Reddit reviews Hosa CMP-310 3.5 mm TS to 1/4" TS Mono Interconnect Cable, 10 feet
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This cable is designed to connect an electronic device with a mini mono phone jack to an electronic device with a mono phone jack. It is ideal for use as a flash synchronization cableNickel-plated plugs for rugged durability and efficient signal transferOxygen-free Copper (OFC) Conductor for Enhanced signal clarityOfc Spiral Shield for Effective EMI and RFI Rejection and FlexibilityConnectors): 3. 5 mm TS to 1/4 in TS. Length: 10'
Some time ago I became aware of this http://www.amazon.com/Hosa-Cable-CMP310-inch-Adapter/dp/B000068O3I/ cable and I've since bought a bunch of them. I use them for ferrying audio between the Volcas, MS-20 and 1/4" jacks, and for getting CV out of my Analog Four.
I think the output jack is worth keeping on the front panel since you can easily repatch the output to come through the ESP this way. Patching the main out to the ESP in lets you send the post-bandpass output to the HPF Ext In for some great filter feedback overdrive, but in this case you have to send audio out of the synth from the pre-bandpass ESP output.
Well, you've seen how everybody else does it; now let's throw down frugal. I'm a stone tight-wad, and loathe burnin' bucks if I can find something on the cheap.
If you're going to record to your 'puter, you are gonna need a DAW (digital audio workstation) of some sort. I like Audacity, a free audio editing program that's fairly straight-forward to figure out. (Note the word "free"!)
Your computer needs to have a "mic" input, and you'll need a cord that has a male connector that fits the mic input on one end and fits your bass on the other. Amazon has 'em for less than six bucks. Me? I had enough junk layin' around to cobble one together for nothing. This cable will work with bass or guitar. Watch your gain when you first start recording; turn volumes all the way down before plugging in and firing up your DAW.
It ain't pretty, but it's a start... and it's under ten bucks!
Have fun!
Note that you're hooking your bass directly to the computer. DO NOT send a signal from your amp to your 'puter unless you are sure that you know what you're doing! Big boom... lotsa smoke... no more computer...
Once you get the hang of the basics you can decide if you want to get an interface. Having started out without one, I appreciate what it does for me now. I got mine at a pawn shop for about half what one costs new.
OK, I will mention that the volume of standard audio and the calling app is stored separately and you may literally have to turn up the volume on the iPhone during the call even though music is fine.
What I think is happening is you are trying to connect an unbalanced device to a balanced jack.
The only 1/4" stereo jack on your interface or mixer is labeled Phones or Headphones. Other than Insert jacks, which I won't cover, all other 1/4" jacks are mono and able to use balanced or unbalanced connections.
RCA and 1/4" TS cables are mono cables. They are also unbalanced cables.
XLR and 1/4" TRS cables are mono and balanced.
Insert cables are special, as are headphone cables. These are 1/4" TRS connections but they are different. They are unbalanced.
OK, unbalanced cables are what you are used to. Nothing special.
Balanced cables are three wire cables. The connector can be XLR or a TRS plug, usually 1/4" TRS. There isn't actually anything special about the cables or connectors per se. The jacks you plug them into are special.
If you take a piece of professional audio gear (your mixer and interface for example) and connect them with a TRS cable, that cable will carry a mono signal. It will also be somewhat immune to radio interference from lights, refrigerators, and compressors kicking in, most anything that would cause interference in a long audio cable.
What happens is the Tip and Sleeve pair carry a standard mono audio signal, just like on a TS cable. The Ring Sleeve pair also carry the same mono audio signal, but this signal is 180 degrees out of phase with the other copy.
What does that mean? Let's say the voltage in the cable is varying up and down between 1 volt and -1 volt. At a given point, say the five-second mark the TS copy of the audio is at 1V. At that exact time, the RS audio is at -1V. Other times the two signals will be at -.2V and .2V and every other value, but always with a different sign except at zero. If you looked on an oscilloscope, the waves made would be mirror images.
Why would anyone do this? Immagine you have an old refrigerator or big AC unit nearby and it kicks on. This can cause interference in the various lines nearby. Usually, it doesn't matter. With audio, it does. You could hear it kick on, or a rumble in the background on all the cables or lots of weird effects, all bad for the audio.
Let's look at that five-second mark, again. An AC unit kicks in and imparts electrical noise of +0.2V to the signal. That makes the TS signal 1.2V. It gets added to the RS signal as well but makes that signal -0.8 V (-1V + 0.2V = -0.8V). Both signals were affected the same.
