A very often asked question.
You can use 2-core cable material in any case (like guitar cable: 1 core, one shield). The pad input XLR is wired: 2=hot, 1 & 3=ground.
The outputs are wired: 3=hot, 1 & 2=ground.
I asked (more than 30 years ago...) why they use different polarities in one machine and make people dizzy. This is what they told me: A piezo transducer is a LOUDSPEAKER, so they used the LOUDSPEAKER pin assignment.
Best
Michael (Obi Wan :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: p_k_daniels
To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 5:21 PM
Subject: [Simmons Drums] SDSV cables
OK so its harder to find xlr female to female cables than I thought.
Which means Im gonna have to make some up.
I know they had a switched "hot" because its in the manual, but what I dont know is were the original cables 3 core or 2 core with the commoned ground jumpered in one or both connectors?
also
i cant find the mix out cable info, this is also an xlr female but I want to send that to a standard 1/4 jack to feed my spm8:2 and then the amp.
If someone could have a look and let me know via this board or by email what the original cable arrangements actually are I'd really appreciate it.
Sorry to bother you all with trivial stuff, but hey if I cant ask here where can I!
Pete
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