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<blockquote data-quote="brian maddox" data-source="post: 89696" data-attributes="member: 158">Re: Midas Heritage Insert Snake[i can&#039;t believe my knowledge and experience in this area is actually still relevant in the digital age, but i&#039;m gonna bask in my sense of usefulness for a moment...]When it&#039;s all said and done, there are two basic approaches to dealing with looms for inserts and effects with analog rigs.&nbsp; In approach number 1, The loom lives with the effects rack.&nbsp; This is ideal when you mix and match your racks to your consoles, or if you&#039;re doing mostly one-offs where you&#039;re changing around the patching in the desk all the time anyway.&nbsp; If this is your reality, there is not a lot to be gained by adding a multi pin.&nbsp; it&#039;s entirely possible to prepatch a lengthy loom into your effects, create space in the back of the rack for it to live, and still put a door with a cutout in the back of the rack for a nice clean look.In approach number 2, The loom lives with the console.&nbsp; This is ideal in a tour situation where the patching doesn&#039;t change, or in a situation where an effects rack and console always go together.&nbsp; This is where the multipin becomes key and is such a huge time saver.&nbsp; Still the effects rack should have a door on the back to make changing the patching around relatively easy.What i have seen is most sound companies seem to take approach 2 regardless of their actual reality, which can make doing one-offs a real pain as you go in and have to reconfigure everything anyway and the multipin just adds a point of failure.&nbsp; So my advice is be realistic.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t do tours, and/or have a lot of different consoles and effects that you mix and match, don&#039;t bother with the multis.&nbsp; They are cool and make you feel like a Big Boy Sound Company, but they don&#039;t actually add any real value to what you&#039;re doing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brian maddox, post: 89696, member: 158"] Re: Midas Heritage Insert Snake [i can't believe my knowledge and experience in this area is actually still relevant in the digital age, but i'm gonna bask in my sense of usefulness for a moment...] When it's all said and done, there are two basic approaches to dealing with looms for inserts and effects with analog rigs. In approach number 1, The loom lives with the effects rack. This is ideal when you mix and match your racks to your consoles, or if you're doing mostly one-offs where you're changing around the patching in the desk all the time anyway. If this is your reality, there is not a lot to be gained by adding a multi pin. it's entirely possible to prepatch a lengthy loom into your effects, create space in the back of the rack for it to live, and still put a door with a cutout in the back of the rack for a nice clean look. In approach number 2, The loom lives with the console. This is ideal in a tour situation where the patching doesn't change, or in a situation where an effects rack and console always go together. This is where the multipin becomes key and is such a huge time saver. Still the effects rack should have a door on the back to make changing the patching around relatively easy. What i have seen is most sound companies seem to take approach 2 regardless of their actual reality, which can make doing one-offs a real pain as you go in and have to reconfigure everything anyway and the multipin just adds a point of failure. So my advice is be realistic. If you don't do tours, and/or have a lot of different consoles and effects that you mix and match, don't bother with the multis. They are cool and make you feel like a Big Boy Sound Company, but they don't actually add any real value to what you're doing. [/QUOTE]

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