I am gathering supplies for a new patchbay, and its unlike any that I have built before. It is the patchbay for a portable recording rig and it needs to be very flexible. It will have the usual 1/4" longframe jacks on the front panel, but there will also be a rear panel with XLR connectors to allow me to connect new gear into the system by simply plugging it into the XLR jacks.

I'm about to buy a Neutrik Easy Patch 2x48 push patchbay and am not sure whether or not I should buy Bantam or 1/4". I'll be probably making like 20 patches a day if that provides some wear and tear info.

Thanks guys n girls :)

Hello. I am trying to put together a project studio in Paraguay. I got a G4, PTLE + Digi001, and a Yamaha Rev7. I am going to buy a Mackie 1604, a Digimax, stereo comp, and a double channel preamp (PreSonus mp20). I am thinking about perhaps getting some better preamps not too long from now (api).

I've got a Soundcraft Ghost console which doesn't have a phase reverse on the tape returns or line inputs. My tape returns are normalled to the board so I decided to wire up some phase reverse points on the bay to use with the insert points. I can't seem to get it to work.
Is it because my insert points are unbalanced?

This may not be the most approriate forum for this question but as I have read the posts of Fletcher on RAP for a couple of years, I feel confident he will have the most concise direction.

I recently added a 2" 24 track to my studio setup that includes 32 tracks of ADAT XT as well. I currently have the ADAT I/Os and the board I/Os linked in a patchbay.

Here is my idea for the ideal patchbay, for me at least.
I'd like to have 1/4" TRS connectors on the front, normalled, switchable to un-normalled by solder, jumpers or switches. The back will have ELCO connectors, compatible with ADATs. From there I can also put 1/4" connectors on the ends of the ELCOs to interface to my equipment, ADA's, whatever.

Howdy

Any tips on patchbay layout? Just curious to hear how other folks organize unnormalled patch points and what they commonly prefer to have normalled.