Sunday, 17 July 2011

Guitar over Cat5 project 4

Done some testing in a 'real' environment now, and it's a qualified success.  It handles the FX send and return plus the channel control without a problem, even over 10m of cat5.  However the disappointment is that as soon as I add the input from the guitar it squeaks and feeds back like a bastard.  It just about copes over 1.5m but is unreliable over a longer run.  If I had any electronics knowledge at all there'd probably be an explanation.

So I will be using it live, as I hope it'll reduce setup/breakdown times.  Pics of the final setup to follow...

Monday, 4 July 2011

Guitar over Cat5 project 3

The stage end now looks like this:


In a metal box for protection from drunken dancing audience members with uprated jack sockets.

Inside view:

Next week - testing live!