Great XLR cable storage idea

Eric Dahl — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:30:30 +0000

So today I was in ACE Hardware’s electrical section and walked past an extension cord reel. This reel was $9.99 and was able to stand on its own, a big plus for my intended use.

It was designed to hold 150′ of electrical cord, so I figured that it could hold at least 175′ of XLR cable.

Well, I got home tonight and wrapped up some 50′ cords. I am connecting the cables together, end to end, so they can up spool as one strand.

I was able to easily wrap up 6 50′ cables.

My next move is to buy a few more spools and wrap cables of the same length around each of them.

This should prove to be a very easy way of cabling a live recording gig. The spools are also VERY compact.

Hope someone else finds this helpful.

EDIT (September, 10, 2008):

I have decided not to connect them together, but to simply wrap the ends of 2 cables together so that one cable will pull off the spool, rather than continue to unspool the rest. I expect a “Kleenex” type action.

Skeyelab Music is Sponsoring the CloseUp 2 Jazz Festival

Eric Dahl — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:35:22 +0000

Skeyelab Music, a local leader in mobile recording, is proud to be a sponsor of the Second Annual CloseUp 2 Jazz Music Festival in Downtown Chicago. We will be recording all of the performances on the days of June 20, 21 and 22.

The Festival will be located at Pritzker Park at State St & Van Buren Ave.

We expect this to be a great time and would like to extend an invitation to everyone to come down and enjoy the music with us.

Hope to see you there!

Eric Dahl
eric@skeyelab.com