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heres what i got from an old XLR cable

Also can i use an old RCA cable to test with the XLR since thats what i have currently to rig it up? XLR to RCA cables? RCA and TS are basically similar right? on my two mixers similar inputs and outputs use both (mackie TS, Tascam RCA)

ok so snip an XLR cable and an insert cable and fish the leads out and test the circuit? can i use a TS cable to touch the leads to the XLR?

well i would like to get at the decks pins and see what happens with the monoprice cable. it seems certain its pin 3 and my cable is defeating the signal sending it to the RCA sleeve which doesnt pass through the TS adapter connected to the mackies direct out or a tascam m30 direct out. I have...

since this is not a balanced circuit could forgetting the adapters and working towards a more permanent solution such as my idea of swapping the decks pins be a better idea so i can use any old XLR to RCA and just label the deck pin 2 hot? if i could be perfectly honest i would have a better...

id also like to thank you for helping me trouble shoot this so far!

my deck is a mx5050bqii which is a different model then the Bii and the manual for it says unbalanced. Ill re paste what the manual says below Line input (female) and line output (male) connectors are XLR-type connectors. To wire the mating plugs, refer to Figure 2-5 and proceed as follows...

i should mention that the otari is using unbalanced XLR and the manual makes descriptions of jumpering pin 2 to pin 1 if that matters. i would rather just modify the otari so if a cable goes dead on me i dont have to build one and i think its smarter and easier labor than building or modifying...

Yea the pinout is swapped so the ground of the otari is feeding the tip of the rca and ts and thats why its defeating the signal on the mixer correct?

The TS is inserted on first click and its a setup that works with all my other multitrack decks. so the cable is incompatible with the deck as its configured? if i simply switched the decks pinout would the monorpice cables work? based on what you saw?

Looks like we figured out the config on the otari. sorry i am being such a headache. do you think perhaps i should swap pins on one of the XLR inputs and see what happens?

yes its a TS plug>RCA on a channel access jack with an XLR on the other end its this cable with a RCA to TS adapter if im not making sense https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=4777

I should also mention that i am using an original mackie CR1604. which i have read is also wired out of phase for its outputs. Will this contribute to anything even after the otari pin config is solved?

I tried the continuity on my ohm meter and pin 1 to 2 is nothing but pin 1 to 3 beeps. does this answer our question?

I bit the bullet and looked at the jacks themselves and this is what i see. Im assuming that red wire to pin 2 is the ground? what do you think?

should i just buy the parts and wire up the cables according to the manual? the shitty monoprice cables i have are difficult to resolder. my personal technician mentioned an issue even after the pin config is solved about running low z outputs with hi z cables and signals that would require a...

the meter reads 1. when nothing is connected when connected together the meter reads 00.5-00.8 i just tried the hosa adapter and still got nothing. actually it defeats the entire signal from the entire mixer via channel access (Mackie CR1604). Im a little bit confused now. how in the world can...

it is reading 1.

it does not appear to be a dead short but that its open to pin 1. the manual actually describes a jumper from pin 2 to 1 for building 2 conducter cables if that helps

Ok so shoving the probes into an xlr cable pin 1 to 2 is dead and pin 1 to 3 reads out similar reads to what i posted before 160-190. Im pretty sure this deck is pin 3 hot. The manual basically states as such and the tech who restored it i talked too said he was unaware of the pin 3...