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I am a DJ. I have an odyssey coffin where my cd players and mixer are kept. I have customized my coffin by adding some recessed xlr dishes (2 for input into the mixer, 1 for mic, and 1 powercon for power to all three devices - just to make things easier to setup and cleaner.
I just purchased RANE Serato, and if anynone is familiar with the way this hooks up - it is with RCA cables galore!! My easy / clean setup is gone with RANE Serato.
So I got to thinking customization. I need to run RCA out of my cd player (2) into my Serato Scracth Live box (2), which would result in needing 8 total jacks built into my coffin (4 for each cd player - 2 out and 2 back into the mixer)
Then I started thinking about what could I do with a 4 conductor connection..... and my idea dawned on me -- SPEAKON!
So my question is this -- Having never made RCA cables (I assume it is just a pair of wires) could I do the folling:
Take either 4 conductor speaker wire or 2 2conductor speaker wires - and wire it up to a speakon at one end, and on the other, split the wire into 2 male rca cables
rca 1 would go to +/-1 on the speakon
rca 2 would go to +/-2 on the speakon
On the other end of the connection
+/- 1 would go to my cd plyer
+/- 2 would go to my mixer
I would only need to jacks on the back of my coffin to allow for 8 rca cables..
Does this make any sense?
Anyone out there have any wisdom to share?
Thanks
smb
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First you are mixing balance and unbalanced connections with those XLRs and RCAs. Second, I would not use the Speakons. There are screws that hold the wires in on the NL4s. So, good luck getting those little 22awg wires to stay in there. Third, why not use a multipin connector designed for the job. Rapco, ProCo, Whirlwind, etc all have multipin connectors that may be cable and surface mounted. You can order a custom cable already soldered and terminated, so that all you would have to do (providing you supply the proper measurements, is plug the components in. Then, all you would have to do is connect your one connector for audio, one connector for power, and you are done.
Correct me if I am wrong, but the NL4's (the speakon connectors) do not provide a balanced signal??
Also - as far as the screwing in is concerned on the nl4 - i was planning on soldering the wire anyways -- the screws are too unreliable.
That being said, maybe my original post was a bit misleading. I already have the 2 xlr jacks hooked up on my mixer -- they run from my mixer to my amp.
What I want to do is neaten the way that serato is hooked up - not have to dig through my coffin for every gig.
Can you provide a link to this multipin connector that you speak of? Remember, with serato I have to run RCA's to this unit...
Thanks in advance..
sb
I thought that I read that you were using your coffin's surface mount XLRs to connect to RCA inputs on your mixer. I reread and see that the XLR's were for the mics. Fine.Again, what you ae doing is not common. You could knock out your connections with one connector and a loom. That is the right way to do it.
Edits: 10/09/08
Ok.
I agree it is not common, that is why I am posting - I am sure there is a better way :)
Can you go a bit deeper into "...with one connector and a loom.."
I am sort of new to this stuff - what does this mean?
Thanks.
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