On Apr 24, 11:53 am, RDOGuy <rdo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 24, 9:24 am, Bmoas <bm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > it would be more useful to write the channel numbers in sharpie on the
> > barrels of the connectors so you do not have to search for the
> > also tape [and] wire tie them in groups of 4
>
> George is completely right. I never realized how much this easy and
> inexpensive change - especially grouping the channels in bunches of
> four - speeds, simplifies and idiot-proofs every setup until I bought
> a s**** to which this had already been done. After I used the new one
> once, I made the changes to every s**** I own. I used electrical tape
> to bundle my groups, though. If you wanted to be really clever, you
> could even use different colors for different bundles.
Mine are set up similarly. Only I did my selection splits before I put
XLRs on, and I did it with heavy duty shrink wrap to make it nice.
First I did a bundle of 1-8, 9-16, etc, returns and then split each of
those into 4s. This seems even better than just 4s. I pick up a
section of 8s, shake them loose from the main bundle, and split that
into 4s. Half the s**** is colored, and half isn't. The colors make it
10 seconds faster to figure out. I think the 8s grouping is mainly a
hangover from larger s****s, but I was taught to do it that way, and I
have always continued the tradition.
My way of labeling channel numbers is to put cloth tape numbers on the
XLR, same idea as the sharpie but neater, and I put them all on so
they are visible, and in the same place on each plug when the XLR is
plugged in correctly. I never need to look up the business end of an
XLR to see which way to plug it in.
Michael
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