Wiggum Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 Hey all, I just drilled a hole in my wall to route cables to my CPU in the other room (to keep noise down). I know you're not supposed to run audio cables and power cables together, but what about computer cables? Specifically I am talking about standard PC video cords, PS2 cables, serial cables, and midi cables. I don't want to drill two holes (I rent http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif), so I plan to run four balanced lines right against the computer and midi cables (at least where they meet the wall). Any issues with this? Please advise as I am about to drop a lot of cash on wiring. Thanks. Wiggum This message has been edited by Wiggum on 06-28-2001 at 11:14 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippie Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 A VGA monitor can give you more grief than the cables, especially around single coil guitars. I'd drop the cash on an flat screen monitor to reduce induced hash noise. -Hippie In two days, it won't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Winer Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 Wiggum, > I know you're not supposed to run audio cables and power cables together < That's not as big a problem as you might think. Unless the audio cables carry mike-level signals and are unbalanced and unshielded and the wires are parallel with AC power for 100 feet. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif > but what about computer cables? I'm guessing that too will be fine, especially if they are adjacent for just a short length and the audio cables are shielded. --Ethan The acoustic treatment experts Ethan's Audio Expert Book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted June 29, 2001 Share Posted June 29, 2001 Just don't run anything parallel to a/c lines.....and you should be fine. Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted July 2, 2001 Share Posted July 2, 2001 I try to avoid running cables with high frequencies together with cables that run low frequencies. The highs can get induced in the low frequency cables; you may not hear the interference directly, but suppose you're feeding a Mackie mixer, whose frequency responses extends well into the supersonic range. It could end up passing any interference on to the output, which could influence input anti-aliasing filters and such. Shielding helps a lot. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted July 2, 2001 Share Posted July 2, 2001 makes patchbays sorta useless in that respect, given low freqs and high freqs will accompany a small area together. I work as an electronic tech, induced voltages are common and can be solved in short order like Craig said....shielding. Coaxial cables are all shielded, don't think lightpipes will be affected by this phenom. Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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