Rack Splitter Snake Options?

micwalt

micwalt

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So I'm putting together an in-ear rig, which will double as our rehearsal mixing rig as well. I'm doing a Behringer XR-12, which has just enough inputs to cover what we need. Two guys will be using in-ears, and the drummer will be on the headphone out (which I've changed the output to bus 3, so it's a separate mix). The other guitarist and I will use wedges.
The question is this: Is there really any other reasonable option for a rack splitter snake besides Seismic audio? Everything else I've found is prohibitively expensive (or cheapo knockoffs on Amazon with no reviews). I only need 12 channels, but no one makes that I guess. So does anyone have any ideas other that the Seismic SARMSS 16 channel one? I'm about to pull the trigger.
 
I'm probably being dumb but are you planning on plugging the cables from the snake direct into the XR-12 and having another rack box holding the stage box end somewhere else, or are both the Seismic and Behringer going in the same rack and the cable ends of the snake are plugging in somewhere else?

What I'm getting at (I think) is if the stage box end is going somewhere else does it need to be a rack job as there are plenty of other snakes out there to chose from?
 
Gorgon90 said:
I'm probably being dumb but are you planning on plugging the cables from the snake direct into the XR-12 and having another rack box holding the stage box end somewhere else, or are both the Seismic and Behringer going in the same rack and the cable ends of the snake are plugging in somewhere else?

What I'm getting at (I think) is if the stage box end is going somewhere else does it need to be a rack job as there are plenty of other snakes out there to chose from?
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It’s a splitter snake, so one set of trunks is going to the Behringer for the in-ears while the other is going to the stage box, which goes to FOH. At rehearsal, it’ll only be connected to the Behringer. It doesn’t have to be a rack job, but it makes it easier to leave one end plugged in at all times. And it makes it less likely to have connections jostled or stepped on.
 
jelloman said:
How much is the Seismic?

ART makes an 8 channel splitter...two of them would get it done...

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Split8--art-s8-8-channel-microphone-splitter
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Yeah, I looked at that. Two of those would be around $400 more than the Seismic, then I'd still have to buy the snakes. I checked in with a pro audio sales guy/live soundman I used to be in a band with. He said the Seismic is fine, just take care when plugging/unplugging. I pulled the trigger.
 
@micwalt Let me check if our rep, Adam Hall, has something in one of their brands.

They surprised me at Namm with some new digital snake options where I can use some small breakouts for drum mics, my vocal, acoustic, and electric... and have just a few slender ethercon cables (network cable with locking ends that can be coiled like mic cable) across the stage instead of the heavy custom mic snakes that we previously made, or worse yet, dozens of separate mic cables.

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