ADAT ELCO-EDAC cable - balanced plugs and unbalanced direct outs

[Darrell Klein]

My Spirit Folio SX has unbalanced direct sends. I ordered a 56-pin
EDAC to 16 1/4 inch trs snake. It will arrive this week. I will be
using it to hook up an ADAT. (Insert disparaging comments about ADATs
here)

Will I need to short the ring and sleeve together on the sends in
order to use the Folio's channel direct outputs? I know one way to
find out is try it and see, but I figure a whole bunch of you have
experience with these cables and ADATs.

Thanks

[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> Will I need to short the ring and sleeve together on the sends in
> order to use the Folio's channel direct outputs?

It might work leaving the low side floating, but electrically it's
correct to connect the low side of the input to the low side of the
signal. Unless your cable has molded plugs, I'd put a jumper between
the ring and sleeve at the plug. It shouldn't take you more than half
an hour once you get in gear.


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[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> Will I need to short the ring and sleeve together on the sends in
> order to use the Folio's channel direct outputs?

It might work leaving the low side floating, but electrically it's
correct to connect the low side of the input to the low side of the
signal. Unless your cable has molded plugs, I'd put a jumper between
the ring and sleeve at the plug. It shouldn't take you more than half
an hour once you get in gear.


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[Darrell Klein]

Thanks, Mike

(Mike Rivers) wrote in message news:<znr1096220215k@trad>...
> In article > writes:
>
> > Will I need to short the ring and sleeve together on the sends in
> > order to use the Folio's channel direct outputs?
>
> It might work leaving the low side floating, but electrically it's
> correct to connect the low side of the input to the low side of the
> signal. Unless your cable has molded plugs, I'd put a jumper between
> the ring and sleeve at the plug. It shouldn't take you more than half
> an hour once you get in gear.

[Darrell Klein]

Thanks, Mike

(Mike Rivers) wrote in message news:<znr1096220215k@trad>...
> In article > writes:
>
> > Will I need to short the ring and sleeve together on the sends in
> > order to use the Folio's channel direct outputs?
>
> It might work leaving the low side floating, but electrically it's
> correct to connect the low side of the input to the low side of the
> signal. Unless your cable has molded plugs, I'd put a jumper between
> the ring and sleeve at the plug. It shouldn't take you more than half
> an hour once you get in gear.

[Forty Winks]

(Mike Rivers) wrote in news:znr1096220215k@trad:

>
> In article >
> writes:
>
>> Will I need to short the ring and sleeve together on the sends in
>> order to use the Folio's channel direct outputs?
>
> It might work leaving the low side floating, but electrically it's
> correct to connect the low side of the input to the low side of the
> signal. Unless your cable has molded plugs, I'd put a jumper between
> the ring and sleeve at the plug. It shouldn't take you more than half
> an hour once you get in gear.
>
>
> --
> I'm really Mike Rivers )
> However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
> lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
> you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
> and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

No need to modify the jacks. The Direct outs are on TRS sockets with the
sleeve & ring shorted.