Running a mixer through an Acoustic Amp

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Hello! I suppose this is more of a performance question, but if I get the right sounds out of this I'll probably do some live-ish recordings...

I've just ordered an Alesis Multimix8 USB 2.0, I also have an Ibanez Troubadour T35 acoustic amp which I've been using for vocals & guitar. I've wanted to add a stompbox (the percussive kind— i.e. a foot-stomp or kick-box) to my sound and thus thought the mixer would be able to get me one more channel through the amp.

The amp has no proper 'line-in'. It has an XLR (for a mic), a 1/4" (for guitar) and an RCA input (for "CD"). My question is which input should I run the mixer through? Will the RCA suffice? Will using the 1/4" cause an audio-grade Fukushima? And if I do use the RCA, could I run all three inputs through mixer, and bypass the XLR & 1/4"?

Thanks for your——input.

Benjamin Arthur
benjamin.bandcamp(.)com/album/wildling

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Mixer '2 track' out to the RCA (CD) input. Otherwise you are going to be dealing with preamp > preamp = More noise. If the '2 track' output is pre-fx/fader, then use the control room or main out, but keep your fader down low when you first put the amp on and turn the volume up graduallly.

 

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Thanks! The mixer came today from GuitarCenter (bought a used in-store floor version for bout 100 bucks off) and the dudes forgot to pack the power cord with the thing... I swear, out of the three guys I spoke to to get this straightened out, 2.5 were stoned. Oh well, hope it works when I can get it to work.

Again, thanks for the advice.