I'm mostly a recording guy, but I do the odd live sound gig. I've done a couple now with analog snakes that split the signals to both the FOH booth, and the monitor console. But I don't get how those work, in terms of preamps to microphones? Are there are two gain knobs controlling two preamps to one mic? How is that possible?

I am in the process of building a studio in my good friends home. The studio is about 900sqft, it has a large live room, 2 iso booths and a large control room. The studio is being built to be as soundproof as possible, double wall construction, two layers of drywall with green glue, etc...

Hi,

I dunno if this is the right forum, but basically, I'm looking to make some 'snakes' that I want to use in my home. Like most middle-aged musicians and serial killers, I live alone. I pretty much record in every room. So what I end up doing is dragging long XLR cables all over the place.

Lots of discussion of brands of basic mic cable in the archives, but I can't find any discussion of preferred brands of snake cable. Hardware recommendations would also be a help. I'm looking into making a 24 channel fan to breakout box, and maybe a couple of xlrf-xlrm subsnakes. I'd appreciate any help with brands and suppliers.

I have an old Groove Tubes 6TM mic with the PS1 Vacuum tube power supply. The mic end looks like the Groove Tubes EC7 cable in that it has a 7-pin connector. The power supply end looks like an 9-pin ADAT sync connector almost like a vga computer display connector. I am in need of the pin out configuration so that I can build one or a source to purchase one.

For audio purposes, snake refers to a type of cabling, where multiple lines are enclosed in a larger single shield. The most common use for a snake is for live sound, where microphone leads and monitor mixes are sent back and forth between the front of house mixer and the stage. Obviously it is easier to lay a single 16 or 24 channel snake than to lay each individual line.

I'm looking for a snake with at least 10 XLR sends.
I will be placing the box in another room and taking the cables through the wall and into my DAW room.

So far the only thing I've been interested in is the Whirlwind Mini 12.

Can anyone give me a green on that one or recommend something else.

Next quest:

Rather than doing something like this example (CBI 16 X 4 Audio Snake) what other options for long runs for Micing drums? I'm guessing cat5/ 6 cable to a digital setup, yes?

So what is the general opinion of these. Live concert only or do they have validity for studios and high quality acoustic (classical whatever) concerts? Several large name players have versions-Whirlwind, Pro-Co, Aphex etc and obviously they wouldn't build them if there was no demand. Cat6 sure weighs less than multicore.

Thoughts?

does anyone know of the best places for me to get a custom snake