Cable question (XLR - TRS)

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I'm trying to hook up my compressor, which has XLR outputs only, to a
Kurzweil Rumour, which accepts only TS or TRS connectors. I've tried
using an XLR to TS cable with no luck, as the sound coming into the
Rumour sounds trebly and thin, with very little bass response.

If I were to use an XLR - TRS balanced cable, would I be able to
connect these two units correctly and get the full signal to the
Rumour? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Greg

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<< I've tried
using an XLR to TS cable with no luck, as the sound coming into the
Rumour sounds trebly and thin, with very little bass response.>>

Since you're listening to the output of the Rumour, you know for sure that it's
the input that is sounding thin & trebly? IOW, you're checking with the effects
bypassed, right?

<<If I were to use an XLR - TRS balanced cable, would I be able to
connect these two units correctly and get the full signal to the
Rumour? >>

If the Rumour truly has balanced TRS inputs & the XLR - TRS cable is wired
properly, then yes, that will fix the problem. I suspect, though, that you can
equally well use an unbalanced TS cable. It sounds like your XLR - TS cable is
wired pin 3 hot, or else your compressor is pin 3 hot or not in fact truly
balanced.

Scott Fraser

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thebo <leeg@franklin.k12.ma.us> wrote:
>I'm trying to hook up my compressor, which has XLR outputs only, to a
>Kurzweil Rumour, which accepts only TS or TRS connectors. I've tried
>using an XLR to TS cable with no luck, as the sound coming into the
>Rumour sounds trebly and thin, with very little bass response.

What kind of compressor is it? Does it have a transformer-balanced output
or not?

>If I were to use an XLR - TRS balanced cable, would I be able to
>connect these two units correctly and get the full signal to the
>Rumour? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Maybe. What is it, and how is your cable wired?
--scott

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Strange, thought I posted a response this afternoon, but it didn't
show up. Anyway, the compressor is a Chandler LTD-2, not sure if
there's a transformer on the output. I don't know how the XLR-TS
cable I tried is wired.

Right now, I'm using a Speck ASC equalizer in the signal chain, which
accepts the XLR from the Chandler and offers a TRS output that I
connect to the Rumour. I was hoping to take out the Speck, but maybe
I'll just keep it in and bypass when I don't need eq.

Thanks all.

Greg

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In article <d9b4cdac.0409261913.bd2b1b8@posting.google.com> leeg@franklin.k12.ma.us writes:

> Strange, thought I posted a response this afternoon, but it didn't
> show up. Anyway, the compressor is a Chandler LTD-2, not sure if
> there's a transformer on the output. I don't know how the XLR-TS
> cable I tried is wired.

Since there's more than one way that it could be wired, this will
prevent anyone from giving you a difinitive answer.

Figure it out, and re-post your question with all the details and
you'll get a valid answer, or the answer may become apparent to you
once you figure out what you have.

There's no reason why you should have to use your equalizer to
interconnect two boxes.


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