<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div><div>I remember talking with Joost about Pachtbay
</div>Far as i know in theory A patch bay is well configured if it has nothing patched on the front
<br><div>if you have a cable patched on the front it s just to redirect the signal to something else than your default routing
</div><div><br></div><div>I m using a patch bay with adat 8000 and sound card (8in/out)</div><div><br></div><div>I tried to set it in a kind of logical way ( also using sticker can be useful to know what is what) ..</div><div>See below, maybe my drawing will inspire you :)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-From TOP at the back <font color="#67fa60">1 to 8 </font> I plugged the instruments i mostly used then they are routed in // to the Bottom from <font color="#ff7bf1">1 to 8 </font>which are routed to my input sound card (rme). </div><div><font color="#010201">-From TOP at the back </font><font color="#00f900">13 to 20</font> I plugged the instruments i mostly used then they are routed in // to the Bottom from <font color="#56defa">13 to 20</font><font color="#ff7bf1"> </font>which are routed to the Adat in </div><div>-From TOP at the back<font color="#ff2948"> </font><font color="#ff2d54">9 to 12 </font>I plugged 4 outputs from the sound card ( nb: <font color="#ff2600">9 and 10 </font>are routed // to the bottom <font color="#ff9300">9 and 10 </font>)</div><div>-From TOP at the back from <font color="#ff2600">21 to 24 </font>I plugged 4 outputs from Adat out</div><div>-From Bottom at the back <font color="#ff9300">9 and 10</font> are routed to minidisk in ( yes i still have a minidisk :-) </div><div>-From Bottom at the back<font color="#aa7942"> </font><font color="#0433ff">23</font> is routed to my Guitar pedal fx</div><div>-From Bottom at the back <font color="#aa7942">24</font> is routed to my guitar rack fx</div><div><br></div><div>nb: Bottom 11, 12, 21, 22 : I dont used
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> INSTRUMENTS INSTRUMENTS</div><div> / | | | | | \ \ AUDIO OUT / / | | | | \ ADAT OUT</div><div>T O P : <font color="#4bfa6b">1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8</font> |<font color="#ff5344"> </font><font color="#ff334e">9 | 10 | 11 | 12 </font>| <font color="#00f900">13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20</font><font color="#ff321a"> | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24</font></div><div> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |</div><div>Bottom : <font color="#ff7bed">1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 </font>| <font color="#ff9300">9 | 10</font> | 11 | 12 | <font color="#57dcfa">13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19</font> | <span style="color: rgb(86, 222, 250);">20</span> | 21 | 22 | <font color="#0433ff">23</font> | <font color="#aa7942">24</font></div><div> \ | | | | | | / \ / \ \ | | | / / / | |</div><div> - Soundcard RME in - - MD - - ADAT IN - -<font color="#0433ff">RP10</font>- - <font color="#aa7942">Rocktron -</font></div><div> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Romain</div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 02 Apr 2014, at 23:56, Andrew Tarpinian <<a href="mailto:andrewtarpinian@gmail.com">andrewtarpinian@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Getting my first patchbay(s).<br><br>I can patch a modular synth no prob, but getting my head around ordering and setting up a patchbay, really makes it hurt :( <br><br>Is it just me?<br><br>Also im dreading actually figuring out how many cables I need to have EVERYTHING hooked up.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>music-bar mailing list<br><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a><br>http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>