WinterMute Posted Tuesday at 11:23 Posted Tuesday at 11:23 Finally getting round to updating the studio, I've been doing it piecemeal for years and the cabling has gotten scruffy, plus I need to move some rack units around to make room for some new kit. Having a new rack unit built to house the amps and storage, and adding 2 new units to the upper racks, an RND Master Buss Processor and an RND Master Buss Transformer, a second Shelford will eventually be added and the UAD X16 will go into the side rack. I foresee an extended period of cable wrangling in my immediate future... 10 Quote
Richard R Posted Wednesday at 17:01 Posted Wednesday at 17:01 On 08/07/2025 at 12:23, WinterMute said: I foresee an extended period of cable wrangling in my immediate future... Possibly accompanied by grazed knuckles and a repeatedly bumped head? Or is that just me and rewiring? And of course there will be that time when you thread a really long XLR all the way through the run - only to realise you've got it the wrong way round. 1 2 Quote
WinterMute Posted Wednesday at 20:49 Author Posted Wednesday at 20:49 I have, on occasion, wired a d-sub before realising I'd left the cable support clamp off... Thats why I now use the ones that come in 2 parts... Grazed knuckles... check. Bumped head... check. Swearing... check. 2 Quote
Beedster Posted Wednesday at 21:05 Posted Wednesday at 21:05 3 hours ago, Richard R said: Possibly accompanied by grazed knuckles and a repeatedly bumped head? Or is that just me and rewiring? And of course there will be that time when you thread a really long XLR all the way through the run - only to realise you've got it the wrong way round. 10 minutes ago, WinterMute said: I have, on occasion, wired a d-sub before realising I'd left the cable support clamp off... Thats why I now use the ones that come in 2 parts... Grazed knuckles... check. Bumped head... check. Swearing... check. There are few things more guaranteed to really piss me off that having to crawl under my desk to... a) insert/remove/replace a cable b) find out why the insertion/removal/replacement in the previous step hasn't achieved its objective c) undo the collateral damage inflicted on other cables while working on the previous two steps One of the most significant evolutionary design flaws in the human psyche is the elevation in anger associated with tasks that require low levels of anger to be executed successfully 2 Quote
Richard R Posted Thursday at 07:13 Posted Thursday at 07:13 10 hours ago, Beedster said: One of the most significant evolutionary design flaws in the human psyche is the elevation in anger associated with tasks that require low levels of anger to be executed successfully Very true. It's a problem afflicting men far more than women though. Which rather suggests men should stick to things that require occasional anger ( war, sport, hunting wolly mammoths) and leave the complicated stuff (wiring music studios, designing aircraft, international geopolitics) to women. 1 1 Quote
WinterMute Posted Thursday at 09:56 Author Posted Thursday at 09:56 2 hours ago, Richard R said: Very true. It's a problem afflicting men far more than women though. Which rather suggests men should stick to things that require occasional anger ( war, sport, hunting wolly mammoths) and leave the complicated stuff (wiring music studios, designing aircraft, international geopolitics) to women. My wife (who runs a major UK fashion company) designates anything electrical/mechanical as a "blue job" sadly, so I'm stuck with those in the house. Beedster, there are these amazing new things called "patch bays" change your life mate. 1 1 1 Quote
BigRedX Posted Thursday at 10:25 Posted Thursday at 10:25 13 hours ago, Beedster said: There are few things more guaranteed to really piss me off that having to crawl under my desk to... a) insert/remove/replace a cable b) find out why the insertion/removal/replacement in the previous step hasn't achieved its objective c) undo the collateral damage inflicted on other cables while working on the previous two steps One of the most significant evolutionary design flaws in the human psyche is the elevation in anger associated with tasks that require low levels of anger to be executed successfully This is why nowadays my "studio" is contained within my Mac. 1 Quote
simisker Posted Thursday at 22:50 Posted Thursday at 22:50 12 hours ago, WinterMute said: Beedster, there are these amazing new things called "patch bays" change your life mate. Yup: a patch bay is one of those things that is a luxury until the first time you use one, at which point it becomes indispensable. If nothing else, your knees will thank you 2 1 Quote
WinterMute Posted Friday at 10:35 Author Posted Friday at 10:35 New rack arrived this morning, guess who can't find the cage nuts... 1 Quote
WinterMute Posted Friday at 13:30 Author Posted Friday at 13:30 Found the cage nuts, lost the driver twice, I love this job... 4 Quote
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