I just got an Emu Pk-6 keyboard and I am quite interested with its sounds and features. When I plug it into a known good mixer/recorder (specifically, a Yamaha AW16G), no matter what levels I set anywhere, I get overload distortion effects. (Through a headphone mixer it sounds great; no crackling or clipping, etc.) I have adjusted fader levels everywhere and still get an overload. OK; to the manual, right? The limited "specs section" states "Max +4dB", output impedance 1000 Ohms. Looking at my other synth manuals, they say basically nothing about dB and impedance levels (I was hoping to get a comparison since these other ones sound great in the mixer plugged in as usual).
I do have an Kawai GMega expander module that needed a pair of line-level attenuators in order to make its audio outs compatible with a mixer. Once I bought them and got them in-line, all was good. But I have never heard of a full-sized synth with output levels that could not "just be plugged into an amp/mixer". Comment is invited.
I do have an Kawai GMega expander module that needed a pair of line-level attenuators in order to make its audio outs compatible with a mixer. Once I bought them and got them in-line, all was good. But I have never heard of a full-sized synth with output levels that could not "just be plugged into an amp/mixer". Comment is invited.