John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum

i am going to be running a pvc pipe between my tracking room and control room to be able to mount a wall plate in each room for the i/o that i require.
In the tracking room, im going to be putting multiple xlr inputs and also 1/4" inputs and in the control there will be the outputs.

My first quesiton is, is this how it is usually done?
and seond, if i decide to put my mic signals throiugh a patcbay befor reaching my console, would i connect the output on the wallplate to the using an xlr--1/4" cable, or how is it done properly?

i have read other posts but just want to make sure im not missing something

thank you very much,

bond

What kind of patchbay do you have?



This is typically what is done. You'll have a conduit or chase from each tracking room directly to the control room. Multipair cable run from each room to the control room. Panels in the tracking rooms and cables going from the plates to either a patchbay or directly to the console, depending on how you've chosen to set it up.