Cable connection between tracking and control room

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:31 am

I am building a new, but small tracking and control room,
mainly for individual vocal recording.

As the tracking room is not big,
I will use 2 mics at the same time in maximum.
So, two audio mic cables will be existed

I am thinking of:
how to make the audio cable connection between two rooms. For tradition(Please correct me if any mistakes Razz

), I should make a jack socket on the wall(both tracking and control room), like:

mic in tracking room --> cable --> socket in tracking room --> wall
--> socket in control room --> cable --> recorder

But I am thinking of something:
this signal path contains a lot of contact points, hence noise will be increased.
Hence, if I use a single cable to connect, like I use a PVC pipe and connect only ONE cable from the mic to the recorder, the signal will be cleaner.

I know if I use a PVC pipe for cable trunking,
isolation will be worse between two rooms.
But I hope it can be reduced by adding rockwool inside the pipe,
and seal the two open end.

Please give me some comments,
as these are just me silly thought Embarassed

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:58 am

Do not stress about it.
Good quality connectors
is all you will need.

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:59 am

If you use quality connectors and cable, there will not be any signal degradation.

Andre

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:20 am

so,
what should I do?
because I am new to this thing,
I am afraid I don't know how to make a jack socket,
and also I don't know how to fix if any problems...

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:01 pm

You can buy WALL PLATES from several online retailers, or if you're a little bit handy and can solder, you can build a small wooden box, drill holes in a couple of blank switchplate covers, and mount xlr and 1/4" jacks in them (use pop rivets). Then just solder on the appropriate cable ( I used a 6-channel snake cable), fish it thru a hole in the wall, solder on the appropriate connector for your interface or mixer, and voila!...

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:11 pm

Thanks,
but what's the difference between making WALL PLATES and directly using one cable thru a PVC pipe?

Both of them are digging a hole thru the wall...

As I think, PVC pipe method is more flexible when I need to add/reduce number of cables, less contact point, replace a new cable if broken..

Sorry for my 'nonsense' question, but I really need to know Smile

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:52 pm

You're not snaking 24 to 96 inputs so, a couple of simple microphone cables will suffice with wall plate mounts. This is not rocket science. It's 2 microphone cords. God help you if you have to design something with 96 input sources. You might even want to be a daring and stick in 4 cables? You'll need headphones feeds and/or a spare microphone input should one go bad. You don't need PVC pipe. Just lay your microphone cables in the wall and close at up.

By the way, three plus three equals six.
Ms. Remy Ann David

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:51 am

Greener wrote:

Do not stress about it.
Good quality connectors
is all you will need.

Hmmm...you're off by 1 syllable. Perhaps if you had said "Don't" instead of "Do not"

To the OP -
If you're using high quality connectors and quality solder, there should be no noise introduced by using additional connectors.

If you feel compelled to use your PVC solution, it too will work but seems a little silly to me. (And would probably look that way to any of your clients.)

Cheers-
J.

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:17 am

Full of class Cucco.
*tips hat*

Wink

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