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Everything wet and rusty? Drummer Dirk Brand had to rewire his entire rehearsal room and studio after water damage - partly because he had relied on cheap cables. Here he explains what he thinks matters and what golden plugs have to do with it.

Language: German (English subtitles available).

Music: "The Page" written by Chris Vega, played by: Chris Vega (Git & Vocals), Tim Rashid (Bass), Edin Colic (Git), Steffi Barth (Backing Vocals), Dirk Brand (Drums)

... and a happy new gear!

We have all weathered a turbulent and extraordinary 2021 together.

The holidays now provide the more than welcome opportunity to take a deep breath and spend some contemplative hours.

We wish you a wonderful Xmas season and a healthy new year in every respect.

Kindest regards, your CORDIAL team

Both in the cabling of mixing desks or racks and in the home studio: there is almost always a lack of space. Microphone cables get kinked or take a bend that is too tight, and cable breakage is pre-programmed in the long run. In order to make use of the last centimetres even in the last corners and to protect the cable at the same time, Cordial has now completed its series of right-angled microphone cables with the new CPM FMR. The 90° XLR connector from NEUTRIK® saves space at the most crucial points: Whether it's a clean connection to the audio interface or the last centimetres behind the studio monitor.

The CMK 222 bulk cable used is known for its robust jacket, which provides excellent protection against damages. The conductor area of 0.22 mm² ensures very good signal transmission and thus dynamic sound without significant losses. Transparent shrink tubes at the cable ends simplify individual labelling.

The new CPM FMR is available in 5 lengths (0.50m, 1.00m, 2.50m, 5.00m and 10.00m).

Also available as CPM FRM with one angled XLR female or as CPM FRMR with two angled XLRs.

On October 28th and 29th the SOMM DEALER DAYS will take place in Berlin: the first comprehensive MI industry meeting in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic. They are explicitly intended as a pure B2B event for all music retailers to listen to workshops or learn about new products in a relaxed atmosphere.

As an active member of SOMM, we are of course also part of the event. We are happy to welcome merchants from the Cordial Family and those who would like to become one at our booth on the 4th floor.

In order to be able to respond even more individually to customer wishes, Cordial has created two additional positions in our order processing and supply departments and filled them directly with two very experienced and motivated new colleagues.

Since April, Tanja Reitmeier has strengthened the supply department as an absolute all-rounder and ensures that our delivery reliability is always guaranteed. She has many years of professional experience in purchasing and fits seamlessly into our team.

Since May, Joanna Durawa has been reinforcing our order processing as a helpful caretaker and is intensively concerned with the daily needs of our customers. She has many years of professional experience in logistics and scheduling and is therefore able to process our customers' orders quickly and in a targeted manner.

With these two specialists, Cordial can react even faster to customer requests, ensures a better flow of goods and fast order processing as well as continued very reliable delivery ability.

I am very happy to have gained two such competent and nice colleagues for my team. The two of them have settled in excellently in their first few months and always ensure a good atmosphere among themselves.

- Martina Gottschalk, Head of Customer Service & Supply

Welcome to the Cordial Family!

Every guitarist knows the issue: when plugging in and unplugging, there is inevitably a loud crackling noise; the technician gets a crisis and fears for his equipment. Our popular EDITION 25 cables with high-quality textile jacket are now also available with a straight or right angled NEUTRIK silentPLUG, which prevents cracks when plugging them in. As usual, the high-quality textile material with a conductor area of 0.50 mm² (AWG 21) ensures perfect sound and visual signal transmission.

Since March we have a new face in our sales team: Martin Hubner, born in Salzburg, studied sound technician and audio engineer, guitarist and hard rock fanatic, and most recently customer advisor at the former branch of JustMusic in Munich, from where his path led him directly to us.

Meanwhile, he can already decipher most of our product names (nobody can do them all anyway) and enriches our team enormously. His open and clear manner is enthusiastically received by many customers.

Welcome to the Cordial family!

The alliance #AlarmStageRed invited the reprise of its nationwide protest action on June 22: the "Night Of Light 2021". Again, event locations, cultural monuments, etc. were illuminated in red on June 22. Cordial also let its company building shine in red light at night.

Technically supported by the partners Veranstaltungstechnik Thomas Wild and CONRAD Licht & Rigging Support, Cordial set a sign of solidarity. For the support of the industry by politics and the public.

The Sound & Recording Weekly Review is a podcast of the german magazine sound & recording. The topic of this episode: What do you have to pay attention to when it comes to studio cabling? What should be avoided? And which parameters are actually important for cables? Tobias Felbermayr, Head of Sales & Marketing at CORDIAL, spent an hour answering questions about studio cabling. In addition to the difference between balanced and unbalanced connections, he also discussed cable management, the right choice of cables, plugs and adapters, and everyday tips about the inconspicuous thing that is so important for the sound. Unfortunately english subs are missing.