Guys,
I'm finally modding a TRS/TRS snake (Canare/Neutrik gold..ooohhh... spendy!) from my 500 module racks with a balanced patchbay to the return only of the DM4800 inserts. Been meaning to do this after years of using the half-jack return trick. I have a few inputs that don't make a great connection to the ring. Sooo would anyone care to weigh in on what the proper termination of the return TRS should be. Quite frankly just clippping the tip seems to do the job but when we half-jack we are actually using that tip to the ring return. The tip is usually the hot+...but the ring is usually the cold- from a TRS or XLR. I've seen some other confusing suggestions aroun the net that I should connect the hot+ to the ring and tie the cold- to ground. Does any of this really matter since we are not balanced to the DM Insert circuit anyway? Not trying to be lazy but the easy fix...clipping the hot+ tip seems to work.
THX
I'm finally modding a TRS/TRS snake (Canare/Neutrik gold..ooohhh... spendy!) from my 500 module racks with a balanced patchbay to the return only of the DM4800 inserts. Been meaning to do this after years of using the half-jack return trick. I have a few inputs that don't make a great connection to the ring. Sooo would anyone care to weigh in on what the proper termination of the return TRS should be. Quite frankly just clippping the tip seems to do the job but when we half-jack we are actually using that tip to the ring return. The tip is usually the hot+...but the ring is usually the cold- from a TRS or XLR. I've seen some other confusing suggestions aroun the net that I should connect the hot+ to the ring and tie the cold- to ground. Does any of this really matter since we are not balanced to the DM Insert circuit anyway? Not trying to be lazy but the easy fix...clipping the hot+ tip seems to work.
THX
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