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Kevin James · June 5th, 2006, 10:57 AM

Do I need balanced cables for this? I probably will need 50' cables. This is a charity event that will have speech and music coming off the PA/Sound board. Thanks!

Steve House · June 5th, 2006, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin James

Do I need balanced cables for this? I probably will need 50' cables. This is a charity event that will have speech and music coming off the PA/Sound board. Thanks!

You need to find out what the board is putting out - some are one, some are the other, some are both. <g> The board might give you an XLR to plug into, or it might be 1/4 TRS balanced, 1/4 TS unbalanced, or even RCA unbalanced. Need to find out what equipment is at both ends of the cable to know for sure. If you have choice, balanced is better for better immunity to noise.

Boyd Ostroff · June 5th, 2006, 01:27 PM

It's also a good idea to have "turnarounds" (sex changers) with you in case the board needs a female plug and your cable is a male... :-)

Kevin James · June 5th, 2006, 02:18 PM

Thanks for the tips guys! I'm just going to order the balanced cable.....and some Ru Pauls ;)

Matthew de Jongh · June 5th, 2006, 02:31 PM

it depends how often you need to do things like this...

i do feeds off of sound boards pretty often so what i almost always use is a wireless setup so i'm free of a long cable for everyone there to trip over.

it also greatly frees up where you can setup the camera.

i use the sennheiser stuff and the g2 series is a good setup for the money.

the specific piece you need to do this would be the plug on transmitter.

it comes in both the phantom powered and non phantom powered versions.

for what you are doing you certainly don't need to spend the extra $ for the phantom version, plus if you have the phantom version and it should accidently end up with the phantom power turned on it can wreak havoc with the sound board.

matthew

June 5th, 2006, 10:57 AM	#1
Kevin James Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 204	XLR's for sound board Feed Do I need balanced cables for this? I probably will need 50' cables. This is a charity event that will have speech and music coming off the PA/Sound board. Thanks!

June 5th, 2006, 01:27 PM	#3
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	It's also a good idea to have "turnarounds" (sex changers) with you in case the board needs a female plug and your cable is a male... :-)

June 5th, 2006, 02:18 PM	#4
Kevin James Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 204	Thanks for the tips guys! I'm just going to order the balanced cable.....and some Ru Pauls ;)

June 5th, 2006, 02:31 PM	#5
Matthew de Jongh Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: sounthern maine Posts: 344	it depends how often you need to do things like this... i do feeds off of sound boards pretty often so what i almost always use is a wireless setup so i'm free of a long cable for everyone there to trip over. it also greatly frees up where you can setup the camera. i use the sennheiser stuff and the g2 series is a good setup for the money. the specific piece you need to do this would be the plug on transmitter. it comes in both the phantom powered and non phantom powered versions. for what you are doing you certainly don't need to spend the extra $ for the phantom version, plus if you have the phantom version and it should accidently end up with the phantom power turned on it can wreak havoc with the sound board. matthew