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Dante":b6479 said:
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That´s not a problem.
But will it work? I will not have problems with signal strength, impendance... ? One other thing what the hell does balanced imput and output means?
With a balanced cable there are 3 transmission lines: Signal+, Signal-, and Ground. Signal- is the same as Signal+, but it is inverted (-1 * Signal+). The idea is that you can eliminate noise picked up by the cable by subtracting Signal- from Signal+ at the receive end. This is because noise would be picked up by both lines, so this subtraction would eliminate what is common to both lines. Because Signal- was inverted, the subtraction would add the desired signal it carries to Signal+ noise-free.
An unbalanced cable has 2 transmission lines: Signal and Ground. This is what guitars and guitar amps use. In theory, this is more at risk of picking up noise in the transmission line, which is why it is important to use well-shielded cables, especially between the guitar and amp.
The way to tell if a cable is balanced or unbalanced is to simply look at the connector. If the connector is a mono 1/4" TS type, then it is unbalanced (2 lines, signal and ground). If the connector is a stereo 1/4" TRS or XLR type (3 lines, signal+, signal-, and ground) then it is a balanced cable.
If your equipment requires a balanced input but you only have an unbalanced output (such as a guitar amp effects loop) you can use an isolation transformer to convert it. One example is the EBTech HumX, which will convert between balanced/unbalanced lines.
But most often effects units will support either balanced or unbalanced connections, so you should be able to just plug it in the effects loop without using your standard 1/4" mono cable.
