Hi,

I recently ordered the Roland Baby Snake after considering other options.

The Aviom16 system seemed very good but not very roadready since everything needed adaptors, patch bays, etc...
The Optocore system seemed to me to be the best independent system of all but quite pricy!!

I went for the Baby snake because of price and the fact it is an option that you can use as soon as you get it out of the box, wich is important since I'm in the rental business for events and simplicity and ease of use are a factor. Also a factor are reliability and overall quality, and that's where I would appreciate your inputs, preferably from people who have used the system in the past, or present.
Also, my mixers are, an LS9/32, Venice320, Onyx1640 and Ciclotron CMC40(brasilian desk but not as cool as brasilian girls), also a variety of smaller Behringer mixers (got to have them).

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rui

Why do people do this? You've ordered it now, why does anyone's opinion matter? It's too late now to say "don't bother, it falls to pieces after 2 shows".

The OPs message seems more like a bit of unsubtle publicity for his company in Portugal, rather than a question.

if you want an opinion, mine would be that digital snake systems are an intermediary solution to the digital switchover, providing the benefits of a lightweight cable whilst still letting people use their big analogue desks. in a few years down the line, these systems will imo be pretty redundant - desks and speakers are already being shipped with ethersound etc built in.

At the risk of sounding a bit rough, I am pretty capable of handling my own decisions on wether or not I should buy this or that piece of kit.
However, it is always good to hear what other people have to say about it, wich I did in Portugal, before buyng something.
The reason I posted it here, now, was to get some different feedback from people elsewhere working with this for a longer time, eventually also to hear from more experienced people than me. Then I could weigh in the pros and cons someone else sees in this particular kit and maybe use their previous knowledge to my advantage. It would not have changed my decision.
If you told me that it does fall to pieces after 2 shows then I would have learned to use it in a gentler way. But I would have learned something...

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Thank you for your opinion. I agree with you completely, the thing is, I didn't yet own a multicore analog system. It was a choice between analog systems and digital snakes, allways to use with my existing analog and digital gear (which I'll stop listing here as to not hurt anyones feelings).

A few years down the line (hopefully) I'll do the changeover to digital as a whole. Desk, multicore, controlers, PA, etc...
But in the meanwhile, I prefer something that doesn't break my back and will also get my crew familiarised with the digital part of live sound.

But what you are forgetting is that some of the opinion's expressed on this forum are those of engineers who have been working with the latest and greatest for many years, And would have alot more real ilfe experience that You or I would probably have for that matter.

I"ve always received detailed responses to any question I have asked and would never make a serious purchase without consulting the Blue-Room getting users opinions, Things can look great on paper but fail in reality.

Just my 2 cents