MOTM

Hello all,
 There was a little talk about the reasons why certain cable color 
combinations were picked. I'm wondering what kind of systems other 
people came up with in the group.

 I picked one of each cable color in each length. For each set of 
similar length cables I used the same color heatshrink. The 2' cable 
set has one color heatshrink, 3' another color, and so on... I can 
pick out the right cable length from a rat's nest of cables by the 
color of the heatshrink. The different cable colors help me trace
them 
quickly in a patch. The heatshrink helps me verify that I really did 
follow the right cable in a patch.


Unfortunately I had to give up a lot of combinations that I wanted 
with this system. 

 Recently I had a bad experience where I was in a performance 
situation and relied on using cables with 1/4 inch jack on one end
and 
1/8" on the other. I was hampered all night because I'd go to pick up 
a 1/4" to 1/4" or an 1/8" to 1/8" cable and grab a 1/4" to 1/8." By 
the end of the night I decided that I would go back to using only
1/4" 
to 1/4" and 1/8" to 1/8" with 1/4" adapters where needed. This 
inspired me to adopt a standardized cabling system to avoid
confusion. 
Hopefully soon the weather will change so I'll be able to convert all 
my 1/8" modules to 1/4".

Ok... enough talk from me...

So why did you do the things

Yahoo clipped my message.
The last line is:

So why did you do the things you did?

Peter




--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "echophazer" <echophazer@a...> wrote:
> Hello all,
>  There was a little talk about the reasons why certain cable color 
> combinations were picked. I'm wondering what kind of systems other 
> people came up with in the group.
> 
>  I picked one of each cable color in each length. For each set of 
> similar length cables I used the same color heatshrink. The 2'
cable 
> set has one color heatshrink, 3' another color, and so on... I can 
> pick out the right cable length from a rat's nest of cables by the 
> color of the heatshrink. The different cable colors help me trace
> them 
> quickly in a patch. The heatshrink helps me verify that I really
did 
> follow the right cable in a patch.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately I had to give up a lot of combinations that I wanted 
> with this system. 
> 
>  Recently I had a bad experience where I was in a performance 
> situation and relied on using cables with 1/4 inch jack on one end
> and 
> 1/8" on the other. I was hampered all night because I'd go to pick 
up 
> a 1/4" to 1/4" or an 1/8" to 1/8" cable and grab a 1/4" to 1/8." By 
> the end of the night I decided that I would go back to using only
> 1/4" 
> to 1/4" and 1/8" to 1/8" with 1/4" adapters where needed. This 
> inspired me to adopt a standardized cabling system to avoid
> confusion. 
> Hopefully soon the weather will change so I'll be able to convert 
all 

> my 1/8" modules to 1/4".
> 
> Ok... enough talk from me...
> 
> So why did you do the thin

In a message dated 3/9/2003 6:27:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, "echophazer" <echophazer@...> writes:


> For each set of 
>similar length cables I used the same color heatshrink. The 2' cable 
>set has one color heatshrink, 3' another color, and so on...


 Hi,
 This is what I did too. 

 Andrew

I already have a bunch of 1' and 2' cables, so I ordered 3' and 4' cables.
All of the 3' are primary colors, all of the 4' cables are secondary colors.
Cables of the same color are differentiated by heat shrink color, although
there are duplicates because I used only white and black heat shrink.

--Adam

My scheme was real complicated: I picked a color for the cable that 
I liked and then picked a heat shrink color to compliment.  The 
result?  I ordered ten 4' purple cables with green heat shrink.

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "echophazer" <echophazer@a...> wrote:
> Hello all,
>  There was a little talk about the reasons why certain cable color 
> combinations were picked. I'm wondering what kind of systems other 
> people came up with in the group.
> 
>  I picked one of each cable color in each length. For each set of 
> similar length cables I used the same color heatshrink. The 2' 
cable 
> set has one color heatshrink, 3' another color, and so on... I can 
> pick out the right cable length from a rat's nest of cables by the 
> color of the heatshrink. The different cable colors help me trace
> them 
> quickly in a patch. The heatshrink helps me verify that I really 
did 
> follow the right cable in a patch.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately I had to give up a lot of combinations that I wanted 
> with this system. 
> 
>  Recently I had a bad experience where I was in a performance 
> situation and relied on using cables with 1/4 inch jack on one end
> and 
> 1/8" on the other. I was hampered all night because I'd go to pick 
up 
> a 1/4" to 1/4" or an 1/8" to 1/8" cable and grab a 1/4" to 1/8." 
By 
> the end of the night I decided that I would go back to using only
> 1/4" 
> to 1/4" and 1/8" to 1/8" with 1/4" adapters where needed. This 
> inspired me to adopt a standardized cabling system to avoid
> confusion. 
> Hopefully soon the weather will change so I'll be able to convert 
all 

> my 1/8" modules to 1/4".
> 
> Ok... enough talk from me...
> 
> So why did you do the things

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Mike Marsh <mmarsh@...>
I ordered ten 4' purple cables with green heat shrink.

Do, your the one.   <snicker>




Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "echophazer" <echophazer@a...> wrote:
> Hello all,
>  There was a little talk about the reasons why certain cable color 
> combinations were picked. I'm wondering what kind of systems other 
> people came up with in the group.
> 
>  I picked one of each cable color in each length. For each set of 
> similar length cables I used the same color heatshrink. The 2' 
cable 
> set has one color heatshrink, 3' another color, and so on... I can 
> pick out the right cable length from a rat's nest of cables by the 
> color of the heatshrink. The different cable colors help me trace
> them 
> quickly in a patch. The heatshrink helps me verify that I really 
did 
> follow the right cable in a patch.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately I had to give up a lot of combinations that I wanted 
> with this system. 
> 
>  Recently I had a bad experience where I was in a performance 
> situation and relied on using cables with 1/4 inch jack on one end
> and 
> 1/8" on the other. I was hampered all night because I'd go to pick 
up 
> a 1/4" to 1/4" or an 1/8" to 1/8" cable and grab a 1/4" to 1/8." 
By 
> the end of the night I decided that I would go back to using only
> 1/4" 
> to 1/4" and 1/8" to 1/8" with 1/4" adapters where needed. This 
> inspired me to adopt a standardized cabling system to avoid
> confusion. 
> Hopefully soon the weather will change so I'll be able to convert 
all 
> my 1/8" modules to 1/4".
> 
> Ok... enough talk from me...
> 
> So why did you do the things


 

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