Thinking of adding a MIDI Patchbay to my setup.
Curious to hear if this would be better avoided when not strictly needed. This because of the added delays (I thought at least a few milliseconds were unavoidable).

Are patchbays simply a tradeoff between convenience & tightness of timing ?

And much difference w.r.t. delays between the various models ?

The way I see things is, if quality can be determinded through your wiring/cables, then should'nt this pertain to patchbays? I'm looking for a good patchbay. Then again, a couple of good patchbays. Does anyone know of or can give a good recomindation as to what's widely use now-a-days? The only one I can recall is "Neutrik".

Hello Everyone,

I'm embarassed to ask such a dumb question. I'm putting together my home studio, the heart of which is a
Studer A80 MKIV 1"-8 track. I've collected a smattering of nice gear and it's time to wire it to a patchbay. Is there any real advantage of a TT over a high end (broadcast quality) 1/4" patchbay?
Thanks in advance!
Jules

Obviously you can't go wrong with the TT type patchbays, but the price is quite high. :td:
The TRS (frt/rr) seem like a good choice given that you can easily set them up.
Just wondering about the quality; sonic and durability...

What do I look for in a patchbay? Are there some models you guys can recommend? Reasonably priced for a budding recordist, of course. Give me the RNC of the patchbays! I'm not sure how to figure how many points I need, either. I think 48 would do it--that sure seems like a lot at my stage.

Can someone explain "normalled"

1. What is fully normalled? what are the pros and cons and how is this used?
2. What is half normalled? what are the pros and cons and how is this used?
3. How is each used respectively and why are pieces normalled and not?

Thanks.

This is a topic that has bothered me for a long time, and now I need to solve it as I have decided to finally get a patchbayrather than dig around in the back of my rack every time I need to make some changes! :)

HI everyone

The forum seems a bit dead over the past few days, so I hope someone is around as I need HELP!

This is probably the most mundane and basic topic on the planet. I need to get a patchbay, and I know not the first thing about them. Everytime I've been in big studios it's been as a musician, and my own setup has never quite needed one.

I'm looking for a good, solid, TT patchbay that's flexible (in that I'll probably want to reconfigure it every so often). My soldering skills suck. So, right now I'm considering getting either one of the Neutrik patchbays that have the "spring loaded push terminals with gas tight connections" or a punchdown-style patchbay. I don't have any experience with either.

I just did an upgrade and rearrangement of my studio & am sitting here wondering if anyone uses XLR patchbays for mic preamp's? Is this a common practice or unadvisable from a fidelity standpoint. It certainly would be a hell of a lot more convenient than repatching mic cables all the time.