Is this the right tool for the job?

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I'm new at networking and I want to start making my own network wires/cables for my office. I ordered this crimping tool from lducompany.com (crimper should be here in a few days) and I wanted to learn if there are any other kinds of network cat5 wire crimping tools out there that would work better? liangdianup.com/inventory/459901.htm is the location for the crimp plires on thier website, those are the ones that I bought. Funny that it says Germany on the handle of the plires but I would gues they are made in China since the company I bought them from is in China. If you know of a name of a certin cat 5 wire crimper that would be better for me to use then please post it here. Thank you :)
 
You have posted this in the wrong forum. I am sure you will get better help elsewhere.
 
Like on a site for networking, not on a home recording site.
 
I crimp tracks all the time,. For drums, crimp about 2 or 3:1 with a threshold of about -25 to -30. I use a slower attack cuz I like to get the sound of the sticks hitting the skins before the crimper clamps down on the signal. On bass tracks, I lower the threshold significantly b/c our bass player is inconsistent, he really needs a lot of evening out.. I crimp him more than typical, he needs it.... For bass, faster attack and long release does the trick for me. That particular hardware crimper you linked to looks pretty good, but you can find plugins that do the job even better. If you need to crimp a lot of tracks at once, go with plugins if your PC can handle it.. Plus, who wants to fill up their rack with hardware crimpers.... I got a whole drawer full, I never use em all!

Remember, it's always better to record dry tracks and crimp them later in mix.. If you record crimped tracks, you can't remove the crimp later.. I run outboard crimpers for vox/bass for tracking/monitoring only, the musicians like to hear it while they're tracking, but I always always ALWAYS send dry tracks to the DAW and re-crimp them later. I see ppl all the time who throw a crimper on a track just cuz they can... Figure out what you wanna crimp, WHY you need to crimp, and don't over-do it. Just crimp a little at first, high threshold, low ratio, yada yada yada... A lot of times it's better to re-track if you need to crimp the shit out of a signal to get it to sound even..
 
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I crimp tracks all the time,. For drums, crimp about 2 or 3:1 with a threshold of about -25 to -30. I use a slower attack cuz I like to get the sound of the sticks hitting the skins before the crimper clamps down on the signal. On bass tracks, I lower the threshold significantly b/c our bass player is inconsistent, he really needs a lot of evening out.. I crimp him more than typical, he needs it.... For bass, faster attack and long release does the trick for me. That particular hardware crimper you linked to looks pretty good, but you can find plugins that do the job even better. If you need to crimp a lot of tracks at once, go with plugins if your PC can handle it.. Plus, who wants to fill up their rack with hardware crimpers.... I got a whole drawer full, I never use em all!

Remember, it's always better to record dry tracks and crimp them later in mix.. If you record crimped tracks, you can't remove the crimp later.. I run outboard crimpers for vox/bass for tracking/monitoring only, the musicians like to hear it while they're tracking, but I always always ALWAYS send dry tracks to the DAW and re-crimp them later. I see ppl all the time who throw a crimper on a track just cuz they can... Figure out what you wanna crimp, WHY you need to crimp, and don't over-do it. Just crimp a little at first, high threshold, low ratio, yada yada yada... A lot of times it's better to re-track if you need to crimp the shit out of a signal to get it to sound even..

I probably use too much crimpression. My recordings always come out flat and lifeless. :D
 
I crimp tracks all the time,. For drums, crimp about 2 or 3:1 with a threshold of about -25 to -30. I use a slower attack cuz I like to get the sound of the sticks hitting the skins before the crimper clamps down on the signal. On bass tracks, I lower the threshold significantly b/c our bass player is inconsistent, he really needs a lot of evening out.. I crimp him more than typical, he needs it.... For bass, faster attack and long release does the trick for me. That particular hardware crimper you linked to looks pretty good, but you can find plugins that do the job even better. If you need to crimp a lot of tracks at once, go with plugins if your PC can handle it.. Plus, who wants to fill up their rack with hardware crimpers.... I got a whole drawer full, I never use em all!

Remember, it's always better to record dry tracks and crimp them later in mix.. If you record crimped tracks, you can't remove the crimp later.. I run outboard crimpers for vox/bass for tracking/monitoring only, the musicians like to hear it while they're tracking, but I always always ALWAYS send dry tracks to the DAW and re-crimp them later. I see ppl all the time who throw a crimper on a track just cuz they can... Figure out what you wanna crimp, WHY you need to crimp, and don't over-do it. Just crimp a little at first, high threshold, low ratio, yada yada yada... A lot of times it's better to re-track if you need to crimp the shit out of a signal to get it to sound even..
That's true, but if you overwash it, they come out all fuzzy from the dryer, and then the crimps all fall out. It's a pain trimming the edges and starting over, especially if you only had enough of the track for the first crimp. You may shorten it too much and it won't fit in the mix...
 
And why in the world would you want to get bloody fingers and crossed eyes making your own Cat5 cables? Get em from an electrical contractor supply place for dirt cheap and save the pain.
 
Because you sometimes need them through a small hole in the wall and it would not fit in with the connectors, or you need 100m between building, or some similar sh*ty situation.
 
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