I am a noob when it comes to diy audio cabling, so I need some help.

I need plenty of cables for my patchbay, pedals and synths, so I thought I would try to buy a cable roll and connectors and make my own cables.

Seems like Van Damme is preferred by many and has good quality, so I think I will go with this brand.

I will need to make both unbalanced TS cables and balanced TRS cables.

So I am trying to figure out if it is possible to use the same cable roll to make both TS and TRS, or is it advised to buy a separate roll of balanced and unbalanced for this?

Is it as simple as to just twist the hot and cold wire together for the TS cable? Would this be a lower quality cable than using a unbalanced cableroll for it?

If it is just as fine to use balanced cable for both, would it then be the Van Damme Pro Grade Classic XKE 268-001-000 that would be my best option?

Help is appreciated!

Are the unbalance cables connecting unbalanced to unbalanced only?
In that case tying shield and cold together is a better option.

But if you're connecting into balanced gear you should make TS to TRS and just leave the shield unconnected at the TS.

https://www.ranecommercial.com/legacy/note110.html

Thanks! The scheme is also of great help!

I also assume shield is the same as ground?


So in this case there is nothing wrong with using a two conductor balanced cable for making both TRS and TS cables + TS to TRS cables? This would not make it a worse cable by any means?

Yes shield is ground. No, not worse by any means.