The best patchbay video i've seen. The examples make way more sense for people who may be trying to figure this out than just abstract explanations. Top!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Happy you think so. Thanks!

@gcoudert

Жыл бұрын

It's not just the best video about patchbays; it's actually the only good one. Espen would have been a great teacher (and I do know because I am one).

@EspenKraft

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! I've worked as a teacher on/off ever since I started out in music. It's always ups and downs as independent and different jobs along the way is very common. Teaching is great fun and I've learned a lot that I hope comes through in my videos, at least the videos where I actually try to teach something. ;-)

@Makebelieve123

5 ай бұрын

absolutely the clearest explanation ! @@EspenKraft

Out of all the wasted videos people have made about patchbays that teach you nothing, this is literally the only video that actually teaches you step by step wth a patchbay is and what it does. Thank you so much for the frickin common sense when teaching people who have no idea where to start in regards to patchbays. I was this person a year ago and had to pay someone to show me how to use one because not a single video shows you how to use one. Your awesome.

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying! :)

@derekec

5 ай бұрын

This is almost verbatim what I was about to write. Excellent video

BEST PATCHBAY EXPLANATION VID, period.

This is the only video so far that makes sense!! Every video makes the patchbay sound so complicated whole time it’s a simple as the inputs of the gear pleasant to the input of the patchbay and the output of the gear plugs into the output of the patchbay and the connection between devices happens on the front

@EspenKraft

21 күн бұрын

Cheers!

I’ve been struggling with the patch bay concept for years. NOT having a patch bay to route synths through various outboard effects has definitely stifled creativity as I simply can’t be bothered to re route all the cables! Cue the patch bay and a note pad to plan the set up of destiny. Thanks as always for a comprehensive tutorial.

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers! :)

Honestly the best thing I have ever spent money on. Ever since putting patchbays in my setup everything works smoothly and my workflow has improved by orders of magnitude.

In the process of rethinking my current gear connections, this is just what I need! 👍 great explanation!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

This is one of the best explanations/demonstration of patchbays I have seen from anywhere. Nice one Espen :)

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

By far the best patchbay video. Thank you!

@EspenKraft

11 ай бұрын

Cheers!

The sighting of the Rockman chorus was an unexpected pleasure! In fact, any Rockman under the SR&D manufacturer were epic! Great patchbay tutorial, also. Thanks!

@EspenKraft

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

when i searched “patchbay” and an Espen Kraft video popped up?..🎉🎊🍾🥳 Thank you!!!

@EspenKraft

10 ай бұрын

Cheers!

I’ve watched so many videos and no one has explained it this clearly… now I feel confident purchasing and using one of these

@EspenKraft

7 ай бұрын

Go for it! Cheers :)

Youre on a roll with quality content. This was so helpful and inspiring!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

THANK YOU !!! Half normal is what I want, I want to still hear stuff and redirect or sample it and I 2 copies of things, 1 clean 1 dry especially with bass guitar. BRILLIANT!

Excellent video, demystified so much, thanks Espen!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Happy you liked it, thanks! :)

Interesting ! Brilliant for the half mode!!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Patch bays, the secret of an efficient studio setup! I don't have much outboard gear but used to end up with a complete mess of wires trying to use my effects units on different instruments. I eventually learned what the "inserts" on my mixer were actually for, but it was still a pain to patch things in as the sockets weren't easy to get to. Then I got given a patch bay by a friend who was moving to a completely software based setup. Complete game changer once I got my head around the "normalling" concepts.

I think patchbay science is the physical manifestation of the phrase “mutually exclusive”:-) great video it actually makes sense!

@EspenKraft

3 ай бұрын

Cheers!

2 points should be talked about. 1. balanced vs unbalanced 2. sending line level sources to fx that are not line level.

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

That was outside the scope of this segment, but an interesting topic.

@subs4794

Жыл бұрын

So, how about you discuss it now? Both of you? 🤓

@cortical1

Жыл бұрын

No. I'm really happy he didn't talk about these issues here in the series. Have you made videos on these topics?

Thank you for bringing this, Espen ❤

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Very good and simple use cases that are well explained patchbays

Great explaination Espen ! ...loved the old footage too !

