Cables for Mixed Jacks

[Matthew S. Padden]

Hi..

>
>  So why not get the best of both worlds and use normalized 1/4" (or 
>1/8") ,jacks for all inputs and bananajacks for your outputs?! The only 
>downside ,is that you'd have to make your own cables, but you could kmake 
>'em from shielded 1/4" cables with the sleeve connected at one end only. 
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Whilst this seems a good idea, you can actually end up with more noise than 
you would using completely unscreened cables. The cable screen starts 
acting like an aerial; I had interference nightmares in my studio patchbay 
due to exactly this approach.
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Matthew S. Padden
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