audio snakes

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i've got an xspro 12x4 snake and i'm trying to send a headphone to a drummer to hear the tracks and himself. Presonus headphone amp with trs or headphone jack going into my interface. the returns on the snake are male xlr's. what do i need to do to make this happen?
 
female xlr to TRS male cable at one end (interface end).

Are you sure the other end of the snake is also male XLR? If so Female xlr to female TRS cable or adaptor. Drummer's headphones plugs in here.
 
I had up a headphone snake using alarm cable, (with alarm cable you get a multiple cores so you can actually wire up multiple headphone sends), Male stereo jack one end and female the other. Keeps the headphone signal out of the microphone snake. Also when you use Shielded cable as headphone cable you get a change in resistance, however it's not as severe as using it for speakers, which you should never do.

Alan.
 
Out of the headphone jack on the interface would be a RS to two MALE XLR to get you into the snake.

Of the the snake in the live room would be two female XLR to TRS into the headphone amp.

Don't worry about running headphone mixes through the snake. Unless you snake is a complete POS, it isn't a problem. You are simply running a line level signal through the snake, that's what the returns are for.
 
If you are using the XLR's. you only need to use 1, wire it so you have pin 1 common, pin 2 right and pin 3 left. You can buy stereo jack to XLR adaptors, as long as they are wired Tip, Ring, Sleve to pin 3, 2 and 1 you can use these each end, male XLR one end and Female XLR the other. One of the reasons I suggest all home studio operators should learn to solder is that you can make up adaptors so easy.

Alan.
 
witzendoz said:
If you are using the XLR's. you only need to use 1, wire it so you have pin 1 common, pin 2 right and pin 3 left. You can buy stereo jack to XLR adaptors, as long as they are wired Tip, Ring, Sleve to pin 3, 2 and 1 you can use these each end, male XLR one end and Female XLR the other. One of the reasons I suggest all home studio operators should learn to solder is that you can make up adaptors so easy.

Alan.
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+1 With polycrystalline knobs on. I have an aversion to audio adaptors of most sorts and the female, line jack is one of the worst for reliability. Cable clamping/strain relief is also poor.

I would make up some XLR to TRS boxes (both genders) Over here you can easily get 4 XLR chassis skts in a standard 13amp metal outlet box and use a blanking plate to mount the socketry.

Thus you convert XLR3 to TRS in the most rugged and elegant way and the boxes can be used for other signals as well.

If going for dedicated TRS extensions look into CAT 5/5e (PATCH not cab to cab*) "FTP" shielded cable. 4 pairs plus drain wire and very cheap.

*You could use "UTP" unshielded for headphone feeds (even modest speaker runs up to say 20watts) and in many cases balanced line signals. Even cheaper!

Dave.
 
thanks for your reply. so, i just need the correct adapters and this will work. i was thinking i would have to get headphone extension cables to run out to the drummer from my control room which is where the headphone amp sits. not doing wp .... audio......
 
Haha,

Thats my sig, has nothing to do with what I was saying to you. Get the adaptors and you are good to go!
 
got exactly those two .. ty. yeah i am a little worried about the tension from a cable and adapter hanging in the air. i'll try to setup some kind of strain relief. thanks to all who replied. very helpful.
 
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