Most tt patch bays use what are called db25 cables or snakes, or looms to connect the rear of the patch bay to the rest of the equipment in the studio. The firestudio lightpipe is the perfect interface for expanding and enhancing your music production. Through the magic of word clock, adat light pipe, and knowing the latency offset i can patch anything to anything. But really, once you know the fundamental rules and conventions the process is as easy as running cables from one piece of gear to the next. Adat light pipe uses toslink optical cables, the same cable as optical spdif. Both 18i8 and 18i20 have adat optical input jacks for eight more inputs at 44. But the patchbay itself will generate even more cables. Simply plug in your laptop to 8 speakers without figuring out a complicated digital mixer.
Some patchbays are specially created for routing digital electrical signals, optical signals, and midi signals. Besttronics professional audiomanufacturer of custom cable assemblies and turnkey professional audio integration services. Buy best digital patchbays online pro audio solutions. Studio 1 patch bay this is the patch bay in studio 1. Shop the largest selection of recording console patch bays at vintage king audio. If you need your cables faster, please contact us before ordering so that we can try to accommodate your needs. Each input and output provides an easytosee front panel activity indicator. Bittree patchbays is proud to offer the prostudio patchbay collection. At first, knowing how to use a patchbay seems like it would require a textbook, a doctorate in electrical engineering, an iq of 300, and some magical incantations. Please note that we are still operating under covid19, however our staff is slightly limited.
It is ideal for making rearpanel microphone mixer inputs easier to reach. Every real studio youve ever been in and every real studio youve never been in. Patch bay behringer digital snake s16 audiofanzine. The adat protocol allows eight channels of audio at up to 24bit48khz to be streamed down a fibreoptic cable. Proper wiring of your patch bay is a vital part of the home recording studio set up. To become the master of your recording studio, whether it is large or small, you must always know.
Sometimes i feed it with my tascam dm24 for small sessions and other times i use my motu 2408 for larger sessions. When using the firestudio lightpipe as the master clock, you can clock all digital devices via adat or bnc at 44. This digitalanalog patchbay will give you all the flexibility of routing in your studio. Creamware a16 ultra adda converter description the creamware a16 ultra professional 16channel adda converter houses 16 highquality, flexible ada converters with 16 analog inputs and outputs for excellent sound quality. With this versatile flexibility, you can route cd, cdr, dat and other digital signals throughout your studio with a couple of. There is a known issue with the firestudio lightpipe clocking externally over adat or bnc at 48 khz and 96 khz. Usually, this would have so many wires plugged into itbringing sounds in or out of the mixing boardthat it would look like a swirling.
To bring together the most complete io set for live or studio usage, two digitally controlled high end. The protocol has become so popular that the term adat is now often used to refer to the transfer. What is a patch bay and why do you need one vintage king audio. Used with outboard preamps or direct out from a mixing board, which is all i ever do, excellent results can be had. Product repairs click here to arrange repairs and check repair status for your presonus. If your soundcard or audio interface has adat optical inputs and outputs, you can use them to get more channels of io to use with your daw. Rme fireface 800 hiperformance fw audio interface, 24 bit. But, again, when connected to adat io these carry 8 channels of digital audio. However, even if you only own unbalanced gear, you might want to consider purchasing a balanced patchbay, so that you make your studio. Depending on the show, the lights required can be chosen from the patch bay and.
If you treat these cables right dont yank em by the. If your interface has an adat optical input, you can add an additional eight channels of inputs into your system with something like a presonus digimax. Directly connect the firestudio lightpipe to a digital mixer via adat lightpipe to. Frontier apache an optical patchbay with 12 independent sets of inputsoutputs supporting both adat and toslink signals and pll reclock for troublefree patching. The unit comes shipped from the factory with just one module, giving it the capability to handle 24 channels of audio. Its 12 inputs and 12 outputs can be used for adat connections 8 channels each or optical spdif interfacing 2 channels each. Using spdif and adat inputs ask joe home studio corner.
