<div dir="ltr">Ok, I guess TS will have to do, but I'm not sure the DI box will attenuate for you. Does it have pads for -10 or -20 db?<br>If not you would need to attenuate before the DI Box. It's simple enough to make some passive attenuators and put them behind a panel. Here's a link to a module by Ray Wilson, and another on a video by myself:<br><a href="http://musicfromouterspace.com/analogsynth_new/OCTATTENUATOR/OCTATTENUATOR.php">http://musicfromouterspace.com/analogsynth_new/OCTATTENUATOR/OCTATTENUATOR.php</a><div><br></div><div><a href="https://youtu.be/QZIKUEhejMQ">https://youtu.be/QZIKUEhejMQ</a></div><div><br></div><div>Also, a MOTM is a very nice synth, you should maybe consider getting an output module for it, or a better mixer for your studio ;)<br><br><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Quincas</div><div><br><div><br><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 2:28 PM Kenny Balys <<a href="mailto:kenny@beatkamp.com">kenny@beatkamp.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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On 20.02.20 20:17 , Dave Magnuson wrote:<br>
> I agree with Quincas.<br>
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> I have 5 or 6 DI boxes in my studio for my various synths. I run a very short TS cable from the synth, and a longer balanced cable (most are XLR-F to TRS in my case) back to the mixer. If you have balanced inputs, I highly recommend it.<br>
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> Dave<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org</a>> On Behalf Of Quincas Moreira<br>
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 2:58 PM<br>
> To: John Speth <<a href="mailto:johnspeth@yahoo.com" target="_blank">johnspeth@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> Cc: SYNTH DIY <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] XLR to 1/4 inch<br>
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> Which mixer is it? If it has xlr or trs inputs thats better than ts.<br>
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> Sent from my iPhone<br>
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>> On 20 Feb 2020, at 13:56, John Speth via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> 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.<br>
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>> I'm looking at an ART 2 channel passive DI box (<a href="https://artproaudio.com/product/dualzdirect-dual-professional-passive-direct-box/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://artproaudio.com/product/dualzdirect-dual-professional-passive-direct-box/</a>). The problems I'm trying to solve are:<br>
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>> 1. My MOTM has such hot signals that they need attenuation<br>
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>> 2. A ground loop problem between my MOTM and mixer<br>
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>> 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.<br>
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>> Is my idea practical? How do you guys solve such problems?<br>
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>> Thanks - JJS<br>
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