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

awesome, what a studio btw wow

Very well explained, thanks!

Good timing, I got my first patchbay a couple days ago, setting it up now.

So excellent! And so needed! Thanks so much espen

@EspenKraft

4 ай бұрын

Cheers!

this video deserves a super thanks 🙏

Best explanation of patchbay use I've ever seen. Thanks a lot Espen.

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for saying!

This video brings me back to my first home studio decades ago. It was very small but with the same ideas behind it. Very nice to watch and listen throughout this video, thank you!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Best video ever made about patchbays! Thank you so much!!!

@EspenKraft

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Excellent explanation Espen, thanks! 👍

@EspenKraft

5 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Great video and your studio is rad!

@EspenKraft

3 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Great video, Espen! Like it.

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks Espen, best explanation I’ve seem , and I’ve seen lots!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

FANTASTIC EXPLANATION!!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Best patchbay video on KZread. Easy to follow and well explained and demonstrated too. Excellent work.

@EspenKraft

8 ай бұрын

Many thanks for saying!

So now I finally understand how these works! Thanks for the vid

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Great information!!! I really appreciate it!! 👍🏻👍🏻

@EspenKraft

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

It;s amazing to see that you all do it by yourself, I have just entered into the patch bay / 500 series format. Thanks for taking the time to share this information.

@EspenKraft

6 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Great review with deep explanation, thanks!

@EspenKraft

6 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Amazing video you're a really good storyteller and instructor. Thank you so much

@EspenKraft

7 ай бұрын

Cheers!

The best one on youtube. Great job EK...as usual!

@EspenKraft

11 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

Thank you for this video. This is the best explanation I have seen anywhere as I understand it now.

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you, this helped immensely! 🙏🙏

@EspenKraft

8 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Thank you, Espen! I am at the point of setting up my patchbays in my hybrid studio( Sampson S-Patch Plus). These are nice patchbays, as they have switches on the front side to easily change between normal, half-normal and thru modes. I was having difficulty figuring out the best configuration. This video will help me organize my workflow much better. I'm looking forward to the ten-fold payback in time, which I think will definitely happen.

@EspenKraft

2 ай бұрын

Cheers!

platinum grade tutorial. thx so much espen!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Been thinking about getting a couple of patchbays for a while. This was very helpful! I really appreciate your effort in showing these examples and thoroughly explaining everything. Thanks :)

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Happy it could be of help. Cheers! :)

Very useful tutorial Espen. Good recall plus some learning points for me, cheers 🍻

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks man!

@theaudioeng

Жыл бұрын

@@EspenKraft Yeah thanks again. Great timing as in process of re-jigging studio connections with my Behringer Ultrapatch PX1000 and 2x Eurorack Pro RX1602’s 16-input Line mixers 😁👍🇬🇧🍻

PERFECT VIDEO...VERY HELPFUL...THANK YOU!

@EspenKraft

7 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Well explained, very solid and complete , I wish all the masters/ teachers new how to teach like you Thank you 🙏

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for saying!

Excellent video thank you.

@EspenKraft

6 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Thank you very much Sir, very well explained 👍

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

Best patchbay video in history .... thank you

@EspenKraft

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Thank You ! Very Helpful.

@EspenKraft

10 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Good timing, as I'm getting my first patchbay for Xmas... and even better is that by chance it's the same model! This helped me confirm my understanding of the default routing a bit better and then added more useful info for me. Many thanks!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Awesome stuff!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video 👍

@EspenKraft

2 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Thank god for this video I was loosing my marbles 😅thank you Sir 👍

@EspenKraft

4 ай бұрын

Cheers!

THANKS FOR THIS BROTHER!

Best patchbay vid hands down

@EspenKraft

9 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Dude awesome job.!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Best patchbay video online.

@EspenKraft

9 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Thanks for this. I didn't know that it could send 2 outs into 1 in. This opens up a lot of ideas.

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@colcob

Жыл бұрын

You actually shouldn't do this because there is a risk that you can damage equipment because there is no summing hardware. Half normalling should only really be used to split a signal, not merge them.

@Noise-Conductor

Жыл бұрын

@@colcob Thanks for the warning.

