[BC] Analog Patchbay Selection

[Glen Kippel]

On 4/25/07, Noah Lorang <lorang at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts on selecting an analog patchbay.



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I guess ADC is the standard, but I haven't used a patchbay since 1974.
Unless you exercise them once in awhile, corrosion sets in and starts making
the normals flaky.  I see no need for one; if you need to bypass something,
just unplug the input XLR connector and plug it in downstream.  If the
equipment uses barrier-strip I/O, wire up external XLR's.  To switch from
one studio to another, my preference is the Burk LX-1, though Broadcast
Tools and others make switchers that are perfectly acceptable.  That's my
advice.