Audio Patchbays | Digital Audio Patchbays

Notes: ***B-STOCK: Box damaged, product in perfect working order***


An absolute essential for any studio juggling outboard, effects processors, consoles or multiple synths, Black Lion's PBR TRS is an organised audio engineer's best friend.

From Black Lion's PBR range of patchbays, the bestselling PBR TRS runs 96 audiophile-grade gold-plated TRS connectors with normal/half-normal switches for each stereo set.

PBR TRS is built to be just at home on the road as in the studio, and features an incredibly hard-wearing black-anodised face plate, armed with white labelling tags for each channel for users to mark their own inputs.

Specifications

Number of Points 48
Front Connectors 48x 1/4" TRS
Rear Connectors 48x 1/4" TRS
Dimensions 534 x 102 x 51mm, 1.4kg (boxed)

Notes: Studio grade connectivity.

Your studio needs more than just accessible patching - exceptional audio quality through the entire signal path is crucial! Black Lion has been improving already-great gear through their modification service for years, and all that know-how has been channelled straight into the PBR TRS3.

The PBR TRS3 is a 48-point TRS patchbay, suitable for the most robust routing imaginable in a single rack space, loaded with 96 audiophile-grade gold-plated 1/4" TRS connectors for maximum conductivity and signal clarity. You'll easily interconnect your preamps and other outboard hardware via its audiophile-grade, secure connections.

Limitless flexibility and road-worthy construction

You'll reconfigure your entire studio's routing at a moment's notice (while cutting down on cable clutter! The rear-mounted 3-way mode switches allow for Normal, Half-normal, and Thru operation, delivering unlimited routing potential for mults, bypassing, monitoring, and parallel processing.

Black Lion's team of engineers have worked tirelessly to ensure that the PBR TRS3 delivers proper quality through-and-through. The PBR TRS3 is also built Black Lion-tough, with a reinforced steel chassis and black-anodized aluminium faceplates that make for a matched and sophisticated look.

Not your average patchbays.

Configure your studio with the best: Black Lion Audio PBR Series Patchbays. Your recordings deserve the best, and maintaining a great signal path is crucial!

Features

96 audiophile-grade gold-plated 1/4" TRS connectors
Rear-mounted 3-way mode switches for Normal, Half-normal, and Thru operation
Black-anodized aluminium faceplate and reinforced steel chassis
Includes front panel labels
Exceptional value for the price

Specifications

Number of Points: 96
Front Connectors: 48x XLR
Rear Connectors: 48x TRS
Dimensions: 534 x 102 x 51mm, 1.4kg (boxed)

Notes: A highly anticipated addition to Black Lion's PBR family of studio patchbays, PBR TT is equipped with DB25 and TT bantam connectors to cater for even the most demanding professional studio configurations.

PBR TT is design to offer studio-grade connectivity for studios large and small, delivering audio quality throughout and leaving no section of signal chain left behind.

Loaded with 96 audiophile-grade TT bantam jack connectors on the front panel and 12 DB25 snake connectors on the rear. Each channel is primed with triple mode switches - accessible via the top panel - to enable normal, non-normal and half-normal operating modes.

The PBR TT's build is uncompromisingly hewn from a reinforced steel chassis with a black-anodised face plate, carefully matched to blend into any professional studio rack.

Specifications

Number of Points 96
Front Connectors 96x TT Bantam
Rear Connectors 12x DB25
Dimensions 534 x 102 x 51mm, 1.4kg (boxed)

Notes: ***B-STOCK: Box damaged, product in perfect working order***


A versatile alternative to conventional rack-mounted patch bays, the Minibay 1/4-inch connections round the back, which can be patched on the front panel via 1/8-inch cables. Compact and effective.

Supplier's Notes:
MINIBAY is a compact 40-point audio patch bay, designed to integrate neatly into a studio desktop space. It utilises 1/4" stereo sockets to connect with external gear and 1/8" mono (Eurorack) sockets for routing signals. There are also two built-in passive mixers with dedicated patch-points located on the main panel.

Intuitive

While the ins and outs can be configured to suit your needs, the general idea is to have instruments on Row A, mixer channels on Row B, and effects hooked into the FX rows.

Reach up to the effects; reach down to the mixer.

