Upgrading Video Digitization Stations The Patch Bay Connecting There were two basic options: 1. purchase brand new "trash bin" mac pros to replace the older stations. 2. open up the innards of the old mac pros and swap in updated, more powerful components. Upgrading video digitization stations in the primary miap lab we have four mac pro stations set up mainly for video digitization and capture. they get most heavily used during our two video preservation courses: video preservation i, which focuses on technical principles and practice of digitization from analog video… continue reading.
Upgrading Video Digitization Stations The Patch Bay Connecting This is a guest post written by jeff lauber, based on his paper originally written for a course on “video preservation” in nyu’s m.a. program in moving image archiving and preservation. Studio wiring and patch bays, there’s a lot to think about. in this article we talk about what they are and look at a real world example of using them. The user should use high quality patch cables and follow proper safety procedures when connecting and disconnecting gear. for example, you might connect one unit, such as a mic preamp, to another unit like a compressor, through the patchbay for flexible routing and quick reconfiguration. A patchbay acts as a hub for connecting all of the components of your studio together, including microphones, preamps, outboard effects, mixers, headphones, or any audio source or destination in your system.
Upgrading Video Digitization Stations The Patch Bay Connecting The user should use high quality patch cables and follow proper safety procedures when connecting and disconnecting gear. for example, you might connect one unit, such as a mic preamp, to another unit like a compressor, through the patchbay for flexible routing and quick reconfiguration. A patchbay acts as a hub for connecting all of the components of your studio together, including microphones, preamps, outboard effects, mixers, headphones, or any audio source or destination in your system. This method involves connecting the direct outputs of the channel strips through the patchbay to the track inputs, and also providing the submaster bus outputs at the patchbay. When patching gear together on a patchbay, think of the signal flow like a waterfall. it always flows from the output of one device down to the input of another. if you patch an output to another output or vice versa, you’ll break the signal flow resulting in an audio dropout. Learn how to set up and use a patch bay to create customizable signal processing chains using hardware like mic preamps, eqs, compressors, reverbs, and delays. If you're consistently switching up your routing or re connecting your gear, it might be time to invest in a patch bay to make your studio more practical, flexible, and configurable.
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