Multicore cable
A multicore cable (in the audio recording and entertainment fields) is a compact cable, typically about the diameter of a coin, which contains typically 16-24 individual microphone cables all housed by one common outer rubber jacket.
The multicore (or 'snake' colloquially) runs from the stage box to the sound desk or audio mixer.
The inner microphone cables are a pair of insulated, twisted, multi-strand wires surrounded by a shield wire.
