Members ggm1960 Posted February 25, 2007 Members Share Posted February 25, 2007 I've sort of painted myself into a corner on my PA setup. I needed to seperate some of the processors away from the mixer rack into a seperate case where I'll have them within my grasp on stage while the mixer can be anywhere out front. This causes a little bit of a dilemna though as I have one 1/4" unbalanced line level signal that needs to run from the mixer to my case on the stage. This is simple of course when the units are close by just using a standard 1/4" audio cable, but this run could get up to as far as 50-100ft away. I'm already using a direct box elsewhere and I see plently of products to convert unbalanced to balanced but where are the products to convert balanced to unbalanced? Does a guy convert to balanced and then unbalanced? How?Are there unbalanced audio cables that can handle a run that long?Any suggestions/solutions welcomed please.Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Not Serial Posted February 26, 2007 Members Share Posted February 26, 2007 i have a peavey 10/4 that converts balanced/unbalanced and vise-versa. there are some other alternatives that would be more useful to your situation however. i beleive markertek has some. http://www.markertek.com/Product.asp?baseItem=YCP%2DAUDIO&cat=AUDIOEQUIP&subcat=&prodClass=AUDCONV&mfg=&search=0&off= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted February 26, 2007 Members Share Posted February 26, 2007 Ideal application for 1:1 isolation (and balancing in this case) transformers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BillESC Posted February 26, 2007 Members Share Posted February 26, 2007 This is probably the easiest way to send a line level signal. No cable required. UHF with 16 selectable frequencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ggm1960 Posted February 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 27, 2007 Coaster, what is the peavey 10/4? I didn't really see anything at that website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ggm1960 Posted February 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 27, 2007 AgedHorse can you be more specific? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted February 27, 2007 Members Share Posted February 27, 2007 A 1:1 audio transformer will convert from "balanced" to unbalanced and back again. We build a lot of these for our commercial customers to solve the specific type of problem you describe. Not only does it isolate, but it also provides for various ground termination options. They run about $35 each, not a lot when you consider they will solve problems that no other method can solve. I've always got plenty of the parts in stock. We also use them in our cinema sound service to isolate signal from processors and video interfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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