Members RoboPimp Posted July 18, 2005 Members Share Posted July 18, 2005 I have two inputs on my mixer that have 1/4" jacks labeled with a -10 dBu. What would be the proper way to plug a keyboard into this? Should I use a direct box? I want to run it from the stage through a snake which is has XLR I/O so I was looking at XLR tgo 1/4" converters, there's ones with transformers and ones without. I am not sure which would be the right one. Any advice ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigmike216 Posted July 18, 2005 Members Share Posted July 18, 2005 those little transformer adapter barrel things aren't great, the transformer is so small that it gets saturated with a pretty low level signal. Look into a proper DI. Mark has a few for good prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted July 18, 2005 Author Members Share Posted July 18, 2005 Originally posted by bigmike216 those little transformer adapter barrel things aren't great, the transformer is so small that it gets saturated with a pretty low level signal. Look into a proper DI. Mark has a few for good prices. I was planning on using a DI on the stage end before the snake. This would get me from the 1/4" output of the keyboard to the XLR input on the snake, then I would need to convert the XLR back to 1/4" at the board for the channel input. Not sure if the signal at that end needs to be changed from high to low impedance or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigmike216 Posted July 18, 2005 Members Share Posted July 18, 2005 after the DI, use the XLR input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted July 18, 2005 Author Members Share Posted July 18, 2005 Originally posted by bigmike216 after the DI, use the XLR input the channel on the board doesn't have XLR inputs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dboomer Posted July 18, 2005 Members Share Posted July 18, 2005 Peavey 1:1 Interface Plus on each end of the snake ... it'll handle a 3v signal. Then just use guitar cords from keys to box and box to mixer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted July 18, 2005 Author Members Share Posted July 18, 2005 Originally posted by dboomer Peavey 1:1 Interface Plus on each end of the snake ... it'll handle a 3v signal. Then just use guitar cords from keys to box and box to mixer. where can I find info on this thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimmyP Posted July 19, 2005 Members Share Posted July 19, 2005 Is the keyboard output balanced? Is the line (1/4") input balanced? If the answer to both is yes, all you need are adapter cables.* If the answer to either is no, you still might get by with just adapter cables.** Or, you might get a heck of hum because of noise pickup** or a ground loop*, in which case a 1:1 transformer (on the unbalanced end if something is unbalanced) should solve the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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