How to convert mini DIN 8-pin to XLR

[rahooligan]

I have a huge problem. I'm trying to connect my Yamaha keyboard to my Tapco mixer, but the keyboard has a mini DIN 8-pin output jack while my mixer only has XLR and TRS 1/4" jacks. I need to find a way to connect the keyboard to the mixer. Is there any kind of converter out there that I can use to connect mini DIN 8-pin to XLR or TRS? Please help.. any advice or direction would be HUGELY appreciated.
Thanks

 

[TheGuitarMan]

I have a huge problem. I'm trying to connect my Yamaha keyboard to my Tapco mixer, but the keyboard has a mini DIN 8-pin output jack while my mixer only has XLR and TRS 1/4" jacks. I need to find a way to connect the keyboard to the mixer. Is there any kind of converter out there that I can use to connect mini DIN 8-pin to XLR or TRS? Please help.. any advice or direction would be HUGELY appreciated.
Thanks

I found out the model of your keyboard and mixer by stumbling upon a thread you posted on another forum, in which you included that information, which you should have done here. You should download the manual on Yamaha's website. That's where I found the answer to your problem. http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail.html?CNTID=1801#

That DIN 8-pin jack is a serial connection for MIDI functions, not an audio line out. It says "TO HOST" on it, correct? Yeah, that's for MIDI.

The audio line out jacks utilize simple unbalanced phono plugs. They are marked "-----AUX OUT-----" with "R" and "L/L+R" above the individual jacks. The "L/L+R" jack acts as summed mono if you only insert a plug into that jack, otherwise run TS cables from both jacks to the line inputs on your mixer.

Quoting a popular acronym: RTFM.

Also, Google is your friend.

 

[rahooligan]

Appreciate your taking the timy to reply. Don't appreciate the sarcasm/condascension though. Maybe consider that some people are recording noobs and therefore may not notice things that may be obvious to a seasoned pro like yourself. I did RTFM and believe it or not, I used google too (that's how I found this website). But I ended up discovering (soon after I posted this thread) that my bass guitar patch cord fits in the aux out jack of my keyboard - problem solved.

 

[TheGuitarMan]

Appreciate your taking the timy to reply. Don't appreciate the sarcasm/condascension though. Maybe consider that some people are recording noobs and therefore may not notice things that may be obvious to a seasoned pro like yourself. I did RTFM and believe it or not, I used google too (that's how I found this website). But I ended up discovering (soon after I posted this thread) that my bass guitar patch cord fits in the aux out jack of my keyboard - problem solved.

You didn't post much by way of information in the post. If you had...say...mentioned the rest of the outputs on the back of the keyboard I wouldn't have had to go searching in the first place. I could have just told you off the bat what those jacks were for. If you'd even posted the model of the keyboard it would have at least made the search easier.

The jack has the word "OUT" over it. I saw that much in the pictures.

I'm not a seasoned pro. I had to read the manual just like you, only I read it more closely. I didn't even know the keyboard HAD Aux Outs until I read the manual.

We have a "Newbies" forum here too.