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Bostyx on Saturday 8-18-2012

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 2:20 pm
by randyhyde
Did a show with the Boston/Styx tribute band "Bostyx"

Pics here: http://www.plantation-productions.com/g ... -2012.html

Cheers,
Randy Hyde

Re: Bostyx on Saturday 8-18-2012

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:53 pm
by Andy Hamm
Nice pics. What's under the shrink tubing on the mic cables?

Re: Bostyx on Saturday 8-18-2012

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:32 pm
by randyhyde
Andy Hamm wrote:Nice pics. What's under the shrink tubing on the mic cables?

It serves three purposes:
1) Strain relief
2) Identification (if I see shrink wrap on a cable, I know it's mine)
3) Type: red=mic, green=DMX.
Cheers,
Randy Hyde

Re: Bostyx on Saturday 8-18-2012

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:18 pm
by Andy Hamm
Got it, in a few of the pics I thought there was something under it.

Re: Bostyx on Saturday 8-18-2012

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:44 pm
by RBIngraham
I wish there were a few more photos, I am not sure I got to see all of the concert. :P

Re: Bostyx on Saturday 8-18-2012

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:51 pm
by soundguy
randyhyde wrote:It serves three purposes:
1) Strain relief
2) Identification (if I see shrink wrap on a cable, I know it's mine)
3) Type: red=mic, green=DMX.


Really? Nothing personal, but doesn't look so great on camera. Black (or nothing) is better on that end. ID the other end. No need for strain relief on a mic cable, at least not in my decades of experience. No one sees the DMX cable on stage.

Soundguy

Re: Bostyx on Saturday 8-18-2012

PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:29 am
by gdougherty
I use the Neutrik color ID rings on mine and concur with soundguy. The shrink wrap looks a little fugly like that. Good cable and good connectors are not as much a problem on strain issues so 1 is not a huge deal to me, a more discreet piece of shrink tubing would take care of 2 and 3 as well while looking better.