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I was going through my recently assembled rack rig to take stock of what cables I still needed to buy, and noticed that some components have separate balanced and unbalanced jacks. For example, my ART preamp has an unbalanced 1/4" line out but also has a cab simulator output that uses a balanced XLR. I definitely want to use the cab sim for direct recording, but it will be running to an EQ and a noise gate before hitting the board, and I don't think that these other devices have balanced inputs. They are definitely 1/4" inputs rather than XLR. What are the consequences (if any) of running from a balanced output to an unbalanced input?
Along the same lines, I intend to do some A/B testing, first running the rack direct via the cab simulator to a mixing board, and then (once I get a power amp) connecting it to a cab and miking it. Assuming that the above balanced/unbalanced connections aren't an issue, am I inviting disaster upon myself by running the EQ and noise gate *between* the preamp and power amp? Isn't this essentially the same as placing the same devices in the effects loop of a head or combo?
He'p me, I'm new to this rackmount foolishness!
Along the same lines, I intend to do some A/B testing, first running the rack direct via the cab simulator to a mixing board, and then (once I get a power amp) connecting it to a cab and miking it. Assuming that the above balanced/unbalanced connections aren't an issue, am I inviting disaster upon myself by running the EQ and noise gate *between* the preamp and power amp? Isn't this essentially the same as placing the same devices in the effects loop of a head or combo?
He'p me, I'm new to this rackmount foolishness!
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