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Using insert on mic preamp with compressor
The insert jack on my preamp indicates "tip-send ring-return" and on the
sidechain jack on the compressor is exactly the opposite "tip-return ring-send", is it correct that I just need to have a single tip/ring/sleeve type cord going between the 2? Should the compressed signal then be coming out of the preamp's line-out jack? When I do this, I get signal registering on the compressor, but no signal out from the preamp. Is a patch cord with 3 sections the same thing as a tip/ring/sleeve cord? Or is what I need a different animal? Thanks. |
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Using insert on mic preamp with compressor
On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 1:58 PM, Doc
m wrote: The insert jack on my preamp indicates "tip-send ring-return" and on the sidechain jack on the compressor is exactly the opposite "tip- return ring-send", is it correct that I just need to have a single tip/ring/ sleeve type cord going between the 2? Should the compressed signal then be coming out of the preamp's line-out jack? When I do this, I get signal registering on the compressor, but no signal out from the preamp. Is a patch cord with 3 sections the same thing as a tip/ring/ sleeve cord? Or is what I need a different animal? Thanks. Are you trying to compress your signal or are trying to get a sidechain effect on some other signal going into your comp? |
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Doc wrote:
The insert jack on my preamp indicates "tip-send ring-return" and on the sidechain jack on the compressor is exactly the opposite "tip-return ring-send", is it correct that I just need to have a single tip/ring/sleeve type cord going between the 2? Should the compressed signal then be coming out of the preamp's line-out jack? When I do this, I get signal registering on the compressor, but no signal out from the preamp. Is a patch cord with 3 sections the same thing as a tip/ring/sleeve cord? Or is what I need a different animal? Thanks. It sounds to me like you are doing everything correctly. Which preamp and compressor are you using? -- Eric www.Raw-Tracks.com |
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Eric wrote:
It sounds to me like you are doing everything correctly. Which preamp and compressor are you using? Oops, I responded too quickly, without really thinking. A compressor side chain input is used for something different. You need a send/return cable that is TRS on one end with 2 TS on the other. One TS will be send, the other return. Those will patch to the compressor's input and output, not the sidechain input. -- Eric www.Raw-Tracks.com |
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"Mike Rivers" wrote in message news:znr1080768304k@trad... Is a patch cord with 3 sections the same thing as a tip/ring/sleeve cord? Or is what I need a different animal? 3 sections? You mean three wires? Or more correctly two wires and a shield. If so, then yes. The kind that has the jack with 3 distinct sections, with 2 plastic rings. I was under the impression that the tip is, well, the tip, the center part is the ring, the longer section is the sleeve. Or am I wrong? |
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"Eric" wrote in message ... Eric wrote: It sounds to me like you are doing everything correctly. Which preamp and compressor are you using? Preamp is a Studio Projects VTB-1. The compressor is an Alesis Nanocompressor. Oops, I responded too quickly, without really thinking. A compressor side chain input is used for something different. You need a send/return cable that is TRS on one end with 2 TS on the other. One TS will be send, the other return. Those will patch to the compressor's input and output, not the sidechain input. Okay, what now? There should be 3 jacks total? Does this mean the TRS jack goes to the "insert" on the reamp, and the others to the in/out on one channel of the compressor, reverb or whatever? |
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Doc wrote:
"Mike Rivers" wrote in message news:znr1080768304k@trad... Is a patch cord with 3 sections the same thing as a tip/ring/sleeve cord? Or is what I need a different animal? 3 sections? You mean three wires? Or more correctly two wires and a shield. If so, then yes. The kind that has the jack with 3 distinct sections, with 2 plastic rings. I was under the impression that the tip is, well, the tip, the center part is the ring, the longer section is the sleeve. Or am I wrong? You are not wrong, you are right about the tip, ring, and sleeve. However, you were being confusing by referring to a cord with three sections when you meant a *connector* with three sections. - Logan |
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Using insert on mic preamp with compressor
Doc wrote:
Okay, what now? There should be 3 jacks total? Does this mean the TRS jack goes to the "insert" on the reamp, and the others to the in/out on one channel of the compressor, reverb or whatever? That's right. You need to plug the TRS end into your preamp's insert. Then one of the TS ends goes to the input on the compressor, the other TS comes from the compressor's output. Eric -- www.Raw-Tracks.com |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
The kind that has the jack with 3 distinct sections, with 2 plastic rings. I was under the impression that the tip is, well, the tip, the center part is the ring, the longer section is the sleeve. Or am I wrong? It's times like these I wish I could hold up my TRS - 2xTS insert cord and say "Look! We're talking about one of these!". m. |
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Using insert on mic preamp with compressor
Mark Tranchant wrote:
Mike Rivers wrote: The kind that has the jack with 3 distinct sections, with 2 plastic rings. I was under the impression that the tip is, well, the tip, the center part is the ring, the longer section is the sleeve. Or am I wrong? It's times like these I wish I could hold up my TRS - 2xTS insert cord and say "Look! We're talking about one of these!". or show pretty pictures like these: http://www.cobaltcable.com/product/insert_cable.htm http://www.music123.com/Hosa-STP-Ins...e-i26938.music http://buy-monster-cable-speaker-wir...bslstud63.html http://www.electroniccity.com/shoppi...34&brandinc=37 http://www.zzounds.com/item--HOSSTP80 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home;jsessionid=AsaMFX6kDG!-114229493?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=200388&is =REG http://www.onlinerock.com/mf_store/l...ble_336120.htm http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshow...=241-880&DID=7 http://store.haveinc.com/Ebus30/Part...mmodity=CAA143 |
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