Mullet1215
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Every year I run sound for a live show at my school, that includes many scene changes and daily rehearsals. After the weeks of rehearsals we find that we always run into the problem of dead/dying XLR or 1/4 inch instrument cables resulting in signal loss. Currently we use a 1/4 inch instrument cable (from an instrument lets say a guitar) to a passive direct box and then XLR to the snake back to our mixing board.
After having stressful moments trying to repair what isnt working and time praying that it will work for the show I have decided that I need to do something about it.
My first thought was everything wireless. Because if everything is wireless how can we have signal loss due to a broken cable. However, I have used wireless before and know that it presents its own problems with batteries and such.
So my next thought was to run a Redundant (copy) signal back to our mixing board. But im still not exactly sure how I am going to do that. My first thought is to use a 1/4 inch Y cable in the instrument and then run two of the systems that we normally use. So it would be 1/4 inch Y to two parallel 1/4 inch instrument cables into the passive direct box, to XLR, then into the snake fed to the mixing board.
If anyone could give me any suggestions or let me know if im on the right track or if I am forgeting something obvious and important. Thanks
After having stressful moments trying to repair what isnt working and time praying that it will work for the show I have decided that I need to do something about it.
My first thought was everything wireless. Because if everything is wireless how can we have signal loss due to a broken cable. However, I have used wireless before and know that it presents its own problems with batteries and such.
So my next thought was to run a Redundant (copy) signal back to our mixing board. But im still not exactly sure how I am going to do that. My first thought is to use a 1/4 inch Y cable in the instrument and then run two of the systems that we normally use. So it would be 1/4 inch Y to two parallel 1/4 inch instrument cables into the passive direct box, to XLR, then into the snake fed to the mixing board.
If anyone could give me any suggestions or let me know if im on the right track or if I am forgeting something obvious and important. Thanks