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Steve@Russo 29 December 2011

1. Api pres are sick on aggressive drums, they may not sound great isolated, wait until you get a mix going
2. I was right 6 years ago, SM7B is still awesome on the bottom of a snare through Daking pre
3. Royer 101, yeah it is sick, buy one, now
4. Patchbays are easy if you spend 1 month to think about it, then 6 hours to wire it
7. Track drums to tape, out of your api&daking pres
8. Royer 101, is sick again, got on here twice
9. don't buy a lunchbox unless you plan on filling it, it is staring at me mocking right now

happy new years

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thatjeffguy Fri, 12/30/2011 - 09:39

Had to laugh out loud at #4 re: Patchbays! Exactly what I did. I now have five 16 channel XLR patchbays and one each 24 & 16 channel 1/4" patchbay. Every piece of my studio equipment is accessible through these, inputs & outputs both. Makes working so much easier since most equipment has the jacks in the back. But it did take careful planning and most of a day to wire it up!

Jeff

Paul999 Fri, 12/30/2011 - 10:21

I rewire my patch bays once a year almost. I built my "console" like a mastering console where I can drop outboard in and out. Because it is always changing when My patchbay starts to look like bed head its time to reorganize. I agree with all your points.

I have a lunch box that I cleaned out except for an API 550b and an API 525 about one and a half months ago. Now it has an ELI doc derr, and 2 more 550b's. Almost full. Whew then......... I got an awesome deal on a tonelux V8 lunch box with 2 eq's. Crap, now I have 6 more modules to buy.

audiokid Fri, 12/30/2011 - 11:08

I'm looking at this:
[[url=http://[/URL]="http://www.redco.co…"]Redco Audio - Custom Audio Cables - Recording Studio Supplies - Custom A/V Panels - Signex Isopatch TRS/DSUB Patchbay[/]="http://www.redco.co…"]Redco Audio - Custom Audio Cables - Recording Studio Supplies - Custom A/V Panels - Signex Isopatch TRS/DSUB Patchbay[/]
What is the difference between standard and longframe?

Please be advised that these are STANDARD TRS and NOT Longframe/Military TRS

thatjeffguy Fri, 12/30/2011 - 11:15

Chris -
Yeah, it's a lot of patch bays, but literally everything is routed through them... All 16 mic inputs to the mixer, the snake to the drum booth (12 ch +4 returns), the snake to the live room (12 ch. +4 ret.), 10 channels of preamp in & outs, plus other stuff.

Mistake in my previous post, the XLR patchbays are 12 channels each, not 16. And every port is in use!

As far as TRS patchbays, these carry the line-ins to my mixer and outputs from some of my older gear... MIDI sound modules, tape recorders etc. I've been using the same HOSA trs patchbay for over a decade with no problems.

All of my XLR patchbays are 'straight through' type with reversable modules so by reversing you can change the gender of the XLRs that present to the front, while the opposite gender presents to the rear.

I don't know what to recommend for a TRS patchbay. My HOSA has been fine, but I wouldn't consider it to be top-of-the-line.

That patchbay you're looking at might be good... but where are you going to go with the DSUB? My patchbay is TRS front and TRS back, I wouldn't be able to use a DSUB for anything.

Jeff

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