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Brian Hagen 19 September 2019

Hello! I have used digital recording mixers for some time now. However, I now have more analog inputs (synths, drum machines, etc.) than I have input jacks available on the sixteen-track recorder. It is a Yamaha AW16G, which only has eight analog input jacks. I have a patchbay(Behringer PX-3000) which is a standard A/B vertical pairing (X 24 of them). In other words, 48 total analog jacks. I have read over and over again about Normal, Half-Normal, and Thru modes. My goal is simply to have eight of the patchbaypairs set up for the most often-used signals from the analog gear, and connect the remaining, less-used gear to the patchbayin a way that I can use slide-switches or cable re-routing to temporarily connect the less-used gear in place of the more-used gear. So far, every connection made for the often-used gear works 100%. That is, synth lead into back row, top jack (A) and patch cord from bottom jack (B) to the recorder. So the more often-used gear is working 100%. But I cannot determine how to connect the less-used gear so that it can be used. I have connected those leads to the top rows of the remaining jacks in back. What I don't know how to do yet is to set up mode switches (anywhere) and added patch cords so that the short-term connections can be made. Every combination that I have tried results in signal silence. Comment is invited.

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pcrecord Fri, 09/20/2019 - 05:05

It's fairly straitfoward.
-Connect 6 of the patchpanel back channels to your 6 inputs and identify them properly.
-Connect any other patchpannel back channels to any keyboards or drum machine's outputs and identify (can be mono, stereo or multi).

Setup is done.

To use,
Use TRS or TR short cable to link the output signals of your outboard gear to your interface's inputs.
Not more complicated than that.

Some patchbay comes with no connector on the back, you need to buy some snake or mic wires and solder them yourself (more work but cleaner if you use a snake cable)

Brian Hagen Fri, 09/20/2019 - 06:08

Makzimia, post: 462218, member: 48344 wrote: Hi Brian,

Thankfully googling is still our friend :). I sadly can’t show you the site I originally used to get a handle on using the patch bay. That said, I did find this one, and I am sure it will help you around the patch bay.

https://ledgernote.com/columns/studio-recording/how-to-use-a-patchbay/

Cheers,

Tony

Thanks, Tony! I will check it out.

Brian Hagen Fri, 09/20/2019 - 06:11

pcrecord, post: 462222, member: 46460 wrote: It's fairly straitfoward.
-Connect 6 of the patchpanel back channels to your 6 inputs and identify them properly.
-Connect any other patchpannel back channels to any keyboards or drum machine's outputs and identify (can be mono, stereo or multi).

Setup is done.

To use,
Use TRS or TR short cable to link the output signals of your outboard gear to your interface's inputs.
Not more complicated than that.

Some patchbay comes with no connector on the back, you need to buy some snake or mic wires and solder them yourself (more work but cleaner if you use a snake cable)

Hello, pcrecord! Thanks for the reply; I will check it out.

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