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Actually, 14/19 sounds very odd. Soca is a 19 pin connector, but the center pin, [HASHTAG]#19[/HASHTAG] is not used. The usual is to have 6 hots, 6 neutrals, and 2 grounds. That of course comes to 14 conductors, so the original 12/14 sounds more on the money. Still a six circuit cable. I would look very carefully at the jacket of the cable for either a breakdown number or a manufacturer and identifier number. If you find the later, google it and see if you can find out the real conductor number. It might be 19, but you need to know for sure. In any case, there is a very distinct layout for the pins on 6 circuit Soca cables, so it there is an 8 connector breakout and 8 circuits running through it, I would be very concerned. You would be asking for trouble if you happened to rent in some extra equipment in the future.
There are defintiely 8 circuits running through it. It's not all that uncommon. In San Francisco, where I've been doing theater and event lighting since 1996, 8ch 1.2k multi was always in stock in the shops I worked in or rented from, the only difference I recall is the weight of the cable. They all have a 19 pin connectors. I have found this wiring diagram in my searches confirming that there is at least a standard way of doing this that utilizes all 19 pins: http://freespace.virgin.net/tom.baldwin/pinout-19socapex.html