Ive been in the studio business for forty plus years. Well, the other inputs are typically an adat optical interface, which provides eight digital. These are all basically called serial processors because they are inline with the original signal, they change the actual signal in the channel, as opposed to parallel. However, even if you only own unbalanced gear, you might want to consider purchasing a balanced patchbay, so that you make your studio fully optimized and futureproof.
The salesman i worked with at vintage king was the. Our biggest brands are art, behringer, hosa, neutrik and signex. Operating at a sample rate of 48 khz, the lt adat io channel capacity is 16. Motu lp32 adat lightpipe usb audio interface studio gear. Each module has three pairs of lightpipe jacks, front and rear. A patchbay can make your studio much quicker to use, but can also be a nightmare to set up, so heres advice on which to choose and how to connect it up for the best results. Each of the outlets in the rig is hardwired back to a central patch bay that provides a flyinglead system located next to the dimmers. Adat router 64channel adat to madi converter and digital patch bay. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. The firestudio lightpipe is bundled with presonus studio one artist, our groundbreaking music creation program, and over 4 gb of virtual instruments, plugins, loops, and samples to get you started making music immediately.
It has 24 toslink optical ports mounted across the rear panel, each protected. Studio e knoll 320, behind the stage epstairs is a small about 15x10. Creamware a16 ultra adda converter ryde recording studio. It was originally developed by alesis but has since become widely accepted, with many third party hardware manufacturers including lightpipe interfaces on their equipment. Quizlet flashcards, activities and games help you improve your grades. Hosa pdr369 is a patch bay providing 12 channels of balanced audio throughput. The firestudio lightpipe is bundled with presonus studio one artist, our.
However, the firestudio lightpipe will externally lock at 44. If you are in an abusive environment, buy cables that are repairable. Firestudio lightpipe now shipping press releases presonus. The adat lightpipe, officially the adat optical interface, is a standard for the transfer of digital audio between equipment. On the upside the ad conversion direct to the 8 analog 14 inputsoutputs on the back is very good and uncolored. Since the adat is a 20bit recorder the question arises as to what happens to the extra bits of a 24bit word when it is used with adat products. Adat inputs are typically used for adding more input channels via additional microphone preamps and audio interfaces. Although the audio patchbay will be the most common in a small studio, patch. The hosa cable 14 inch to 14 inch cable kit is designed specifically for multichannel, recordingstudio patch bays. The lp32 is a flexible adat optical lightpipe audio interface, router, splitter, converter and mixer with avbtsn networking. All cable assemblies are 100% custom, builttoorder, with a production leadtime of 35 days before shipping.
In many ways, a better technique to patch any kind of signal is via an. Plus the adat light pipe offers more expansion for ins and outs. But also, someone working solo in the studio might think they cant do much more than sing. Hosa technology stereo trs patchbay 14 phone to css845. The prostudio patchbay models all build on bittrees rich history in the music industry, beginning with the extensive experience of bittree founder and ceo glenn garrard.
We are starting to get lots of questions about adat light pipe compatible equipment as it relates to bit depth. We carry patchbays in both balanced and unbalanced configurations. The bottom line is that, if your studio is interfaced largely with adat lightpipes. Free shipping, free 2 year warranty on most products. When a 24bit word is brought in to a device that only handles 20 bits, the bottom, or lsb least significant bits are truncated off. We ask that you do not call with any technical questions. The most common use of music studio patch bays in home recording studios is for inserting dynamic processors compressors, gates, expanders, etc. The lt adat is a fullfunction adat interface that includes two adat lightpipe inputs and two adat lightpipe outputs. With this versatile flexibility, you can route cd, cdr, dat and other digital signals throughout your studio with a couple of button presses. This useful digital router can handle 12 channels of spdif or adat optical digital. Im aware of the zsys digital patchbay but thats way more than i need. We offer the a perfect range of patchbays in the uk. Using handydandy patch cables or the cableless magic that is normaling, you pipe the gazuotas of one device into the gazintas of another device to get your desired signal path in a matter of seconds. Fastacting input led meters are located on the front panel for quick and.
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