Bantam patchbays

[fldrummer]

I've been looking at some of them and I was wondering...Almost ALL of the gear I've seen dosen't have Bantam i/o on it. Is their a way to convert XLR to Bantam? Why are they considered so much better then other patch bays? Why are Bantam TT cables so darn much money?

 

[regebro]

You don't need to convert anything. You connect stuff to the back of the patchbay. It won't have bantam connectors. Most likely it will require soldering.

Bantam patch cables are expensive because it's made for professionals. They are made to never brak so they start to crackle, because finding tha source of that takes time and costs clients money.

Bantam patchbays are originally made for telephone systems, and the connectors are specifically designed to be jacked in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out.

 

[fldrummer]

Is the whole sodering thing easy? I just cut off the female end of a XLR and soder it in their some how?

 

[regebro]

Is the whole sodering thing easy? I just cut off the female end of a XLR and soder it in their some how?

Well, exactly why you would destroy a perfectly well functioning cable like that is completely beyond me.

No, soldering is not easy, unless you already know how to do it.

You probably want 1/4" patchbays with 1/4" jacks on both sides. Bantam patchbays are intended for fixed studio installations.