*URGENT*connecting a eurorack to a europower

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might be the wrong forum, i didnt know where else to ask it.

i'm doing live sound on a show on friday, and i'm mikinf the drums so i need extra inputs.




i have to hook one of these:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Behringer-Eurorack-UB1204FXPRO-Mixer?sku=631234V

to one of these
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Behringer-EUROPOWER-PMH3000-Powered-Mixer?sku=631248


whats the best cables to hook them together with? RCA? i'm not sure. the eurorack is JUST for drums (snare, 2 OH, Bass Drum)


i need help fast because i gotta go buy the cables.


i appreciate it,

-tom
 
Take two (short) 1/4'' cables from the output of the eurorack to one of the stereo inputs on the europower


-jeffrey
 
female XLR -> male TRS for the L & R sides out of the drum mixer into a stereo channel on the powered would also probably work
 
What I would do

Not the best in terms of fidelity (but it should be more than adequate) but by FAR the easiest and needing the easiest to find cables is:

RCA cables from the tape monitor output of the drum mixer, to the tape monitor inputs on the powered mixer (I think it has them). You will have to submix the drums with the drum mixer to their stereo image (if you're going stereo) and their levels relative to each other. Then you can control the overal drum volume on the powered mixer by adjusting the tape input volume. One set of stereo RCA cables, as short as will conveniently reach with whatever your physical layout turns out to be.

Good luck!
 
i want to have sex with all of you right now.


thanks, i really appreciate it.
 
I'll pass, but you're welcome. I just like it when I know the answer to something. It doesn't happen very often.

Mind you, my way is only one of several, but like I said, it seems the easiest to me, and you don't have to try to find any specialty cables. Heck, in a pinch you can get RCA stereo cables at Wal-Mart, or the local drug store, or the like.

FYI, drum OHs can be tricky to do live, depending on the environment and the mics involved.

Have fun, Sound Man!
 
Yeah, the tape out to tape in would be easiest, I just couldn't tell from the images if the powered mixer had em - but I seem to recall even my little Eurorack mixer used to have tape in, so you should be good on that one.
 
you say its hard to do OHs live? i've only recorded, never done it before.

im usin octava mc012s.

i was gonna pan them left and right, have snare and kick centered. anything i should know about?
 
well, it's just

that OHs, by definition, aren't 'close micing', and therefor you're likely to get a lot of bleed. If the mics are out in front of the 'amp wall', you'll pick up guitar amps. If you're using omnis (shudder) then you' be picking up guitars, vocal monitors, reflections from the PA mains bouncing back at you, etc. A pad and noise gate would be very helpful on the OH mics.

The most helpful thing would be one of those acrylic drum gobos.

Hopefully somebody else can chime in here with some assistance.
 
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