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Managing cords?
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| enferno |
Hey guys.
I'm out if ideas on how to store my cords in my home studio. I have about 30 cords at any given moment, and it's tough keeping them from tangeling when i put them away.
I was woundering what you guys do to keep your cords from not getting tangled, and where/how you store or put them?
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| kewlness |
| tie them :conf: ? |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by enferno
I was woundering what you guys do to keep your cords from not getting tangled, and where/how you store or put them?
thanks |
I've got about 2414 meters of cords hidden behind the shelves and my pc... oh yeah, they are tangled as . I fear the day I move out of here, then I'll actually have to sort them out... :nervous: |
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| echosystm |
get cable ties and connect them to your desk. Thats what i did, cant even see them anymore :)
HEHEHAHEHAIAEHIEHAIHEI RLOLOL GIRAFFE EGGS |
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| alanzo |
pfft.. i just let them be in a jumbled mess behing my computer.. with my additional music hardware it can be quite an eye-sore.. but I don't care...
I'de post a pic if I had a digi-cam :( |
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| Etherium |
| Cable ties, tons of cable ties. Go to your local hardware store, they'll have some. |
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| CynepMeH |
I use snakes and I label them with a standard label marker (numbers 0 - 9). Having cables hang like spaghetti in the back of your gear is not a good idea because over time they may break and you'd need to replace them (or repair them, if you got expensive cables that can be repaired). As far as reducing the pull on the jacks, I use re-closeable wire ties, which are secured to the back of my desk (the back pannel has maanu holes that can be used to hold the cabling). Also, using an organized numbering/coloring scheme can be helpful when trying to track down the noisy cable. I used to have rolls of cable behind my gear but not only it looked nasty but also is a pain in the ass when you need to shuffle the gear around. I took a week to clean up this mess but I am definitely happier with the results I got. There's really no easy way of doing it, other than carefull cable management.
Also, another good idea is to keep your electric cable away from sound cable because of interference. I took extra care not to cross or touch electric wires with my audio wires - I noticed the diffrence right away. Before one of my synths sounded noisy, once I re-shuffled my connections, the noise went away. You may also want to use specially-designed power strips that eliminate ground loops (noise/hum from electrical equipment). UPS is also a great investment, as it protects your equipment from spikes/sags in electricity and keeps the electrical flow "even" - also resulting in cleaner power, which means "low noise".
I'll try to dig up my post from the past with some links.
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