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Here’s something smart for electronic musicians – an emergency adapter kit.

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When Radio Shack is closed, you’ll feel confident that you can handle any venue’s crazy sound system setup with this thorough set of audio adapters chosen specifically for the needs of the electronic musician. From the ubiquitous 1/8″ to RCA adapter common to almost every laptop set (laptop headphones out to club mixer in) to the less-common-but-still-essential XLR adapters (for dealing with stage breakout boxes), you can feel confident that your sound will reach the people, no matter what the promoter or sound guy has overlooked.

They’re packaged in a high-visibility red nylon bag with a sweet logo that totally looks like a first aid kid, but sexier. It’s about the size of a headphones bag (6″ x 8″). A card detailing the contents and an LED light are attached to the drawstring. There’s also enough extra room in the bag to accommodate any additional adapters you collect along the way. Read more…

Redco Audio, a leading in custom cable and panel assembly, has introduced a new Build Your Own Custom Cable service.

The service allows the shopper to choose from the large selection of available cable and connector brands stocked by Redco Audio. These include Neutrik, Mogami, Canare, Gotham and Switchcraft.

The user can choose any combination of cable and connector to make the custom cable. This service is available for creating Mic/line cables, SPDIF, AES, Video Coax, Instrument and Multi-Channel Snake Cables.

Once the user builds their preferred cable, it can be immediately added to a new or existing shopping cart for immediate purchase. Special wiring instructions or preferences can also be added to the order for guaranteed precision.

More information is available at the Redco site.

Monster Cable is one of the leading manufactures of cables and connectors, all the stuff you need to patch together your equipment reliably. They are known for high-end audio work and instrument cables, but also create cables and connectors for Apple and PC computers. Other lines include power supplies and amplifiers, batteries, mobile and gaming accessories.

The company was founded in 1979 by Noel Lee, who was then a laser-fusion design engineer at Lawrence-Livermore Laboratory. Fortunately for the audio world, Lee was also an drummer and audio geek. Lee discovered that wires of different constructions produced varying degrees of audio performance when hooked up to loudspeakers. Using this understanding, he developed a high performance speaker cable, named it Monster Cable, and and built a company around the philosophy of making high-quality cables for audio applications.

Lee chose the name “Monster” because it sounded strong and powerful. It became an immediate hit with consumers. Monster is now the world’s leading manufacturer of high performance cables that connect audio/video components for home, car and professional use as well as computers and computer games. Monster Cable makes cabling and accessories for music lovers, audiophiles, recording studios, sound professionals, musicians, custom-installers and home theatre enthusiasts. Monster Game products lets enthusiasts maximize the sound and video quality of a gaming system. Monster Power, a division of Monster Cable, delivers clean AC power to A/V components and computer products and high joule surge protection for maximum performance.

Monster offers over 3000 products .