Tadpui
Well-known member
I have a 48-point TRS patchbay that I use quite a bit in my studio. It's my very first patchbay, and I'm mainly just using it for easy access to inputs/outputs for my interface and rack gear. But I have a feeling that I'm not using it to its full potential. I'm following the convention of having signal sources on the top row, and signal destinations on the bottom row. But damn, that really chews through points on the patchbay in a hurry.
My patchbay is the ART P48, where the top jacks are numbered 1-24 and the bottom jacks are numbered 25-48. So jacks 1 & 25 are a "pair", so to speak. I understand the whole normal/half-normal thing. But I'm having trouble visualizing how I can use this thing to its full potential.
For instance, I have a few channels of hardware compression that I like to use. And I have an external 2-channel preamp that I use a lot (mainly because it has inserts).
How would you patchbay veterans hook the interface, preamps, and compressors into a patchbay?
My patchbay is the ART P48, where the top jacks are numbered 1-24 and the bottom jacks are numbered 25-48. So jacks 1 & 25 are a "pair", so to speak. I understand the whole normal/half-normal thing. But I'm having trouble visualizing how I can use this thing to its full potential.
For instance, I have a few channels of hardware compression that I like to use. And I have an external 2-channel preamp that I use a lot (mainly because it has inserts).
How would you patchbay veterans hook the interface, preamps, and compressors into a patchbay?