Im a TOTAL beginner and you just saved me about $1000 in college debt... short and concise explaination that literally anyone can understand.

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

man perfect video so much detail !! thank youi can now have all my compressors used separately

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Tack Espen! Skall koppla min första patchbay, och det här var den enda videon om patchbays jag har förstått. Great!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Så bra, och lycka till!

@markusandergard6925

Жыл бұрын

+ du fick en ny sub.

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Tackar! :)

Thanks!

best explanation

It was a pleasure listening to your tutorial! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge with the world.. I was preparing to sell the Ultrapatch Pro unit that has just been sitting in a box unused in my home studio... but now, I will put this to use! :)

@EspenKraft

4 ай бұрын

Cheers!

I have one of the Behringer patch bays and one of the Samson Patch bays. The Samson is more useful if I want to change the mode from normal to thru or half-normal. It has the switching on the front. Unfortunately it is a bit more crowded so my labeling is tighter. I use the Brother P-Touch label maker. Great tips as usual Espen!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

When I use all my outboards almost all connectors are in use on mine. I'll show that in the next couple of videos in this series. ;-)

wow this is so crucial thank you!

@EspenKraft

11 ай бұрын

Cheers!

I'm JUST starting to play around with various audio equipment, so I'm an absolute novice. Some things in this video are things I'll revisit, however, watching it just once, I feel, advanced my understanding of at least being able to hook the pieces I've acquired together. You've got to start somewhere...and this was a tremendous help. I'm subscribed.

@EspenKraft

8 ай бұрын

Many thanks, and best of luck with your setup and moving forward. :)

Fantastic tutorial! I've been thinking of adding a patch bay to my home studio (=my synth room) and this was just what I needed to watch! And thanks for showing a few different ways of using a PB! Great, clear explanations! 🙏 0:55 0:55 0:55

@EspenKraft

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Excellent❤

Nice, Saved!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

this is the best patchbay tutorial I've found online...the others have just been awful. Great job.

@EspenKraft

4 ай бұрын

Cheers!

I have a full rackmount hardware setup, and I don't know if I would even still be using hardware if it wasn't for setting up a patchbay. Just the samplers and synth take up 20 points on the patchbay (though I have it so each point is two outputs of my gear, cause I am kinda cheap an' don't wanna spend more that I have to right now, so actually all my synths add up to 40 outputs). Really just an absolute life and time saver, I feel bad for those who don't use them...I understand why some might not though...even cheap pre-made cables can get really really expensive when you need so many

@ArchetypalCat

10 ай бұрын

that is why many of us make our own cables!

epsen the greatest as always

Excellent tutorial! Although actually quite logical, operating a patchbay can be confusing. Everything is clearly explained here.

@EspenKraft

8 ай бұрын

Cheers!

My mom thanks for this easy-peasy explanation!

@EspenKraft

7 ай бұрын

Every mum should learn about these things. Mums should have a patchbay in the kitchen to play around with while their making dinner for their husbands.

An excellent and simplified explanation. Perfect! 👍 Thanks so much!

@EspenKraft

11 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

I also have and still use a Mackie CR1604 occasionally for it's nice saturation on the preamps but it is becoming quite noisy. I think it's time for some re-capping. Looking forward to your use of the old gray mix box.

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

The one I have is a 1202, but mine is still pretty quiet. Or at least last time I used it. The one I have has been through so much mayhem that it deserves a video of its own. ;-) What a tank.

@nanocyde_artist

Жыл бұрын

I recently took apart a 1642-VLZ Pro to repair some jacks and noticed the two big capacitors on the power board were bulging. Definitely get it checked out!

I sussed the subzero thanks to you. It's defaulted to Half Normal.

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

First one how made me understand the whole material

@EspenKraft

11 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@conrow1157

11 ай бұрын

@@EspenKraft maybe you could answer me one question: I have a Apollo x6 and a LA-610 preamp. What’s the best way to route these units in a patchbay if want to use input 1 on the Apollo for the UA preamp and sometimes for unison preamp included in the Apollo? Cause I need to switch between line input and mic input on the Apollo. Thanks

All challenges I have with patchbays (I have ~10) relate to balanced / unbalanced issues.