Here is the magic. The balanced jack that sends the signal sends the TS signal as normal and inverts that signal (makes it 180 degrees out of phase) for the RS signal. The receiving balanced jack reverses this, adds the signals together and divides them by two. SO the interfered with TS signal of 1.2B is added to the inverted RS signal, now 0.8V to get 2.0V which is divided by 2 to get 1V, the original, un-interfered with value.
Balanced cables aren't affected much by interference. Great, right? What's that to you? The only way the jack knows there is a balanced or unbalanced signal is if the cable is TRS, and assumes it's balanced. The jacks just aren't smart.
Now, consumer equipment rarely understands the idea of a balanced cable so if you plug in a TRS cable into the iPhone, it thinks stereo and outputs a stereo signal. The interface sees a TRS plug and assumes mono balanced signal and does weird stuff to the signal. A call is mono, so both copies of the signal are the same. using the 1V at a five-second example, the interface takes the TS 1 V signal, the RS 1 volt signal. Inverts the RS signal to -1V which gets added to the other and you get 0V. Divide that by two if you want but 0V is silence. This happens for all the audio making the call effectively silent. Anything you do hear is because it's an imperfect system or the two outputs are not quite in phase when generated.
If you place a stereo sound, say music with a big stereo separation, you should get really weird distortions. The signals won't be perfectly canceling each other out like the mono signal.
So, what does this mean? Use TS cables on the interface or mixer side. A Y cable like this
https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-CMP-153-Stereo-Breakout-Cable/dp/B000068O3C/
or a cable like this
https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-CMP-310-inch-Interconnect-Cable/dp/B000068O3I/
or maybe this
https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-CMP-110-3-5mm-Interconnect-Cable/dp/B000068O3D/
Any questions? Sound like what you have experienced?
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Probably mono to mono. I don't have the BSP but when I had my MS-10 I used it with the Teenage Engineering OpLab which could do the Hz/V signals and I used these cables. I would imagine the BSP outs are the same (mono).
Yeah, that's the wrong cable. You have a stereo 3.5mm (TRS / Tip Ring Sleeve) to XLR. - Not going to work!
The XLR input on any "pro" speaker is meant for balanced mono cables (like a microphone cable), its not stereo.
The 3 wires inside a balanced XLR connector are for a (mono) "Hot, Cold and Earth" signal, not stereo "Left, Right and Ground" signal as in a consumer headphone jack. Totally different animal. You're shorting out the signal by using that adapter.
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First off - do you have one or two EONs?
If you only have one mono speaker, you could use a 3.5mm mono to 2 conductor 1/4" TS (Tip Sleeve) plug
If you had two EONs, then you'd use a 3.5mm TRS stereo plug to DUAL 1/4" TS cables (a 'Y' adapter of sorts, to carry both left and right channels - one to each speaker).
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And yes, you SHOULD have some sort of volume control in the middle to manage the volume - you could get a cheaper passive "pre-amp" - meaning you can cut the volume, but the line level will never go higher than the source's level - (your laptop). If you're fine with no volume controller, skip this next part...
(You would need to get different cables to go from these volume controller to the JBLs, depending on what you decide to do.)
I really don't recommend an "active" monitor controller, because they'd be overkill for you, I doubt you'd use all the extra features.
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Another idea is an inexpensive DAW interface - This Behringer would negate the need to plug in your laptop via the 3.5mm jack like you're trying to do now. Just plug in the USB cable and it shows up as a native USB audio device. The volume is on the front.
(You would need to pick up (2) 1/4" to 1/4" TS (unbalanced) or TRS (balanced) mono cables from the interface out to the 2 speaker inputs)
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Ultimately, I recommend a desk mixer to control the JBLs. This would make it much easier to patch a feed from your laptop (or phone, or whatever) into the mixer, and have it all controlled from there.
Some even have EQ's on the line inputs to tweak the sound, some have USB interfaces built in too.
Ok, I think I understand and understand the difference between balanced and unbalanced.
So I believe that this should work: Hosa Mono Interconnect 3.5 Mm Ts to 1/4 in Ts 10ft https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000068O3I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_NHI5Cb32KPWTN
Thanks
https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-CMP-310-inch-Interconnect-Cable/dp/B000068O3I
Or
https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-CMS-110-Stereo-Interconnect-Cable/dp/B000068O36
What cables are you using to connect your soundcard to your modular? Are they TRS-to-TRS? For ease-of-use, you should just use TS-to-TS.