Hawk HMC012-BK Gold Series 100 Meter Microphone Roll Cable Roll

Hawk HMC012-BK Gold Series 100m Microphone Cable Roll

The Hawk HMC012-BK is a 100-metre roll of balanced microphone cable from Hawk’s Gold Series, supplied in black. It is bulk cable for people who make their own leads and wire their own installations: instead of buying finished cables in fixed lengths, you cut the exact run you need from the roll, terminate it with the connectors your job requires, and keep the remainder on hand for the next run, the next room or the inevitable repair.

The listing for this cable states an oxygen-free copper (OFC) conductor and a shielded, balanced construction. Those are the two properties that matter most in a microphone cable: a balanced run rejects the hum and interference picked up along its length, the shielding adds a further barrier against electrical noise, and the conductor carries the low-level microphone signal down runs that, in halls, houses of worship, studios and venues, can be far longer than any ready-made lead.

Key features

• 100-metre roll of bulk microphone cable
• Balanced cable construction for low-noise microphone and line-level runs
• OFC (oxygen-free copper) conductor, as stated in the listing
• Shielded construction for rejection of electromagnetic and radio frequency interference
• Hawk Gold Series professional audio cable
• Black jacket (BK)
• Cut and terminate to the exact lengths each job needs
• Suits microphone signals, balanced line-level runs and balanced instrument signals
• Sold as a single 100 m roll

Why Buy Cable on a Roll?

Finished cables come in standard lengths, and installations never do. A roll removes the compromise: stage boxes, wall plates, patch panels and equipment racks each get a run cut to measure, with no excess cable coiled behind the rack to pick up noise and no run left a metre short. One roll also keeps an entire installation consistent, every run the same cable from the same batch, and leaves spare stock on site for additions and repairs long after the first fit-out is finished.

Balanced and Shielded, in Plain Terms

A balanced cable carries the signal on two conductors with opposite polarity. Interference picked up along the run affects both conductors equally, and the receiving input, a mixer, stage box or interface, subtracts one from the other, cancelling the interference while keeping the signal. The shield around the conductors adds a second line of defence, draining electrostatic noise before it reaches them. Together they are why professional microphone wiring can cross a venue, run alongside lighting and power cables, and still arrive quiet.

Where a 100 m Roll Gets Used

Fixed installations in auditoriums, houses of worship, schools, studios and commercial venues; live-sound companies building or repairing their own looms and leads; recording studios wiring patchbays and tie lines; and contractors who terminate on site and want one consistent cable across the whole job. Cut lengths become microphone leads, balanced patch cables and installation runs, terminated with the XLR or jack connectors the equipment at each end requires.

Working Notes

This is unterminated bulk cable: connectors are not the product here, the cable is, and you fit the terminations your run needs. Measure each run with sensible slack for termination and dressing, cut from the roll, and label both ends as you go; on a multi-run installation that habit saves more time than any other. Store the roll dry and avoid crushing it, so the cable stays round and easy to strip and terminate.

The Hawk HMC012-BK is sold as a single 100-metre roll in black. The figures stated for this cable are listed in the Additional Information table on this page.