Stage box question

pegdrums

Apologies if this is in the wrong section, maybe a mod can move it if it is.

I'm a drummer and I'd like to tidy up my cables. I was looking at an 8 input stage box with the thinking of changing 2 of the inputs to outputs to receive a monitor mix to go into my IEM.

1. Is this doable?
2. What is the advantage of a stage box over a snake?

Many thanks

imp1

Not a huge amount of difference really, but to me a stage box gives a bit more flexibility. A snake generally has made up ends all the same length, can be male or female at each end, and handy enough if you can plug your mics indirectly. A stage box would generally have some male, some female so you can plug your mics in, but also get monitors back to the stage (same as a snake) but you can use any length of mic cable to plug anything in to

Lots of styles and sizes of stage boxes available, below has 12 ins - for mics, DIs etc, and 4 outs, normally for monitors.

pegdrums

Thanks for your reply.

Any I've been looking at in my price range only have ins so I was wondering, if I bought something like the one on the link with 8 ins, could I turn two of those ins to out by buying the appropriate connectors and swapping them out? Chop the ends off 2 cables and put female connectors on and remove two male connectors on the box and put in 2 female.

In theory it works in my head.the connectors are only 5er a piece and they're neutral ones.

https://www.thomann.de/ie/the_sssnake_mc_8_multicore_mk_ii.htm

pegdrums

Same idea on this reel would be great. Only thing is it's 15 metres long, Id have to set up in the car park to need a run like that.

https://www.thomann.de/ie/the_sssnake_mct_8_multicore_auf_trommel.htm