On 8/02/2018 3:06 PM, Linda Masterson wrote:
Thanks guys, the *collective* here in this NG is awesome and the best in
the world but you all knew that and much better than calling Canare or
Markertek although I weighed their advice as well.
"The headphone output is *not* balanced."
Thank you Geoff, Phil and Scott for pointing this out. My bad.
I appreciate *everyone's* suggestions and I am wanting two line inputs
into the mixer for panning when this configuration is needed.
I have two custom made Canare star quad L-4E6S that I had made up years
ago at different lengths, 1/4 "stereo" ;-) male jack to two XLR but have
noticeable hum which was unacceptable although the gain was cranked up
and no preamp gain was used.
I went 1/4" with inferior cable for grins and will be returning, but the
hum is much less noticeable when again cranking up the gain.
Like these:
http://livewire-usa.com/sy9tq/
https://www.swee****er.com/store/detail/IPBQ2Q5
I would like to avoid the direct box suggestion at all cost if possible
and was hoping to avoid this and as Scott brought up, yes this cable is
all I have and I have a bunch of it.
I would however like to get my hands on some of this.
http://www.canare.com/ProductItemDis...oductItemID=61
Linda , this Canare star-quad thing is a distraction and should be
ignored as a totally inappropriate solution for the problem at hand.
Unless you have, or will in the future have a need for extra-low noise
microphone cables, I suggest you sell what you have left on your roll to
fund this new adventure.
Also, did I miss somewhere what length of cable you need for your
keyboard purpose ? And if the Livewire cable too short, back to the make
up your own, either with:
- A 2 core screened cable fanned-out to single-core cable and mono jacks
at far end.
- Two separate single-core cables from the TRS (bulky at the TRS end) to
mono jacks at the far end.
- Better still, but maybe still a squeeze at the TRS end, a cable with
two screened single-core cables in one overall jacket or somehow
mooulded together, each internal screened cable fanned out at the
destination end.
PSU noise of hums possibly exacerbated by grounding issues may be
reduced by powering off a common power distribution strip. Or the
extreme solution being the passive transformer-coupled DI thang.
And we are all 'consumers' in our own ways ;- )
geoff