Using CAT5e/CAT6 shielded twisted pair for analog signal
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2017 12:17 pm
Hello all,
looking for some testimonials
here's a little on me- Name's Jesse, live in Everett Washington in the united states. I'm an industrial electrician in my 4th year of a 5 year union apprenticeship (IBEW LOCAL 191). Very comfortable with general construction, framing, building wiring, and electrical theory. just finished my second class on structured cabling systems installation but have had little time in the field testing or setting up CAT5 or similar cable systems. before I got into the apprenticeship I spent 2 years going to school for sound design/recording at a local community college. so generally familiar with signal flow, shielding, and associated hardware. but haven't built a studio from the ground up. just hooked up mixers, setup mics, run software..etc etc. okay that's me.
here's what I'm trying to do- my girlfriend has a small business front she's currently leasing and wants to renovate it as a place for music teachers to hold private lessons and classes for multiple students. she was planning on a completely unplugged setup. rooms with chairs and instruments... pretty boring, and limited capabilities. my plan is to wire up each room to have multiple XLR, TRS/TS, and ethernet ports to allow each room to act as a recording booth as well as a practice area. with one room designated as the control room with a main mixer. so the space could be used for music lessons, practice space for anyone, or recording space for bands. I'd plan on running CAT5e shielded twisted pair as the mic/instrument inputs from each room to the mixing room. I'd likely use one twisted pair per termination on XLR and TRS/TS connectors. so one cable per mic/instrument input. definitely plan on using shielded cable throughout.
most of the runs wouldn't be more than 30-50 feet long. I'd bundle them on J-hooks just like it would be done in a data center or server room, with maybe 15-20 cables being run to each recording room. only plan on using 6-10 currently, but having spares can't hurt. up for suggestions on how to connect these cable runs to a basic medium sized mixer like a 16 channel mackie. a patch bay could be utilized? or if we can get a bigger mixer we could hardwire 10 channels from each room directly and patch in the rest if needed? to be determined... its not going to have top of the line equipment, but I want to have the capability to improve without having to do a total rewire if this business actually pans out like we hope.
thanks in advance for your input friends:-)
looking for some testimonials
here's a little on me- Name's Jesse, live in Everett Washington in the united states. I'm an industrial electrician in my 4th year of a 5 year union apprenticeship (IBEW LOCAL 191). Very comfortable with general construction, framing, building wiring, and electrical theory. just finished my second class on structured cabling systems installation but have had little time in the field testing or setting up CAT5 or similar cable systems. before I got into the apprenticeship I spent 2 years going to school for sound design/recording at a local community college. so generally familiar with signal flow, shielding, and associated hardware. but haven't built a studio from the ground up. just hooked up mixers, setup mics, run software..etc etc. okay that's me.
here's what I'm trying to do- my girlfriend has a small business front she's currently leasing and wants to renovate it as a place for music teachers to hold private lessons and classes for multiple students. she was planning on a completely unplugged setup. rooms with chairs and instruments... pretty boring, and limited capabilities. my plan is to wire up each room to have multiple XLR, TRS/TS, and ethernet ports to allow each room to act as a recording booth as well as a practice area. with one room designated as the control room with a main mixer. so the space could be used for music lessons, practice space for anyone, or recording space for bands. I'd plan on running CAT5e shielded twisted pair as the mic/instrument inputs from each room to the mixing room. I'd likely use one twisted pair per termination on XLR and TRS/TS connectors. so one cable per mic/instrument input. definitely plan on using shielded cable throughout.
most of the runs wouldn't be more than 30-50 feet long. I'd bundle them on J-hooks just like it would be done in a data center or server room, with maybe 15-20 cables being run to each recording room. only plan on using 6-10 currently, but having spares can't hurt. up for suggestions on how to connect these cable runs to a basic medium sized mixer like a 16 channel mackie. a patch bay could be utilized? or if we can get a bigger mixer we could hardwire 10 channels from each room directly and patch in the rest if needed? to be determined... its not going to have top of the line equipment, but I want to have the capability to improve without having to do a total rewire if this business actually pans out like we hope.
thanks in advance for your input friends:-)