I’m looking for confirmation that I’m going to buy the right cable. I want to use the individual track outs on the back of the AR (BD, BT, SD, LT etc.) and route them into 8 individual channels on my mixer. This is so I can record them separately into the computer for processing. As there are four stereo outputs, and there are two voices for each output (one left and one right), I’ll need cables that split the stereo signal to separate mono jacks. Is this cable the right one to use for that?
I know Overbridge will be able to do this straight to the computer without the mixer, but I’d also like to do this for live shows. Cheers.
hi, please don´t take the cheapies, you would not be happy, except you love crackles and soldering irons during your performance…
i have the best experiences with those:
cordial uses neutrik plugs. you will need four of these insert cables, but you have a 1200euro machine, so don´t be cheap on the cables
also cool for sidechaining compressors etc.
best
dave
True, a higher quality cable would be better, but I only chose that one because I can’t find any others that are a single loom which goes from 8x mono to 4x stereo. I don’t really want to buy 4 of those cables as it’ll be lots of bulk and mess compared to a loom. I suppose I could heat shrink wrap them together, but I might as well get a ready-made loom by then. For the price of 4 of those cables I could buy nearly 3 of the sssnake loom, if there was a failure I’d have backups.
hi, please don´t take the cheapies, you would not be happy, except you love crackles and soldering irons during your performance…
i have the best experiences with those:
cordial uses neutrik plugs. you will need four of these insert cables, but you have a 1200euro machine, so don´t be cheap on the cables
also cool for sidechaining compressors etc.
best
dave[/quote]
+1 to that. Get quality cables. You’re only as good as your weakest link, and the cables that your audio is passing through is very important!
+1 for the Cordial cables - I have the same and they are definitely well worth the money - just velcro tie wrap them together if keeping things tidy is an issue. Buying an all in one loom means you would need to replace everything if you get one dud in there later on and if you ever change up your hardware at some point in the future you’re stuck with a cable that might not make any sense. But hey, each to their own and just an idea eh?
me too, they are great and really nice to handle, and a good choice if they’re going to get a lot of use being plugged in/out all the time.
however, if they are to be installed at home/studio and left alone, cheaper cables can be fine.
there’s a lot of hype about interconnects in the audio world, but blind tests suggest that there isn’t much in it between budget and more expensive cables
@ BAdder: Yeah, and I alway buy single cables. If I have a stereo connection, velco stripspowered-double-cable
This is, what a german Thomann-customer wrote about the sssnake cable:
"A major drawback is - as indeed in all SSSNAKE stereo jack cable I have is that the dimensions (especially the distance and the transition radius between the groove and the first insulation) are very different. So it is in connection to some device-side sockets, while trying to pull out to tilting the plug again and clamps. Sometimes you have to pretty rough on the plugs with the thin thomann Kabelchen the back to put on to get them out again …
Since the plugs are but aufgossen, you have no chance to check the contacts inside the connector and must be so blind to rely on the function more or less - even after the tensile stresses above."
Or just buy a bunch of meters from a good cable and Neutrik connectors and make your own… once you develop the skills it is a breeze and you’ll come up with great quality cables for a reasonable price
Mmm, not at all, pretty straightforward too, just use two instrument cables, solder the shield together in one end and use a balanced connector for that end, then go to two unbalanced connectors on the other end and solder like you would solder any instrument cable. (One year later :/)
