have your cables"

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Jun 28, 2004 08:58 am

I just dangle them over a free-standing sound board I have...actually, an old office cubicle wall...

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Jun 28, 2004 09:09 am

'sound board' sounds better...just call it that!

on my door, ive got a plastic hanging thing with about 30 pockets in, ideal for that...

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Jun 28, 2004 09:13 am

AH, thats a shoe rack, flame :-)

Nothing beats Noize's storage, he has a thing hanging on his closet door that is actually a cable rack right from a music store...

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Jun 28, 2004 09:17 am

a shoe rack? nah, cable management module im calling it...

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Jun 28, 2004 09:18 am

I roll them up and then tie the bundle in two places with the little twisties that come in boxes of garbage bags. Then I toss the tied ring of cable over one of the hooks on my studio wall. More often than not, I skip the first step, though.

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Jun 28, 2004 01:25 pm

I think my studio has about 8 cables now. All interconnect. I had about 100 of them, (from the reel to reel days) and sold them to my brother who has a sound co. in Dallas. I had them all hanging on the clothes pole in the closet, that worked pretty good. They were happy talking to my shirts, so they said.

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Jun 28, 2004 02:21 pm

I wrap them around my hand in small coils about 4 inches in diameter. I don't tie them or anything, but they stay separate from each other a lot better if you make the coil small, rather than the traditional hand-to-elbow length. I store them all in a rubbermaid container sitting at the bottom of my rack that I like to think of as a rack drawer since I don't want to spend the money on a real one...

Pinnipedal Czar (: 3=
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Jun 28, 2004 08:13 pm

Loki, that's a bummer 'bout your pals snaggin' your cables ! I sympathise, especially with the "what cables ?" part .

That's crap .

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Jun 28, 2004 08:48 pm

Woah, Flametheband is now just flame

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Jun 29, 2004 01:55 am

I only have 3 cables and they're in use:D

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Jun 29, 2004 10:39 am

I put a little cable tie around all of my mic stands and cables to make sure they don't get mixed up with other people's. So far its worked great.

I used to lose them all the time, though.

Answer:On a good day, lipstick.
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Jul 06, 2004 12:10 pm

Where does that "I haven't got your cables!" thing come from? Seems to be popular. I even colour coded mine, only to hear, "That's how I code mine too." Oh well...

Gotta disagree with Porpoisemuffin's 4" ring. Smaller loops can damage the cable inside.

I got some great hooks for hanging bicycles that are covered in a rubberized compound. I have three hooks - mic cables, guitar cables, small miscellaneous sh** (RCA/RCA, RCA/TRS,Patch cords etc.). Always at arms reach, always coiled and separated.

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Sep 04, 2010 01:38 pm

Too Good Post but I had about 100 of them, (from the reel to reel days) and sold them to my brother who has a sound co. in Dallas. I had them all hanging on the clothes pole in the closet, that worked pretty good.
well nice post :)
www.cabletiesandmore.com/cable-trays.php

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Sep 07, 2010 09:47 am

Whoa! A true flashback!

So many recordings since then... (sigh)


All those tedious, sticky fumblings in basements, and backrooms... when all I could dream of was of getting out...

getting anywhere......

getting all the way to the F... B... I...


er... BWP.

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Sep 08, 2010 02:13 pm

Since 2004 cables have been replaced by Bluetooth, cars have been replaced by teleporters, and music is now available in a pill.

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Sep 08, 2010 02:14 pm

"It's all ball bearings these days" - Fletch

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Sep 09, 2010 08:49 am

HRC... the Hannibal Lecter of home-recording info-sites...


... sans the penchant for liver.

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