Tascam 48 XLR ouput -> TRS connectors makes strange things!

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Hello there!

I tried to connect my tascam 48 xlr outputs with the TRS connectors of my mixer today. Unfortunately weird things were happening then:

The needles of the vu-meters raised, the more cables i pluged in.
The sound was getting worse also.

I guess it has something to do with the different impedances of the gears but i don't know how to fix this! A reamp box?! probably not..

If i connect the cinch-outputs with the trs-inputs of the mixer everything is allright but unfortunately one channel is broken. And if i then connect only the one xlr-output instead of the broken cinch-output with the mixer it comes to phase shift.
horrible..

I hope someone can help me!
 
That's weird. What kind of mixer is it? I wonder if it's set up to be switched between -10 and +4.
 
Maybe you have a mis-wired cable.

You could also be dealing with an impedance mis-match.

Put a meter on each cable alone to see what you get, and then check each cable with a mike attached for it's resistance.
 
Keep in mind that the 48's XLR outs are pin 3 hot from the factory.
 
wow! thanks to everybody!
the interchanged pins are most probably the solution.
so if i use a mixer with xlr-inputs however the phase will be reversed at every channel but that's allright with me.
I'll try it these days and tell if it worked.
 
Great point about pin 3 being hot on the 48 as made by Cory.

I had forgotten.

Amazing these units do not have a reversal switch built in.
 
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