[sdiy] Balanced/unbalanced inputs?

[markus]

a nice, simple DIY project would be an unbalanced-to-balanced converter 
(like a DI box). lmk off-list if you need schematics & help.

cheers
mark


At 08:30 PM 3/11/02 -0500, you wrote:

> > To use an unbalanced line into a balanced input, you
> > could try attaching the unbalanced line to one of the
> > balanced lines, and ground the other side. This may
> > work, but there's a problem: balanced inputs tend to
> > be higher levels (+4 dBv) than the unbalanced ones
> > (-10dBv).
> >
> > Or you could go to Radio Shack and buy a
> > unbalanced-to-balanced adapter for about $20.
>
>So If my instruments have unbalanced output, I can't use them with a mixer
>that has balanced inputs unless I 1) modify the cable or 2) buy an adapter?
>
>How can I tell what type of output my instruments have? I assume they're all
>unbalanced, but I don't know how to check. It's not it the manuals...