Brilliantly explained. Thank you. Make every thing looks so easy to understand. Thank you

@EspenKraft

11 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Ive watched every patchbay tutorial.. like 3 times. Finally makes sense with this one... cheers.

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thanks!

This is the best video I have seen on patchbays and actually how to make them work in your favor, I don't understand why people can not take the time like Espen does. Thank you so much, is there a Preamp or some line leveler that you like to put your synths through, my Jd-990 needs some love, I dont want to crank the gain on the SSL mixer. Cheers.

@EspenKraft

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! I have plenty of videos showing how I gain stage, use preamps or whatever to record synths.

A-ha! ....no literally...as soon as you started the drum machine...Take on Me started in my head ;)

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Should maybe explain to beginners why the 1/4 inch jack is only plugged in halfway from the insert from your mixer. Great video!

@EspenKraft

2 ай бұрын

For any beginners watching; the Mackie mixers (at least back then) had this feature that when you insert a patch cable HALF WAY at the back (of each channel strip) you access the DIRECT OUT of the preamps.

@TheSwanepoelmj

2 ай бұрын

@@EspenKraft Indeed. Its half an insert basically

It's funny but I have a set up where I can have 28 inputs, 26 analog and 1 stereo coax. So I generally limit myself to 13 stereo bits of gear. What's weird is I own more than that so a patch bay makes sense, the real issue is, I don't have the room to have everything up and running at once lol.

Hi Espen. Excellent explanation of the different normalling modes for patchbays. What I would like to know is having looked at your 4 patchbays in the rack with various pieces of equipment connected at the back of the patchbays, which modes are you using for the different pieces of gear, I noticed the pedal compressor had the input and output connected to 2 adjacent connections to avoid the input and output of the compressor being normalled but the stereo compressor is connected to the same 2 inputs and outputs which I assume is in the thru mode. It would be great if you could talk again about the 4 patchbays but maybe mention the the different normalling modes you used for the various pieces of gear. I'm building my home studio using a couple of 16 channel analogue mixers linked together along with some old Alesis 3630 and DBX compressors,exciters and reverb units and my recent purchase of the Audient EVO16 and 2 SP8 Preamps. Kind Regards. Alan

@EspenKraft

10 ай бұрын

This setup is now long gone so I can't make any more videos about that particular configuration.

@alanmclean2713

10 ай бұрын

Hi Espen. Thanks for the prompt reply. I am planning to buy a coupe of Samson Patchbays which have selectable modes on the front of the unit so I can try out some of your suggestions and see what works best for my setup.@@EspenKraft

What a great video!!!! But could you please explain why you use trs instead of ts cables??

@EspenKraft

8 ай бұрын

It really does not matter. Unless you pick up hum or noise, which might or might not happen, using both ts and trs cables will work just fine in a home studio environment like this.

FINALLY! THANK YOU!!!

thanks for shared your set up. I have one question; why dont have a patch panel TT bantam?

@EspenKraft

12 күн бұрын

Too expensive and as I flip gear all the time too complicated to tear down and setup.

My mom really understood how it works. Now I can't kick her out of the my studio. Do you have any ideas? ))))

great video, in normal mode example.....would you always have the outs and ins of the compressor on different channel on patch bay?

@EspenKraft

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! It would greatly depend on what I was using the compressor for.

Do EVERYTHING in drawings before you first patch a single cable...it will pay off immensely, just as you say!

Very nice explanation and a great video. However, can you explain what type of cables are you using to connect from the patchbay to some effects that have only mono input? I saw on your patchbay that you have 2 inputs for the SRV2000 IN mono, the same goes for SDD2000 IN mono and PCM70 IN mono. Do you use "Y" cables with 2 unbalanced (TS) jack 6.3mm on the patchbay bottom row into one balanced (TRS) jack 6.3mm in the effects mono input or something else?

@EspenKraft

Жыл бұрын

It's not that complicated. I just set up all patchbay points as stereo in/out, just because I rotate gear so much. Gear come and go. So I hook up mono-in/Stereo-out using only the left in patch point going to the mono in of the gear. If that box get replaced by a true stereo in/out I have the space (patch point) for it readily. Cheers

@lovsindaniel

Жыл бұрын

@@EspenKraft great. thank you for the answer 👍😀