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

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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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.

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.

(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 he 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.

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 he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo