Stevens R. Miller
Well-Known Member
I'm helping with the tech on another musical being performed in a county middle school. While trying to figure out how their systems are connected, I made a startling discovery: the two output from the school's Peavey FX mixer appear to be wired together. What I mean is that there is a female XLR plug in each of the two balanced output jacks, with an insulated wire between them, and another that runs off into the theater. Physically, it looks like this:
I'm thinking someone thought this was a good way to "mix" stereo outputs into a single channel. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Is it even safe?
Code:
___
\ <---wire
\ _______
\ / \ <---wire
\/ \
/ \ / \
/ \ / \
|XLR | |XLR |
|plug| |plug|
| | | |
| | | |
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right left
output output
I'm thinking someone thought this was a good way to "mix" stereo outputs into a single channel. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Is it even safe?