In my videos, I discuss custom audio cable construction, pedalboard builds, DIY music projects, and general maintenance and upkeep of everything that keeps your signal flowing.
This was very helpful! Thank you! And to all readers that happen upon this comment, Alphatone is a solid shop, and you're in good hands ordering from them. Fast, accurate and priced fairly. They'll be my go to source going forward.
If I plug the TRS end into the mono output jack of my accoustic-electric guitar, and the two TS ends into the left and right inputs of a stereo channel on my sound mixer, will I get a full level-set output.
Thanks for the video. A couple of my tips were really badly "furred up" to the point they were unusable. I did not have any tip cleaner so I got the tip nice and hot and dipped into a pot if plumbers flux then cleaned on the sponge. A couple of repeats and the tip cleaned up beautifully.
Darn.. No strain relief. Had no clue it didn't have it when I ordered, because all their other connectors have it. I need to disconnect or hanging off my board to connect to a female end on a TRS cable, but without strain relief it's just going to be too weak. I had some slightly thicker cable that I tried to jam in there because it would be tighter in the oval, but I had to shave it down as I was trying to fit the oval bit back over the connector while putting it together. But after fidgeting with it forever, I think I almost had it, but then I broke the wire going to the ring tab. 😢 I was practically getting strain relief from my scheme play the last it failed LOL
Thanks so much for this video. I had no idea I had to do a bunch of research just to buy a damned plug. Finally got around to making some patch cables tonight before band practice tomorrow and found the Canare GS-6 cable I bought won't fit in the stinking plugs. Now I know why. Just my luck I bought the SPS4 not even knowing I had to buy a special size cable to be able to make a damned patch cable with this plug !@#$%! Excuse my French but I'm a little pissed at the moment 🤬
If you keep a ball of solder on your tip before you place it into your stand in between solder joints and after use, it will protect your tip from oxidation and make your tips last longer. The tip tinner will also strip your iron if you use it too often.
Brother you just saved my life! Ive destroyed 15 sp500 with heat because I had such a difficult time getting the sleeve connection to solder and hold. This was amazing!
I need to take a TR cable from a guitar and split to 4 TR outputs without signal loss, what do you recommend? Do they make rotary switches so I can select between which of the outputs to use?
I'm sure a rotary switch could be cleverly employed this way. Although, if you need to use more than one channel at a time, that could get complicated quickly.
Perfect stereo cable instructional. Joining the unbalanced 2314 at the TRS connector is so simple, so smart. Details matter so much. It should be a breeze working with technicians like you. Thank you.
I absolutely started down the "just find longer screws" route, bought a ton of imperial and metric screws in various sizes and lengths, drilled all the holes in the home brew board, etc. I eventually concluded dual lock was vastly easier and held just as well. One problem with this approach is it's also hard to take pedals off when you need to squeeze cables into places like side jacks. So I ended up needing to wire up multiple pedals and then screwing them all down at once. Also angled bottom screws (looking at you, H9) are a pita.
I'm trying to do insert cables for my pedalboard and though it seems well done, I have a hum noise, much like a bad ground noise. I tried lowering iron temp, and uping it and try to solder faster. I'm not able to do quality cables no matter what I do. What could be the reason? Beginner soldering here.
I’m curious about the seemingly cheaper power box. Some people on the internet are saying the power supply I bought isn’t isolated. I’m going to do the test with my multimeter. I bought a vangoa pedal board with integrated power supply and it says that it has an isolated power supply but the power cord for the wall outlet is a 1.5 amp power supply. I’m wondering if I was tricked into believing I bought isolated power in the board when they meant it comes with an isolated power converter as a power cord like a one spot
First off THANK YOU🙏🏻 Great video and channel (tho i havent even looked at other vids, i know). Anyhow, all these years… there’s really no difference between an 1/8” or 1/4” TRS in terms of audio quality?.. right?
Thank you for all these videos, seeing the products in real life is so much more useful than staring at some datasheets wondering if something will fit my use case.
Do you think the parts you used in the video would be fine for basic audio microphones to connect to like maybe bare wire from your your cable to a 3.5mm female input.. Thinking for a cctv nvr that has a db25 audio connector on it for more channels of audio input.
If you'd prefer a zip cable, I don't see why that wouldn't be the best option for your applications. I've never used the 2528 personally, but it looks like a great fit for the SPS7-S.
I was just getting ready to re-do my board with velcro and saw this. Ordering a roll of dual lock now. Velcro was always just the standard and go-to, I never really thought about it. Great video.
Absolutely no idea what a pedalboard is, but this was an absolutely fantastic & insightful video on reclosable fasteners! Big knowledge upgrade, thank you for being so thorough & thoughtful!
Efficiency, mostly! The ground/sleeve is already touching the housing because of how the part is designed, so slipping the ground lead under the tab is the quickest way I've found to get a clean solder joint without slowing down my workflow. I think of soldering as a two-rule process: Rule #1- if something's not supposed to be touching, make sure it's not touching. Rule #2- if something's supposed to be touching, make sure it's touching. In this case, it doesn't matter if the ground lead touches the housing, so fast and clean work matters more than slipping the lead through the pinhole or keeping it isolated on the tab. Thanks for asking!
@@jasonthompson5140 The only other reason could arguably be duplicity, but that's debatable and probably a marginal benefit, if even applicable. Mostly, it's just quick and consistent for me.
I have a Line 6 M5 that doesn't like being daisy chained - very susceptible to noise in the power. I had to buy a separate wall wart for it as the one provided was flaky. The ISO 5 that I have now is going to simplify my hookup.
