A trs cable is a balanced 3 conductor cable so you don't get hum in the
signal path. a trs jack is like the old style stereo quarter inch headphone
jack. you can buy trs to RCA male plug cable for your mixer. at some point
you may need trs to 3.5 male cables and straight trs cables too, it depends
on the situation at the time.
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From: "James Scholes" <[email protected]>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 12:35 PM
Subject: Cables Needed for new Audio Setup
Hi everyone.
I'm new to the world of audio recording, production, studio equipment,
etc. Its the hardware side of things, or specifically cabling, that's
confusing me today.
I don't have a super advanced or professional set up, as this my first go
at anything pro-audio-related.
I have recently purchased a Yamaha MG166C 16 channel mixer, and an M-Audio
Delta 44 PCI audio interface. I also have a more basic, generic USB audio
interface that I will be using for media playback. I only need 1
microphone input at the moment, and 2 line inputs from external devices. I
am slightly confused as to what cables I will need to set all this up, so
have detailed what I want to accomplish below. I'm having a hard time
understanding the difference between TRS and TS connectors, as well as
balanced and unbalanced signals. So thanks in advance for any help anyone
can offer.
What I want to accomplish:
- Dynamic microphone on channel 1 (already set up with correct cable)
- Audio from an external device patched into mono channels 3 and 4:
for this, I assume I need either a stereo 6.3mm to dual mono 6.3mm TRS
cable, or the same but with a 3.5mm stereo plug for more consumer-grade
devices. However, does the cable need to be balanced, or unbalanced? It
will only be running to devices extremely short distances away.
- Audio from a digital AV receiver on mono channels 5 and 6:
The AV receiver has RCA phono outputs, so for this I guess I need a dual
phono to dual mono 6.3mm TRS cable? Again, should this cable be balanced
or unbalanced?
- Output from a basic audio interface on stereo channel 11/12:
The interface again has RCA outputs, so I think I need a dual phono to
stereo 6.3mm TRS cable?
- Outputs of the Delta 44 coming in on stereo channels 13/14 and 15/16:
For this, am I right in thinking I need a dual mono TRS 6.3mm to Stereo
TRS 6.3mm cable?
- Outputs of the 1/2 group and 3/4 group buses on the mixer to the inputs
on the Delta 44:
I'm guessing here that I need a dual mono TRS 6.3mm to dual mono TRS 6.3mm
cable? I could not find any of these at DolphinMusic or DigitalVillage, so
would 2x mono TRS 6.3mm to mono TRS 6.3mm cables work?
- Finally, the output of the stereo L/R bus to the basic audio interface:
The interface has RCA inputs, so do I need a dual mono 6.3mm TRS to dual
phono cable (the same type of cable that I think I need for the AV
receiver)?
Again, thanks in advance to anyone who can offer any help with this; none
of the cables will be running over long distances (3m at the most).
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