Production Assistant: Wrap an XLR Cable

Video Transcript

"Now in this segment we are going to learn how to properly wrap an XLR cable. An XLR cable is used for audio microphones obviously a microphone carries audio. Now when you want to wrap the cable depending on which hand you are, I'm right handed so I hold it in my left hand and I use my right hand to wrap it. So you want to just take and make a normal loop and then you come around and when you grab for your second loop you want to twist it in so that way it kind of goes the opposite way. It is referred to as an over under because the first time you are going over the hand and the next time you are going under with this hand so it is referred to as an over under. Now you do that for the entire cable. That way when it is ready to be used again it is not going to be all tangled and coiled up and generally not in a good position. Then when you do this it is probably going to be a little tangled up anyways so it is going to be a little rough on wrapping it because sometimes people don't wrap properly and you have to go back and fix the mistakes. It happens daily. So once you are done wrapping it the easiest way to make sure that you have done it correctly is there is only one test for this unfortunately and it ends up you having to wrap your cord back up. Once you have it done you want to take it and hold it of course so that way you don't rip it out of the wall and you throw it. It all comes out without having any kinds or coils and we are done with it."