Audio microphone multicore

[Josh]

Hey,

i want to get a multicore coz its too expensive to buy, so does anyone know what kind of wire? is it just heaps of standard 2 core shielded wire inside one fat insulation? anyone have any good ideas for the outer insulation coz 30meters of heatshrink will also cost a lot!!

Thanks

Josh.

 

[audioguru]

A proper microphone cable which is a twisted pair of wires, a shield and a synthetic rubber jacket isn't expensive. Maybe you priced cable designed for something else?
Expensive cables are flame-proof and if burned, are self-extinguishing. Ordinary mic bables burn like mad. Just don't set them on fire!

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

A proper microphone cable which is a twisted pair of wires, a shield and a synthetic rubber jacket isn't expensive. Maybe you priced cable designed for something else?

I think you're thinking of something completely different?, it looks to me like he's wanting to make a 'snake', a multicore balanced extension box for stage use (I'd like one too!).

As for microphone cable not being expensive, it looks pretty expensive to me! - at least for any worth having!.

Making your own:

30m snake - 12 in, 4 out, so you need 16x30m of balanced cable (480m). Decent cable will be at least £1.00 per metre (usually more), so £480 worth of cable!.

A commercial snake won't use cable of that quality, and it will be a LOT thinner, and consequentially a lot cheaper than that.

 

[audioguru]

Yeah, multi-path cable used in snakes to get from the stage to the mixing console is expensive compared to ordinary mic cable.

Surely just a cat-5 cable from the equipment on-stage to a laptop at the sound-man's location is frequently used for gigs today.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Surely just a cat-5 cable from the equipment on-stage to a laptop at the sound-man's location is frequently used for gigs today.

Not as far as I know?, and certainly not for the vast majority of bands - it would be far too expensive. It may be available?, but I've never seen it.

Not to mention, it probably wouldn't be too good at handling the abuse band gears gets :lol:

 

[audioguru]

Yeah I forgot. Bands still use valve-amps from the dark ages. :cry:

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Yeah I forgot. Bands still use valve-amps from the dark ages. :cry:

I don't use valves! - don't like them! - although they are popular these days with people with more money than sense :lol:

For my daughters band, the PA is Behringer 400W+400W class D, with a Behringer 120W bass combo, and a Fender 60W keyboard combo (used for guitar).