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

Thought I'd pop in here with a quick official update.  None of the XL-7
outputs are balanced.  They all do, however, have special functionality.

Here goes:

Main Left: if there's no plug in the Main R, this jack is stereo.
(T=left, R=right, S=ground)

Main Right: if there's no plug in the Main L jack, this is a mono sum
(T=left+right, S=ground)

Any Sub Jack: these are insert jacks, for send/return (T=send, R=return,
S=ground)

The mains are like this to allow people to hook to a mono amp (with one
TS cable from the Main Right jack) or hook up to a stereo input (with
one TRS cable from Main Left).

Bottom line is, you should use unbalanced cables for everything, unless
you want to do something special (like use the returns on the subs, or
use only one TRS cable for the main L).

-Aaron

John Royle wrote:

>
>
> Yep, i think i'll stick to unbalanced for the sub-outs and balanced
> for the main outs.  Thanks for your help guys, much appreciated.
>
>
> I am sure that the sub outs are not balanced. The sub outs
> are "insert" send returns. These have tip as hot, ring as return, and
> sleeve as ground. Plugging a balanced cable from this into your mixer
> could cause problems. The ring will proboably pick up whatever noise
> is around and send that to both the input on the mixer and the main
> outs on the xl-7. You may get lucky and not notice anything, but it
> is not good parctice. For the sub outs either use an insert cable or
> an unbalanced cable for best results.
>
> --Ezra