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Killjingle · Post by **Killjingle** » Wednesday Jan 18, 2006

If you have a stereo unbalanced drumbox, and you hook a 1/4" TS to each L and R out, Y it to a 1/4" TRS, and hook into a balanced input... is this connection balanced?

Craven Sound · Post by **Craven Sound** » Wednesday Jan 18, 2006

No. Here's a good definition of the difference between balanced and unbalnced signals.

http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/aud ... lanced.php

Killjingle · Post by **Killjingle** » Wednesday Jan 18, 2006

thats what I thought. so the best way to convert unbalanced to balanced is...

direct boxes...?

thoughts?

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Jan 18, 2006

Killjingle wrote:thats what I thought. so the best way to convert unbalanced to balanced is...

direct boxes...?

thoughts?

Direct boxes are the simplest way. If you want "value added" you can get creative and take something like an equalizer with both unbalanced and balanced I/O and use that to equalize the sound AND step it up to balanced.