pisces7378
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Sorry for the ignorance here, but I have been hearing more and more about how patch bays are used in studios. It has always puzzled me why the Ins and Outs on most digital audio interfaces are located on the back panel. However I must ask… what the hell is a patch bay?
I assume that it is a couple of rows of ¼ in. jacks that can be positioned in a convenient location acting as a central connector point between the things being plugged into it’s face panel, and whatever piece of gear it is connected on the other side. But… does that mean, that if I have a 24 input audio interface, I will need to go get 48 ¼ in. cables and plug them into the 24 ins and the 24 outs. Then take the 24 cables plugged into the ins of the interface and plug them into the outs of the patch bay’s rear panel, and do the opposite with the outs?
Jesus this is hard to imagine in my head without having all the gear. Ya see, I am going to be getting the Mackie 32 Channel / 8Bus mixer and I am thinking about the MOTU 24i audio interface / PCI card system. However I am having trouble envisioning how they will work together. How will I record a set of drums with 8 drum mics? The mic cabels will go into the mixer’s ins… and then……? Please fill in the blank. And I know how rediculas this question is… but I have only done track by track midi and audio recording up until now, and 24 track audio interfaces and 32 channel mixers are a jump for me.
I assume that it is a couple of rows of ¼ in. jacks that can be positioned in a convenient location acting as a central connector point between the things being plugged into it’s face panel, and whatever piece of gear it is connected on the other side. But… does that mean, that if I have a 24 input audio interface, I will need to go get 48 ¼ in. cables and plug them into the 24 ins and the 24 outs. Then take the 24 cables plugged into the ins of the interface and plug them into the outs of the patch bay’s rear panel, and do the opposite with the outs?
Jesus this is hard to imagine in my head without having all the gear. Ya see, I am going to be getting the Mackie 32 Channel / 8Bus mixer and I am thinking about the MOTU 24i audio interface / PCI card system. However I am having trouble envisioning how they will work together. How will I record a set of drums with 8 drum mics? The mic cabels will go into the mixer’s ins… and then……? Please fill in the blank. And I know how rediculas this question is… but I have only done track by track midi and audio recording up until now, and 24 track audio interfaces and 32 channel mixers are a jump for me.