greatdebate
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I've been doing a ton of reading and searching on these forums, but the more I read, the more confused I get myself. We have a Mackie 24x8 bus mixer and are trying to figure out the proper audio connections to go from various devices to the mixer. Our house system is wired for mono sound.
What I would like help with is figuring out the correct cords to connect the following devices.
*2 Tascam CD01U CD players - we currently have the RCA outs on each CD player going to a single 1/4" TRS cable and then a 1/4" TS adapter that goes on the end of the cable into the mixer. If we don't get the 1/4" TS adapter, we only get half of the signal when we plug it into the line in on the mixer. Also, we only need to have 1 channel on the mixer per CD player..don't need 2 channels per CD player.
*Computer - we have an 1/8" stereo jack going from the headphones out to a 1/4" TRS cable with the same 1/4" TS adapter going into the board. Same problem if we don't use the adapter before patching into the board.
*What is the correct 1/4" cable to go from an Aux Send on the board to a 1/4" audio output on our Listen Technologies transmitter?
*We have a Lexicon MX300 effects unit. Would the correct cables be 1/4" TRS balanced from the Aux Sends into the MX300, and then unbalanced 1/4" cables coming back to the mixer from the MX300?
*dbx 1046 quad compressor - would a 1/4" TRS to (2) 1/4" TS Y-cable be what we need to go from each of our 4 submaster inserts into the in/out of each compressor channel?
Sorry for the basic questions. Not only have I been reading and searching tons of posts on the forums, but I've also read user guides and keep confusing myself more and more.
Links to the correct cables would be greatly appreciated!
What I would like help with is figuring out the correct cords to connect the following devices.
*2 Tascam CD01U CD players - we currently have the RCA outs on each CD player going to a single 1/4" TRS cable and then a 1/4" TS adapter that goes on the end of the cable into the mixer. If we don't get the 1/4" TS adapter, we only get half of the signal when we plug it into the line in on the mixer. Also, we only need to have 1 channel on the mixer per CD player..don't need 2 channels per CD player.
*Computer - we have an 1/8" stereo jack going from the headphones out to a 1/4" TRS cable with the same 1/4" TS adapter going into the board. Same problem if we don't use the adapter before patching into the board.
*What is the correct 1/4" cable to go from an Aux Send on the board to a 1/4" audio output on our Listen Technologies transmitter?
*We have a Lexicon MX300 effects unit. Would the correct cables be 1/4" TRS balanced from the Aux Sends into the MX300, and then unbalanced 1/4" cables coming back to the mixer from the MX300?
*dbx 1046 quad compressor - would a 1/4" TRS to (2) 1/4" TS Y-cable be what we need to go from each of our 4 submaster inserts into the in/out of each compressor channel?
Sorry for the basic questions. Not only have I been reading and searching tons of posts on the forums, but I've also read user guides and keep confusing myself more and more.
Links to the correct cables would be greatly appreciated!
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