Rear inputs for ADA8000

[mattaudio]

Stumbled across this website which details a touring IEM rig (01v-based) for a band. They use an ADA8000 for additional I/O, but modded for rear inputs...

http://thinkfast.net/Articles/In_Ear...01/inear4.html

Anybody know how to do this ADA8000 mod?

Side note: Has anyone used ART S8 mic splitters for a SAC monitor rig? I keep thinking these venues are going to want a split for their house stagebox, but at some point I think I'll just hand the house stage box two lines... L+R... and then have band engineer pull out a laptop in the back of the room.

[Leadfoot]

Originally Posted by mattaudio

Stumbled across this website which details a touring IEM rig (01v-based) for a band. They use an ADA8000 for additional I/O, but modded for rear inputs...

http://thinkfast.net/Articles/In_Ear...01/inear4.html

Anybody know how to do this ADA8000 mod?

Not to be rude but it's pretty obvious what he did there. I personally wouldn't waste my time. Too bad he don't know about SAC !

[Guitarkeys.com]

Now that looks like a mess. Seems to me the way to go would be a couple of xlr male jack plates and a hole saw. Those cables dangling off the back looks too much like a snake (and us SAC people don't do snakes).

Jamie

[mattaudio]

I think the point would be that they'd go to something else in the rack via the back... for example an ART S8, or another type of rackmount split, or a multipin disconnect, or something.

[gdougherty]

What I'd like is an ADA8000 with DB25 connectors on the back for in and out so you could do simple DB25 to a custom panel. No front panel inputs with XLR/ 1/4" jacks on the custom panel. Or multipin connects on the panel to subsnakes or whatever you want.

[IraSeigel]

Originally Posted by mattaudio

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Side note: Has anyone used ART S8 mic splitters for a SAC monitor rig? I keep thinking these venues are going to want a split for their house stagebox, but at some point I think I'll just hand the house stage box two lines... L+R... and then have band engineer pull out a laptop in the back of the room.

I was about to get the ART splitters before the tour I'm on now, but at the last minute decided not to. But I think you're right - venues will want a split, or you will from their FOH console into your rig (depending on where your preamps are located).

[Bob L]

Pretty easy to loop small tails or 8 cable snakes through from the back in between each ADA8000 if you leave a small gap between units... take a look at the system in the Fremont St video... works great that way... and easily interfaces into any pro snake setup...

I built a smaller rig using separate 8 cable snakes... these lay on the ground behind the racks and connect to tails or individual mic cables.

Bob L

[Phil]

Originally Posted by gdougherty

What I'd like is an ADA8000 with DB25 connectors on the back for in and out...

i've been pondering that for my personal system. i've seen the db25 standard, but have concerns about reliably soldering up that system. i also thought about how i only use the xlr inputs and have to pad some di boxes. if i used the trs i'd not use part of the mic-pre.detail, detailsi will say the bob l technique does look pretty nice and the muggles think we're amazing

[Trackzilla]

I usually have 2 'Maintenance&Modification' parties every spring where we litter my driveway with equipment, engineers, test equipment, and local microbrews for an afternoon & tweak everything that has broken or annoyed us over the winter, first one includes parts list generation for the second. Afterwards we retire to the backyard & sit around a bonfire trading war stories. Upland Brewery is this years brewery sponsor as we did a series of shows for them so the beer will be both very good & free the date has yet to be set.

Last year at M&M included the mod of a series of SMAudio pres for db25 on the back to go with my dm1000 & also terminated 2 snakes to accompany it (24 & 16 CH)...Might add the ADAs to this years list, it's meticulous work, but really not that big of a deal otherwise, 2-3 techs can easily do a buttload of them in an hour.

Things pronounced BER (Beyond Economical Repair) at the M&M party are graduated to 'Hard Liquor & Handgun Night', which usually occurs late summer, as satisfying targets...it is actually a far safer party than it sounds unless you an offending piece of gear

[IraSeigel]

Originally Posted by Trackzilla

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Things pronounced BER (Beyond Economical Repair) at the M&M party are graduated to 'Hard Liquor & Handgun Night', which usually occurs late summer, as satisfying targets...it is actually a far safer party than it sounds unless you an offending piece of gear

Sounds like an aftershow party at a Ted Nugent concert!

Ira