witch cable should i buy

[marios.blythe]

hello guys! i want to buy (tell a man to a store to make it (i mean custom) ) a cable for using it to record di's to my audio interface. witch is the best way?
trs --> trs
or
trs --> xlr
?

and how to explain to the man that have the store what is balanced and what is unbalanced? how to understand the differences? what i need balanced or unbalanced? thanks in advance!

 

[mairomaster]

It depends what inputs and outputs do you have. If you want to connect you DI box to the mic input of you interface, you will probably need XLR -> XLR ballanced line (with stereo cable).

 

[marios.blythe]

No mate i'll conect the guitar str8 to the line input wich cable I need?

 

[mairomaster]

In that case TS -> TS (mono cable). In other words - normal guitar cable. I hope you mean instrumental input (can be combined with the line input). Connecting your guitar to a line input won't give you very good results.

 

[tmitchell33]

Guitar is not line level. I would never recommend connecting a guitar directly to an AD/DA converter's line level I/P. Buy a DI box which will convert your unbalanced (TS cable) into a balanced signal. From here you can send a balanced mic level to your converter's I/P's from your DI box. XLR and TRS are wired exactly the same (Pin 1: Shield, Pin 2 Hot and Pin 3 cold) so it doesn't matter which one you use! But typically XLR are used for mic level and TRS for Line but not limited to.

 

[oroinvictus]

Guitar is not line level. I would never recommend connecting a guitar directly to an AD/DA converter's line level I/P. Buy a DI box which will convert your unbalanced (TS cable) into a balanced signal. From here you can send a balanced mic level to your converter's I/P's from your DI box. XLR and TRS are wired exactly the same (Pin 1: Shield, Pin 2 Hot and Pin 3 cold) so it doesn't matter which one you use! But typically XLR are used for mic level and TRS for Line but not limited to.

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