Lesson 5 1/30/13 - Posted on 2013-03-04 by Ryan Catlett

A patch bay is kind of like the essential link between instruments, effects, and preamps and the console in a live show or in the studio.  We took some time in the studio to look at the inner workings of a patch bay and what the different types look like, and why you would want a patch bay open or normalled, which are the most common types.    As an exercise, we hooked a mic up to a preamp, patched the input to the bay, and patched the output to pro tools.  This was a great exercise and lesson to better understand the importance of signal flow in the studio.  Patching lines in a studio greatly differs from patching lines at a live show.  While the theory is the same, the execution is a lot different.  Getting hands on experience at the Grizzly Rock has been an excellent experience learning how to patch in lines from the different snake boxes on stage.  It's not a difficult concept to learn, either live or in the studio, it just takes great attention to detail in making sure everything is patched in right.  

The internship at the Grizzly Rock is going great.  I'm getting to get more practice in on the Avid Venue, work on the monitor board at the smaller shows, and do some lighting.  

Artists I've worked with since last post:

Immortal Dominion

Horse

Flood of Souls

Controlled Demise

Astreya

One Shot One Kill

Forgotten Within

Dead Lotus Society