Mundox
Well-known member
Hi there. I need some expert advise on how to plan this right.
Here's the scenario:
We are in the process of designing a 3 studio complex for post production purposes. We are gonna have a machine room where all the video recorders etc are gonna live, as well as a patchbay that will be accessible from each studio via tie-lines. Each room will have a rack with outboard gear and a DAW system all accessible via patchbay.
We are getting each room's AC ground direct to the main power box which is 20meters away from the machine room.(and I think it connects to a water pipe) And the machine room is kind of surrounded by the studios.
SSLTech mentioned somewhere that he likes to collect the signal grounds at the patchbay. In other words he lifts the shields at the rack or outboard end of connections.
Now this is where I get a little confused. Our TT patchbays don't allow for shield soldering, there's no lugs for it. OK let's say we stripped the shileds of each cable and connected them to the bay somehow. And then what? Do I carry the ground from the bay to the mains ground?
Also what about the connection between each control room patchbay and the machine room patchbay? Which side do I lift? Seems like I need to lift the control room side. And then lift the tape machines as well.
Or do I forget about all this and follow a more confusing lift the outputs connect the ins kind of a scheme?
I am really confused. :?
Here's the scenario:
We are in the process of designing a 3 studio complex for post production purposes. We are gonna have a machine room where all the video recorders etc are gonna live, as well as a patchbay that will be accessible from each studio via tie-lines. Each room will have a rack with outboard gear and a DAW system all accessible via patchbay.
We are getting each room's AC ground direct to the main power box which is 20meters away from the machine room.(and I think it connects to a water pipe) And the machine room is kind of surrounded by the studios.
SSLTech mentioned somewhere that he likes to collect the signal grounds at the patchbay. In other words he lifts the shields at the rack or outboard end of connections.
Now this is where I get a little confused. Our TT patchbays don't allow for shield soldering, there's no lugs for it. OK let's say we stripped the shileds of each cable and connected them to the bay somehow. And then what? Do I carry the ground from the bay to the mains ground?
Also what about the connection between each control room patchbay and the machine room patchbay? Which side do I lift? Seems like I need to lift the control room side. And then lift the tape machines as well.
Or do I forget about all this and follow a more confusing lift the outputs connect the ins kind of a scheme?
I am really confused. :?