Get A Neater Stage With Fewer Cables

Set up a straightforward Dante network with my free dante cheat sheet:
www.offshoreaudio.no/dante
Keeping the stage neat saves you lots of time and keeps the customer and the band safe and happy. The easiest way to keep the stage neat is to use fewer cables, so that means we need more multicore cables. With more and more multis and stageboxes things can get confusing and complicated. Plugging the wrong input in is a no no on a busy stage but if you understand how all the cables work and connect together then there’s less room for error. I’ve plugged a lot of things wrong in my career so I’m going to share. How multicore cables are made up, how we use them for more than just mic signals, and how to keep on top of them.

[@JBF-GST-Tanda]

Most bodypack transmitters of wireless microphones can accept instrument or line-level signals. With proper converter cables they can be used as "wireless DI boxes". RJ45 to XLR converters work best with dual-layer shielded Cat6a or Cat7 cables in which each twisted pair has its own shield and therefore less prone to have crosstalk issues compared with non-shielded or common-shield-only Cat5e and Cat6 cables. Some of these converters have transformers in it, but most of them are just direct connection breakout boxes and can be easily homebrewed.

[@nefrem8636]

I got a college degree as a sound engineer in Russia. I'm 22 years old and still just a beginner. At the moment I work in a rental company, we deal with different cables: nl4, ep5, sacapex, multicore, analog and digital xlr, etc. After college I only knew what xlr, jack, speacon and multicore is. Such knowledge is very difficult to obtain without working, and there is very little of this on the Internet and it is described in complex language. So thank you very much for your work! This niche occupies a very narrow circle of people, but you continue to release videos, and every time I learn something new and important for me! Thanks again!

[@OffshoreAudio]

Thanks, I'm so glad it's helpful. It's crazy right? I was exactly the same when I finished uni, it blew my mind that you could send 2 speaker signals down 1 speakon cable. If there's ever anything you wonder about just leave a comment or send an email and I'll make a video about it if I can. Best of luck with the company, you'll be a pro in no time.

[@jigsound]

Well thought out. Thanks for sharing! 🙌

[@OffshoreAudio]

Glad you liked it!