<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hahaha, well i use shorthand on the black neutrik barrels, just numbers or L or R etc<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 25 May 2021, at 12:50, Jay Schwichtenberg via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p>A Sharpie and those plastic bread bag tags work for me.</p>
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<div>I finally have the makings for a smaller-studio in my
basement. Recently I received a batch of cables of assorted
descriptions such as "guitar cables", MIDI cables, various
other audio cables, and cables dedicated to a Mackie mixer
from assorted gizmos as well as dedicated wiring to things
like equalizers, reverbs, vocoder, etc.<br>
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<div>How does one identify cable ends such that the device
connection is uniquely identified as "<b>AF OUT BassStation</b>"
or other identity. I was planning to mark each cable end
using Panduit LJSL11-Y3 labels. These work a treat, are
printed on a laser printer exactly as one would want, and I
have used these commercially in the control panel business for
labeling "inside" wiring on various control systems. My issue
is that these label blanks are rather expensive and are only
sold in quantities of 1,000 labels at the minimum. There are
28 label blanks on each 8.5" x 11" sheet. (You can print only
one label per pass or the whole sheet of 28. Your choice.) A
thousand labels cost about $350.00. That's a lot of money for
labeling cables. Sure, these Panduit labels work a treat but
damn, $350 is a lot of dough for labeling. But I do want
something that is bullet-proof in readability, and won't
discolor over long periods of time. And I sure don't want any
gooey adhesive that will migrate over time due to heat,
humidity, or other environmental issues.</div>
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<div>As a very late-comer to the party, I have no idea what
others do for labeling that does not cost a fortune, does not
take 20 minutes to label one end of a cable, and won't destroy
itself over time. Since I bought commercially made cables and
snakes, there is no opportunity to affix a label on a cable
end unless the label can be applied circumferentially to a
cable near the connector. Using a heat-shrink gun and some
shrink tubing won't cut it unless there is a secret I don't
know about!<br>
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<div>Any ideas are welcome! Sometimes a couple of ideas might
be merged to devise something new as a solution.</div>
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<div>I would have made my own cables and this problem would not
exist. Trouble is, I now have arthritis that is quite painful
and I have a "trigger finger" on each hand. This is rather
debilitating but I figure I can fix my musical mistakes, more
or less in post. (Wishful thinking? Probably.) I am now an
old guy with white hair. This whole bit of nonsense is the
fault of Robert Moog. After he gave a lecture at NIU back in
1973, I had the privilege of discussing the future of
synthesizers with Dr. Moog for about an hour, post-lecture.
Wow! We chatted uninterrupted for an hour! What a very
generous and kind person he was. I was shocked to notice that
none of the attendees of Dr. Moog's lecture had a clue of just
<b>who was Robert Moog! </b> My chat with the good doctor was
surprisingly one-on-one! The lecture hall was devoid of
attendees except for myself, and the head of the physics
department in a local college near Motorola (where I was
supposed to be working that day!)<br>
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<div>Many thanks for any suggestions that might be offered.
Appreciated!</div>
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<div>Tom Farrand - now retired in rural Indiana</div>
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