Nola
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I'm trying to get a little extra boost for a Ribbon mic to record on my Tascam 244. I have a Fethead (+20db of gain), and put it inline on the mic. The problem is the 244 only takes unbalanced cables -- they're 1/4" unbalanced on 4track input end and XLR balanced on the mic end. I think the Fethead is a balanced XLR. When I run this configuration I get zero audio. Is there any type of adapter for this situation? If I were to build a custom cable for this how would I wire it? I was thinking Xlr balanced into the Fethead, connect the fethead to it, then a 2nd XLR balanced cable coming out of the Fethead, with a 1/4" unbalanced on the end of that cable. Would this work? Am I missing something obvious?
Thanks!
Thanks!