Long Cable Runs

[Dunnie]

Hi Guys,

I have a question regarding cable lengths.

I am setting up a man cave in my basement, the layout is not ideal. The brain of my Roland Kit is about 20 feet from my computer. I think I want to keep my Duet near my kit not my computer so I can dial the volume up and down … but the big question I have is regarding Midi / Firewire / USB / Headphone cable lengths.

Has anyone here had the need to setup a similar environment ? What gear do you think I will need ?

Thanks !!

— oh yeah .. on a different topic =) — is there any truth to a Jazz SDX in the near future ??

My Kit :
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Roland TDW-20
Edirol Midi/USB Cable
Apogee Duet
Mac Pro (4 TB | 28 Gig Ram)
Superior Drummer 2
C&V SDX
Logic Express 8

Roland TDW-20 | Mac Pro Quad Core 2.66 |28 GIG RAM | 4 TB HD | Apogee Duet | OSX Snow Leopard | SD 2.2 | C&V SDX | Jazz EZX | Logic Express 9.0

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[Brad]

First off, the more length you require, the better quality cable you will want to consider.

When working with my writing partner we track into 2 different rooms of the house, using my small “man cave” as a control room and a den about 30 ft away as the live room. So that may answer your audio cable question. No problem with headphones, mic cables, instrument cables, at least from my experience. I run 15 ft MIDI cables between the Yamaha brain and MIDI interface and audio inputs without issue. USB does have a limitation, which hits (I think) at 5 metres (about 16.5 ft)… to manage USB distances I believe you could place a powered USB hub somewhere along the chain. Firewire interface and drives I have in close proximity to the host so I don’t have any experience there, however Granite Cable apparently certifies their FW cables up to 32ft.

Hope this gives you a place to start…

Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro, Pro Tools Studio
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

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