Labeling a Patch Bay

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Do any of you label your patch bays?? If so, how do you do it?
Right now, I've just got all my inputs and outputs written down on a piece of paper but it'd be so much easier to just look at the patch bay and know what is what...
 
Sharpie Ultra Fine point pens are good because the ink doesn't fade over time very much and it's doesn't smear if your hands are sweaty.

I use all caps lettering I learned from a cartooning book Ken Muse of Tom and Jerry fame wrote. If you look at well drawn cartoons like Peanuts that's the lettering I'm talking about. They use all caps because lower case sticks below the line. They also use the concept of kerning where all the letters are slightly interconnected, not just end on end.

I used to buy rolls of white 3m labelling tape from Markertek but I haven't seen it for a long time. It's bright white with a hard plate finish and looks a lot better than the masking tape I've been using. :mad:

I save white peel and stick labels like come with anything like VHS tapes and cut them up for labels because that's very much like the 3m tape.

I believe "normal" is to have the outputs on the top and inputs on the bottom but I always preffered the opposite - like a Coke machine - you put your money in the top and the stuff comes out the bottom. Heck I'm like that. :)
 
dintymoore said:
Sharpie Ultra Fine point pens are good because the ink doesn't fade over time very much and it's doesn't smear if your hands are sweaty.

I use all caps lettering I learned from a cartooning book Ken Muse of Tom and Jerry fame wrote. If you look at well drawn cartoons like Peanuts that's the lettering I'm talking about. They use all caps because lower case sticks below the line. They also use the concept of kerning where all the letters are slightly interconnected, not just end on end.

I used to buy rolls of white 3m labelling tape from Markertek but I haven't seen it for a long time. It's bright white with a hard plate finish and looks a lot better than the masking tape I've been using. :mad:

I save white peel and stick labels like come with anything like VHS tapes and cut them up for labels because that's very much like the 3m tape.

I believe "normal" is to have the outputs on the top and inputs on the bottom but I always preffered the opposite - like a Coke machine - you put your money in the top and the stuff comes out the bottom. Heck I'm like that. :)
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Lol that's the way I have it too. I read that inputs are supposed to be on the left and outputs are supposed to be on the jack to the right of that but I prefer it the way you described :D

I think I'll go with a fine tipped sharpie. If I ever need to make a change, rubbing alcohol takes sharpie right off.
 
Canford Audio used to do pre-printed labels for patch bays - I'm not sure if they still do them.

Worth a look, though.
 
i use a laminated spread sheet type deal that lists the gear and corresponding I/O's within the patch bay.

That type of thing was used all the time at school for their tie line patch bays. i pretty much was programmed to use that system of reference.
 
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