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***I don't know about you but I like saving a few bucks and making my cables custom for their application. Here's How to make a professional recording studio balanced XLR audio cable, here's everything you need to know and a description of the tools involved, the cost per cable is about $12 where you'd spend $70 retail. We're talking top of the line, gold contact cables, cables that will last decades and provide the best possible signal path.***

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Why make your own cables? Making your own cables can save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars when it comes to building a recording studio or live venue, it's fairly easy and only takes a few minutes.

To make it easier if you're new to soldering, you will want something to hold the connector and the wire in place while you solder. They make holders like this or you can get a little creative. I'm cheap and figured out how to use my left hand to hold and feed solder at the same time.

SAFETY Reminder: be sure to use gloves and wash your hands after working with lead solder, DO NOT breathe the fumes, I use a fan pointed away to pull the smoke away, don't worry the smoke doesn't contain lead fumes, the smoke actually comes from the rosin in the core but this is bad stuff to breathe in.

The pin layout:
pin 1 - ground
pin 2 - hot or blue
pin 3 - cold or white
(be consistent with your pins)

What type of cable did I use:
http://www.redco.com/REDCO-TGS-L2-Mic-Line-cable-with-Braided-Shield.html

What type of connectors did I use:
http://www.redco.com/Redco-FX-3-BK.html (gold xlr male and female)

What type of soldering iron is that:
Haako FX 888 (https://amzn.to/2WNDZtn) highly recommended, works awesome

What temperature setting to use:
around 375F works well, the solder joints should be nice and smooth, if they're rough looking (cold solder joints) you'll have a sh#t cable, you want to heat up the terminal and the wire for the solder to flow, you can touch the solder to the tip of the iron to get it started, then push the solder on to the connector and wire, the solder will then flow where it's supposed to go, if you have a bead of solder on your tip, clean the tip, that's not how you solder, check out EEV's blog for more info on soldering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Sb21qbpEQ

What type of solder:
60/40 Lead Rosin Core, I got my solder from Mouser.com

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