Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

I haven't tried this yet so I may be climbing out on a limb here...

     The Sub outs are not only outputs, they are send/receive jacks.  You can either use them as
regular outputs with normal 1/4" TS cables, or as send/receive jacks with 1/4" TRS cables.  The
latter usage routes the Sub Outs to external gear for processing and then returns it back to the
main outputs.  The theory behind this is that the signal is sent out via the Tip and returns on
the Ring.  The Sleeve is used as ground.  If you want to just input a signal from outside the XX-7
and have it appear at the main output jacks, traditionally this is done by taking regular 1/4"
cables and inserting them only halfway into the Sub Out jacks (up to the first click).  This
connects the Sleeve of the cable with the Sleeve of the jack and the Tip of the cable with the
Ring part of the jack, effectively using the Sub Outs as a mixer input with no control over gain. 
This must be done at the output of the external device.

     I don't know if the XX-7 works in this same way, from the looks of it and perusing the manual
it appears as though it does.  Aaron?  Anyone else?  If this is all true, then all the talk about
insert cables doesn't apply to overcoming this particular problem, only for routing signals from
the sub outs to external gear and then bringing it back in.

     Friends don't let friends use Hosa cables...

                 Stephen










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