The ART P16 Balanced XLR Patchbay is recommended for any live PA rack, studio rack or fixed installation where easy access to XLR inputs are required.
The ART P16 patchbay brings all rear-mounted XLR inputs from various devices to one, convenient single space rackmountable location. The P16 saves wear and tear on the connectors of expensive audio equipment by bringing all commonly used connections to the external patch bay.
All-steel chassis, black anodized finish and secure, high-quality XLR connections front and back with internal connections made via PCB wiring ensure long term reliability from the passive ART P-16 Balanced XLR rackmount patch bay.
ART P16 main features include
16 channels of balanced direct signals
High quality passive interface
XLR connectors (female on front, male on rear)
All connections made via reliable PCB wiring
19-inch 1U-high rack mount with rugged, fully shielded black all-steel enclosure
Very useful specially if your outboard connections ate in the back. In my case I have my preamps outs connected to my patchbay normaled to the DAW ins, the preamp ins are pluged to the P16. Since I track lots of stuff in the control room with various mics simultaniously, the P16 saves me a lot of time
Very well made and really makes connecting ins and outs a lot easier. My use is after a microphone splitter to present our inputs to a FOH desk all in one place with the bonus we can use our own IEM mixes every time
