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[Tim McCulloch]

I MUCH prefer a regular "loose" snake coiled into a box over any type of reel arrangement.

Those reels look great, but just don't work well in the real world. By the time you get done free-ing up the length of your snake, laying it out nicely on the floor, then trying to hold the reel with one foot, grab and pull the snake with one hand, and crank the reel with the other hand, I'll be done coiling the 300 foot snake into a roadcase and moving on to the donut table....

Ditto.  The reel has a couple of things in its favor - packing density (you'll be hard pressed to make it fit in a smaller space) and mechanical, physical protection.

I worked as a local hand on a rig provided by Delicate Productions and they used reels for input and drive snakes.  In the theater we were in, the reels added a bit of time and some annoying handling tricks to the out.  Not a deal breaker, but the PIA stuff Weaver mentions is 100% correct.

[Mac Kerr]

Ditto.  The reel has a couple of things in its favor - packing density (you'll be hard pressed to make it fit in a smaller space) and mechanical, physical protection.

I worked as a local hand on a rig provided by Delicate Productions and they used reels for input and drive snakes.  In the theater we were in, the reels added a bit of time and some annoying handling tricks to the out.  Not a deal breaker, but the PIA stuff Weaver mentions is 100% correct.

It seems to be the standard for fiber snakes though.

Mac

[Tim McCulloch]

It seems to be the standard for fiber snakes though.

Mac

And for CAT5 multi as well.  These were the traditional 50+ pairs of #22 copper x 100m.  If it didn't lay perfectly you'd have "leftovers."   

[Rob Spence]

To the OP, I have a poor mans split from Audiopile with short tails. When I need the split, I just add it at the stage end of what ever snake I am using.

It comes in handy when a band that you are not (that night) providing for wants a recording. I just split the venue's stage inputs off to my own mixer and then to the recorder.


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[Jay Barracato]

To the OP, I have a poor mans split from Audiopile with short tails. When I need the split, I just add it at the stage end of what ever snake I am using.

It comes in handy when a band that you are not (that night) providing for wants a recording. I just split the venue's stage inputs off to my own mixer and then to the recorder.


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I agree with Rob. I have used both rack mounted splits and snake splits for bands running separate monitors or recording on a variety of stage sizes and the split snake is definitely an easier and more adaptable patch as you move from venue to venue.

Typically I drop the box next to the foh snake. Any channels that need monitors land on the split, any extras go straight to foh snake. It is a lot easier to patch when both are at the same location.

The short tail of the split goes to the foh box and the long tail goes to the monitor board. The long tail just has to be long enough to cover the stage.

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[Bob Faulkner]

Thanks for all the feedback/thoughts/opinions; this has been very helpful.  I'll go with the snake split as an add-on when we need to run separate monitors.  This way, I'll be able to continue to use my existing snake.

Many thanks,
Bob

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