Glossary
patch bay
A device that consolidates signal routing between audio devices, made of rows of jacks in an “output over input” configuration (see picture).


“There’s nothing like getting up in the morning and having your coffee and all of a sudden having this idea and being able to go into the next room and do it. Maybe I’ll work for another hour and do two more takes. Nine times out of ten, that first take is going to be the one that makes it on the record.”- Geoff Tate of Queensr˙che
A device that consolidates signal routing between audio devices, made of rows of jacks in an “output over input” configuration (see picture).