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How do you use a cable snake?

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Asked by: David Lawrence

What is snake cable wire?

An audio multicore cable (often colloquially referred to as a multicore, snake cable or snake) is a thick cable which usually contains 4–64 individual audio cables inside a common, sturdy outer jacket.

What is the use of snake cable?

What is Audio Snake Cable? Audio snake cable, also known as audio multicore cable or multicore microphone cable, is a cable that contains anywhere from 4 to 64 individual audio cables inside a common outer jacket. They are used when multiple audio signals need to be conveyed between common locations.

What are the return channels for on a snake?

Most snakes that have return channels will have a few ¼ inch (or patch cord) ends. If you are running monitors off your soundboard, you can use these to ‘return’ the signal to the amplifiers. This same principal goes with the master outputs on the soundboard.

How do I connect my cable snake?

Attaching the cable snake fixedly with the Safety Anchor set



Attach three Safety Anchors to the board side by side and slide the cable ties into them. Tape up the end of the cable snake for the length of the bit that goes past the Anchors. Attach the snake with the cable ties.

How do you use a splitter snake?

While going to front house one going to monitors. Now for the signal that's going to the monitors. This would this would be taken out to a bunch of pigtails just like a regular snake.