[sdiy] XLR to 1/4 inch

[Tom Bugs]

I'd simply suggest investing in a better mixer rather than spending 
excess time/effort/monies on one which can't deal with such basic usage 
specs!

On 20/02/2020 19:54, John Speth via Synth-diy wrote:
> I'm hoping somebody can enlighten me if it's practical to take the XLR 
> outputs from a passive DI box (transformer based) and use an XLR to 
> 1/4 inch cable to drive my -10 dBV mixer inputs.
>
> I'm looking at an ART 2 channel passive DI box 
> (https://artproaudio.com/product/dualzdirect-dual-professional-passive-direct-box/). 
> The problems I'm trying to solve are:
>
> 1. My MOTM has such hot signals that they need attenuation
>
> 2. A ground loop problem between my MOTM and mixer
>
> For this DI box to work, I'd need to buy or make a cable with XLR on 
> one end and 1/4 inch TS on the other. The DI box has a ground lift 
> which I'm nearly certain I would use. I would probably use one or both 
> of the DI box input attenuators.
>
> Is my idea practical? How do you guys solve such problems?
>
> Thanks - JJS
>
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