Currently I own a MOTU 828mk3 firewire interface.
I have multiple inputs going, namely a guitar & dynamic mic among others. I used to run the guitar & mic directly into the two front inputs (the mic as an XLR, the guitar as a 1/4" TS input with the instrument switch flipped). Both inputs gave me a good input gain.
However, to simplify my live setup, i'm running all my inputs for everything into the back of the 828. The rear contains 1/4" balanced/unbalanced analog inputs.
My chain is this: Guitar > passive DI > rear 1/4" input via an XLR-TRS cable (XLR coming out of the DI, TRS going into the Motu).
The problem is that the input level using this method is much much lower than plugging into the front panel. Even using the same chain but a dynamic mic instead of a guitar, the input level is still significantly low.
My understanding is that regardless of whether it's an XLR input or TRS, as long as it's balanced, it should carry the same level of signal through it. However it seems that unless it's going through the two front panel inputs, the input is way too low.
Any ideas what's going on here?
I have multiple inputs going, namely a guitar & dynamic mic among others. I used to run the guitar & mic directly into the two front inputs (the mic as an XLR, the guitar as a 1/4" TS input with the instrument switch flipped). Both inputs gave me a good input gain.
However, to simplify my live setup, i'm running all my inputs for everything into the back of the 828. The rear contains 1/4" balanced/unbalanced analog inputs.
My chain is this: Guitar > passive DI > rear 1/4" input via an XLR-TRS cable (XLR coming out of the DI, TRS going into the Motu).
The problem is that the input level using this method is much much lower than plugging into the front panel. Even using the same chain but a dynamic mic instead of a guitar, the input level is still significantly low.
My understanding is that regardless of whether it's an XLR input or TRS, as long as it's balanced, it should carry the same level of signal through it. However it seems that unless it's going through the two front panel inputs, the input is way too low.
Any ideas what's going on here?