cincy_kid
Active member
So in my quest to better understand how signal paths are important I have been reading various threads about balanced and unbalanced lines. Although I understand the difference in the 2 (unbalanced having a "hot" and ground, where the balanced has an extra signal, a "cold" or neutral).
Also, I know that balanced lines are much more important when running long cables for low noise stuff such as microphones but my question is specifically about my rack.
for example, on my Tampa mic pre, it has a balanced 1/4" output that I run a TRS cable from into my Delta 1010 input (which accepts balanced or unbalanced).
Now, on my ART TPS pre, the 1/4" out is unbalanced, but also has a balanced XLR out. With a short distance of cable, does it matter which out I use? Will it affect the quality of my recordings? Is it worth getting an XLR to TRS cable for this purpose?
Same question for the outs of my soundcard. My current setup has the outs of my soundcard running into a channel into my mixer (mainly so I can run headphones from the mixer when I am recording so I can hear the rest of the mix and then I also have the main outs of the mixer going to my monitors when I am doing my editing/mixing). So does it matter if I use TRS or TS cables from the sound card to the mixer?
hope this makes sense, thanks!
Also, I know that balanced lines are much more important when running long cables for low noise stuff such as microphones but my question is specifically about my rack.
for example, on my Tampa mic pre, it has a balanced 1/4" output that I run a TRS cable from into my Delta 1010 input (which accepts balanced or unbalanced).
Now, on my ART TPS pre, the 1/4" out is unbalanced, but also has a balanced XLR out. With a short distance of cable, does it matter which out I use? Will it affect the quality of my recordings? Is it worth getting an XLR to TRS cable for this purpose?
Same question for the outs of my soundcard. My current setup has the outs of my soundcard running into a channel into my mixer (mainly so I can run headphones from the mixer when I am recording so I can hear the rest of the mix and then I also have the main outs of the mixer going to my monitors when I am doing my editing/mixing). So does it matter if I use TRS or TS cables from the sound card to the mixer?
hope this makes sense, thanks!