Hello,

Does anyone out there have a graphics template for creating the labels
on Audio Accessories 52 point long frame, or any other compatible brand
layout? Audio Accessories for some reason does not have any sollution
for labeling their patchbays. These things are a PITA. We have about
25 new bays to label. Any other sollutions?

Cameron

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Hello,

Does anyone out there have a graphics template for creating the labels
on Audio Accessories 52 point long frame, or any other compatible brand
layout? Audio Accessories for some reason does not have any sollution
for labeling their patchbays. These things are a PITA. We have about
25 new bays to label. Any other sollutions?

Cameron

Last time I had to do this I just used a word processor with
trial-and-error spacing to print on sheet labels. We figured out the
spacing and made a template, but unfortunately this was done on a NeXT
computer with a no-longer-available word processor.

Now that it's time to relabel the patchbay (it's actually a pair of ADC
96 point bantams), it's back to square one. PITA is right!

Does the Audio Accessories panel have the snap-on clear plastic covers
to hold the labels like some of the ADC ones?

-Jay

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wrote:

Does anyone out there have a graphics template for creating the labels
on Audio Accessories 52 point long frame, or any other compatible brand
layout? Audio Accessories for some reason does not have any sollution
for labeling their patchbays.

Nobody really does. Neutrik did have a program for one of their
patchbays, but they made a lot of different models that it didn't work
with. Last time I attacked this problem I measured the spacing between
holes (this patchbay had one spacing between pairs of jacks, and a
different space between pairs of pairs) and set up a Word document with
centered tab stops at those positions.

I made up half-width labels since even in landscape mode, a sheet of
paper wasn't long enough for a full lable. Also, this gave me a chance
to "reset" the spacing so that the cumulative errors would be less. I
think it took me about an hour plus some trial-and-error to compensate
for inaccuracy of the printer. I thought it was too much work, though
if I were getting paid for the job, more work is always better. G

In my own room, I just use a pen and label them by hand.

wrote:
Hello,

Does anyone out there have a graphics template for creating the labels
on Audio Accessories 52 point long frame, or any other compatible brand
layout? Audio Accessories for some reason does not have any sollution
for labeling their patchbays. These things are a PITA. We have about
25 new bays to label. Any other sollutions?

Cameron

I recently did some for a longframe bay in Adobe Illustrator. I had to
print to two pages to cover the length of the bay but it worked fine.
If you've got Illustrator I'll send you the file and you can fill in
your own labels.