Lines from live room to control room

phyl · Post by **phyl** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:47 am

I'm getting ready to order some snake and other assorted cabling to run between my live room and control room. So far I've planned for:

- 16 channel snake cable for microphones and DI signals
- 4 analog lines for headphones
- 4 analog lines for line lelvel signals
- video cable for tv camera

Anything I've forgotten? Has anyone ever wished they had run midi lines between the control and live rooms?

Thanks.

knightfly · Post by **knightfly** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:02 am

MIDI lines - yes, for recording clarity (if recording a module direct) this would let you put the module in the CR, so actual audio wiring is short. MIDI lines max out at around 20 feet, so if longer you'd need some kind of THRU box to reshape the pulse train, or an expensive optical translator pair.

Cat6e cables so you can control a DAW from any room in the studio - Cat5 extender setups run about $300, you can use either a laptop or just a keyboard/flat screen/mouse to run things from any place within about 500 feet -

or

http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3190

... Steve

phyl · Post by **phyl** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:22 am

I forgot all about DAW remote control - thanks.

Lbc · Post by **Lbc** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:53 am

How about digital lines?

My panels have 8 xlr ins 2 xlr outs 4 1/4" 2 midi jacks,two cat 5 (neutrik ethercon for my headphone sys furman hds-6 I think) two bnc's (75 ohm) for either coax digital, video or word clock.

Post by **Aaronw** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:50 am

Keep in mind...Digital cable (AES/EBU) is 110 ohm cable, and video is 75 ohm. Word clock, I believe is 75 ohm if I remember correctly.