I'll also confirm this trick too! I have a few mults in almost every patch bay.
The 6" cables needed to connect them are also pretty inexpensive.
I've had the best success with the Neutrik balanced patch bays. Guitar Center
appears to be blowing them out at $69 now. They have a removable front plate that
allows you to swap a set of jacks between normalled, half-normalled, etc. Very
convenient!
The final trick I have for patch bays is to lay them out in Excel and get the cell
size to match the space above each jack. Then, you can print the labels using Avery
8.5" x 11" label stock, cut out the labels and apply them to the bays. Also, you
can create labels for the rear of the patch bay by doing a copy, paste with
transposition, sort, and repaste with transposition. I have found the labels on the
rear to be a really big help when trying to connect up stuff in the back of a busy
rack.
If anyone wants a spreadsheet sized for Neutrik or Tascam patch bays, I could
probably email them out.
Eric
--- Tentochi <
tentochi@...> wrote:
> This is EXACTLY what I do. They fit great in SKB pop-up mixer cases too.
>
> The path bays are a bit heavy compared to others, but they are built like
> tanks, easy to configure and fairly inexpensive.
>
> I will probably get a few more soon.
>
> --Shemp
>
> > I have a couple Behringer Ultrapatch patch bays.
> > Set channels to parallel mode and connect adjacent channels from
> > behind with
> > short patch cables (only one necessary for each "column"). Instant mults!
> > David.
>
>
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