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Re: Bar pad problem

2003-10-27 by Nick Carroll

Thanks for your reply, Ed. Yes I think I've got my adaptors around 
the wrong way. I'll have another look at it...

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Nick Carroll" <njcarroll56@y...> 
> wrote:
> > I have started using a splitter on my 9/10 input so I can get one 
> > sound on my bar pad and a different sound on my bell pad. The 
only 
> > problem is that the splitter always connects the A pad on the bar 
> and 
> > not the B pad, which is the one I prefer to use. Has anyone had 
the 
> > same problem, and can you tell me what to do?
> 
> Hi Nick,
> 
> Does the barpad have two separate leads corresponding to its two 
> sections, or does it have one? I'm assuming that it has one. It 
> sounds like you may be using the wrong splitter, or no splitter, 
out 
> of the barpad. What you need is a TRS "Y" adaptor to distinguish 
> the "A pad" from the "B pad." The single stereo lead (the bottom of 
> the "Y") goes into the barpad, and the two mono leads at the other 
> end correspond to the tip and ring of the single stereo connector. 
If 
> you're using a splitter for the barpad that has stereo connectors 
on 
> the two leads instead of tip/ring mono ones (or if you're using no 
> TRS splitter at all), the badpad signal won't divide properly. You 
> should use the same kind of TRS "Y" interconnect to access 9/10 
from 
> the separate mono feeds as well. Did I hit or miss your point?
> 
> Ed

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