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What kind of 1/4 inch jacks would be best to use?
Zerberus said:Cheaper alternative: Drill, aluminum sheet, 20 1/4" jacks, 2 rolls wire, one roll solder, 2 hours time, patience
if you calculate your time in, the Neutrik is cheaper again
What kind of 1/4 inch jacks would be best to use?
Robert S.
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How many jacks do you intend to use? I use Neutrix 1/4" jacks for this kind of thing. My "patch bay" is only two jacks in the front of my rack that I use to add my wireless receiver in before my Triaxis. I used a steel single rack space cover and drilled two holes through it to install the jacks. I think the total cost was under $15. The steel space cover was under $5 at GC and the Neutrix 1/4" jacks are around $5 a piece if I am not mistaken.
How many jacks do you intend to use? I use Neutrix 1/4" jacks for this kind of thing. My "patch bay" is only two jacks in the front of my rack that I use to add my wireless receiver in before my Triaxis. I used a steel single rack space cover and drilled two holes through it to install the jacks. I think the total cost was under $15. The steel space cover was under $5 at GC and the Neutrix 1/4" jacks are around $5 a piece if I am not mistaken.
TwilightOdyssey
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Whirlwind makes patchbays.
Whirlwind makes patchbays.
J Moose
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Since you only need 8 jacks I'd highly recommend that you build your own.
Get a blank or predrilled rack panel and some regular old 1/4" jacks like the kind that are inside a guitar.
The store bought patchbay won't hold up too well in a guitar rig. That stuff doesn't like to be moved too often.
B2D said:
Since you only need 8 jacks I'd highly recommend that you build your own.
Get a blank or predrilled rack panel and some regular old 1/4" jacks like the kind that are inside a guitar.
The store bought patchbay won't hold up too well in a guitar rig. That stuff doesn't like to be moved too often.
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I suppose... I understand as far as wiring and fixing up the plate and the "in" jacks but what about the other end? Is there something like a shell I can buy? Do I get another plate and jerry-rig it up? What? Do I just get a single metal plate and mount up 1/4" female to 1/4" female plugs? What?
J Moose said:
I suppose... I understand as far as wiring and fixing up the plate and the "in" jacks but what about the other end? Is there something like a shell I can buy? Do I get another plate and jerry-rig it up? What? Do I just get a single metal plate and mount up 1/4" female to 1/4" female plugs? What?
J Moose
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I guess it depends on what you need the other side to be.
What's the application? Patch into sht on the front rather then going behind the amp & rack all the time?
I'd probably bundle & cut the rear cables (going to the gear) to length with 1/4" male jacks on one end and bare on the other...solder the bare ends to 1/4" jacks that are mounted to a one-rackspace panel.
Can't be more then $30-50 of parts there including the rack panel...that's probably $15-20 alone.
Anyway, it's the most solid & reliable way to have a traveling patchbay. Your signals gotta travel through all those connections, they should be as few & high quality as possible!
I guess it depends on what you need the other side to be.
What's the application? Patch into sht on the front rather then going behind the amp & rack all the time?
I'd probably bundle & cut the rear cables (going to the gear) to length with 1/4" male jacks on one end and bare on the other...solder the bare ends to 1/4" jacks that are mounted to a one-rackspace panel.
Can't be more then $30-50 of parts there including the rack panel...that's probably $15-20 alone.
Anyway, it's the most solid & reliable way to have a traveling patchbay. Your signals gotta travel through all those connections, they should be as few & high quality as possible!
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Basically. 4 ports
~Amp input (coming from pedal on board, going into amp input)
~FX loop send and return jacks. (duuur)
~Amp channel selector jack (mono 1/4 plug with the tip being the hot)
The idea is to have all the appropriate stuff and connections kept wired to the head, so for live gigs I just pop open the rack, plug the connections from my board straight into the front panel, and go.
Yeah I thought of just hardwiring the cables to the jacks, but I'm afraid of them coming undone for getting yanked loose somehow. Any way to protect them if I go that route? I'm currently looking into boxes and panels that Whirlwind offers and I've already decided on Neutrik chassis-mount 1/4 jacks with gold contacts and a lock mechanism. As far as using cables... i wonder if Planet Waves cablestation cables will work for that... whats a good bulk cable to use for apps like this?
J Moose said:
Basically. 4 ports
~Amp input (coming from pedal on board, going into amp input)
~FX loop send and return jacks. (duuur)
~Amp channel selector jack (mono 1/4 plug with the tip being the hot)
The idea is to have all the appropriate stuff and connections kept wired to the head, so for live gigs I just pop open the rack, plug the connections from my board straight into the front panel, and go.
Yeah I thought of just hardwiring the cables to the jacks, but I'm afraid of them coming undone for getting yanked loose somehow. Any way to protect them if I go that route? I'm currently looking into boxes and panels that Whirlwind offers and I've already decided on Neutrik chassis-mount 1/4 jacks with gold contacts and a lock mechanism. As far as using cables... i wonder if Planet Waves cablestation cables will work for that... whats a good bulk cable to use for apps like this?
Robert S.
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http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/General/Accessories/Cases?sku=421646
That is what I used for the face plate, very easy to drill out. The single space is $4.99 .
I can't find the Neutrix jacks, but Switchcraft 1/4" jacks will do just fine. Be sure to use some shrink tube at the terminal connections to keep things strong and insulated.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/General/Accessories/Cases?sku=421646
That is what I used for the face plate, very easy to drill out. The single space is $4.99 .
I can't find the Neutrix jacks, but Switchcraft 1/4" jacks will do just fine. Be sure to use some shrink tube at the terminal connections to keep things strong and insulated.
