Velcro straps are even better. You can usually get them at music stores ie; tower, virgin, camelot etc., or hardware stores alot of times. Much bigger than twist ties, & more aesthetic.

Hey Gary! It is about time!!! Hehe...I am proud of you son!

I did that same thing about 2 months ago, and what a difference it has made to my sound (not really, but it makes me feel better!). I also at the same time had a whole new dedicated 20 amp filtered circuit added to my breaker box, and had wire run to the studio with a whole new set of wall plugs dedicated to the studio...clean and quiet!!! :D

It really bothered my to have the power and audio cables so close together, which inevitably (sp?) happens when you add new bits to your setup...in a hurry to try it out, etc. I finally completely redid mine, and I also found that I had a bunch of power cables, and very few audio cables outside of my racks and mixer! I also re-wired all my racks however, and there is a ton of audio and a ton of power cables in there that needed re-routing though!

I have also pretty much standardized on Velcro cable ties too...easy, and no fuss, no muss...I get mine from Home Improvement Stores (in the US, that means Home Depot, Lowes, etc.) in the electrical supply area. They work great, and are a *lot* cheaper than the ones that sold in music stores/catalogs.

yeah...it is a good feeling about a clean wired studio indeed.
I will have to grab some velcro straps we have here at work(more free stuff...lol)
I'll take some pictures of what I did and my whole setup with the networking thang and all...
I'll do that this weekend....
Opus

Just another helpless tip! I recently found these little tiny bungee cords. These things rock! Perfect for hanging your mic cables on the wall in a neat fashion. They are about 3 or 4 inches long and come in packages of 6 for about a buck.

These are cool too.

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Heh, last Sundday i did the exact same thing, major studio rewire and clean out, I even found an old Tascam 4 track portastudio which i forgot I had :)

What the hell were you thinking?!? CLEANING?!? the STUDIO?
Have you gone MAD?

:)

When I redo my studio, more so in the past, since I've less equipment now, I still open up everything and treat every trim pot, removable connector, all I/O, AC power inlets/plugs and all audio plugs/jacks with "Cramolin" in its various forms. It is absolutely true that I can obtain measurable differences in dB, S/N etc.
For info on the product search for Caig Laboratories.
Phil M.

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Guise, if you really want to go total neatnik, try this stuff.

http://www.newark.com/search/Description.jsp?sku=51N2359

I use it in the rear of racks, down each side and across bottom/middle/top. I run Audio on one side, power and midi on the other, and come into racks in the middle for audio, bottom for power. Keeps things neat while letting you remove one piece of gear without undoing a bunch of tye wraps. Cables can exit through the fingers wherever you want, just lay everything in the way you want it and snap on the cap. It ain't cheap, runs about $5 a foot - but you only gotta buy it once... Steve

OK Steve...do you buy it directly from the manufacturer at the web site you posted?

It talks about minimum quantities required to order. It also says if you buy qty 1-9, the price is $108 for a 6-foot piece, but I guess you get four 6-foot sections for that price, is that right?

Stuff looks pretty cool...thanks for the tip.

very nice...I like the "click to enlarge" option...yeah it enlarges it alright...NOT! lol
it just puts it to a blank page with it in the same size! silly I tell you...silly!
Opus

A question to Opus about this:

Mind you I use three computers with a 4th on the way that all share one monitor, keyboard and mouse

How do you do that?
Lan, switch or what?
I would really like to have 2 computers with just one monitor, keyboard and mouse, but I don't have a clue how do it the best way.
I'd be very grateful for some good advice here.

Hey Tore
It's called a KVM switchbox. Keyboard, Video and Mouse. It allows you to share one of each between multiple computers!
Belkin makes some nice ones that allow you to press the scroll button twice and it automatically switches for you!
Opus

Thanx again Opus , now I can keep my old computor for copying CD's and for the webmaster tasks.
So now I can go for just 1 optical drive on my DAW, just the CD-writer as you sugested earlier.

It's such a joy to enter RO... :w:

Well...I have done it again! I just integrated my new patch bay, and had to re-wire the whole friggin' studio...*again*!!! But man, this time, it is soooooo sweet with the patch bay! It cost me a small fortune in cables, and about 3,647 hours to re-wire and re-route everything*!!! :) I have even left a couple of open slots for a new piece of equipment that I have my eye on (an RNC compressor). It will always be a "work in progress", but for now, I am pretty excited! I actually still have a couple more cables to buy/make, but it is 95% done!!! :D

And to top it all off, I added a new monitor to the computer as well...it is a NEC 19" LCD screen that kicks some major butt! I am running a dual-monitor system, and when recording guitars, I can now turn off the CRT screen, and only have the LCD screen on so I don't get the pickup buzz from the CRT. The cool thing is that I can still see what is going on with the software. Before, I had to turn off *both* monitors, press record, and *hope* everything was working OK!

I am jazzed!!!