Convenient

MINIBAY can be neatly positioned next to a mixer (or just about anywhere) for quick and easy access and reference while working.

Patch-points are spaced to allow for comfortable grip and leverage when handling cables (even for fat fingers :)

Connecting to Gear

Insert Cables

In most cases, connections to instruments, effects and the mixer are made with standard insert cables (1xTRS to 2xTS).

This system allows two mono connections for each 1/4" socket on the back panel, and is how MINIBAY is able to pack so much for its size.

TRS Cables

TRS cables can be used to make stereo or balanced connections. When this is done, each channel or polarity is patched separately on the front panel.

Rows A and B

For Rows A and B, each 1/4" socket on the back panel is wired to two adjacent 1/8" sockets on the main panel.

FX Rows

Each 1/4" FX socket on the back panel is wired to the two corresponding 1/8" FX sockets on the main panel. One insert cable can therefore be used to connect to the input and output on an effects unit (or two cables for a stereo unit).

Normalling

Connections between patch points on Rows A and B can be individually normalled using the dip switches located on the interior of the main patch panel. Simply take out the screws on MINIBAY's steel enclosure to open it up and access these.

A normalled connection is one where the signal flows without the need for patch cables. In a fully normalled connection (as used in MINIBAY), the connection is broken if a cable is inserted at any point in the signal flow.

Notes: NANOPATCH M is a tiny and incredibly versatile patch bay, with mini jacks sockets on both the rear and the top panel. It is ideal for connecting to instruments and a mixer when used in conjunction with NANOPATCH X.

It also works with CV, so can be used as a breakout box for semi-modular synths with outputs in hard-to-reach places (e.g. Moog Grandmother) and devices that output CV over TRS sockets (e.g. MPC ONE).

Dimensions: 76 mm x 70 mm x 22 mm (not including sockets and feet)

Mini jack sockets on the back panel makes it easy to connect to eurorack systems and small instruments such as Korg Volcas.

3.5 mm to 6.35 mm cables can be used when connecting to equipment with 1/4" sockets.

Using standard eurorack cables, easily patch signals from a NANOPATCH M through effects connected to a NANOPATCH X (and back again).

How It Works

Rear sockets labelled 1/2, 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8 can be used for either mono or stereo signals. For example, if a TRS cable is plugged into rear socket 1/2, the left and right channels will break out to sockets 1 and 2 on the top panel. If another cable is plugged into rear socket 2, rear sockets 1 and 2 will correspond to sockets 1 and 2 on the top panel, both in mono.

Normalling

Channels 1-4 can be full-normalled to channels 5-8 using DIP switches located on the side of the NANOPATCH M.

This allows a signal to pass through from instrument to mixer without the need for any patching. When a patch cable is inserted into either socket of a normalled pair, the connection is broken, allowing for custom routing of the signal.

Typical Setup

A typical setup would be to have four instruments connected to channels 1-4 and four mixer channels connected to channels 5-8.

Connections to the mixer could either be made with four separate mono cables (utilizing the sockets on the side) or with two insert cables (as in the diagram).

Notes: NANOPATCH X is a tiny patch bay with the primary function of connecting to guitar pedals and other effects processors. It can be used in conjunction with NANOPATCH M or standalone, for a variety of purposes.

It also works with CV, so can be used as a breakout box for semi-modular synths with outputs in hard-to-reach places (e.g. Moog Grandmother) and devices that output CV over TRS sockets (e.g. MPC ONE).

Dimensions: 76 mm x 70 mm x 22 mm (not including sockets and feet)

How It Works

Each 1/4" TRS socket on the back corresponds to two mono TS mini jacks on the top panel.

By using insert cables (TRS to dual TS), connect up to four pedals to a single NANOPATCH X.

The inputs and outputs of the pedals are then easily accessible via the top panel, using standard eurorack or TRS cables.

Patching can be done directly from instrument to mixer or via a NANOPATCH M.

Notes: ***B-STOCK: Box opened, but product is in excellent condition and in perfect working order***


PATCHWORK is a 24-point patch bay that can be used on guitar pedal boards and in studios as a compact but powerful signal routing tool. It utilises 1/4" TRS sockets to connect with external gear and 1/8" TS (Eurorack) sockets for patching.

Dimensions: 138 mm x 118 mm x 40 mm (not including sockets and feet)