Hooking up monitors to the new S4
Hooking up monitors to the new S4 Posted on: 05.10.2010 by Joie Cantillon So I'm trying to get away with purchasing my home rig as cheap as possible and I really want to use monitors for my speakers rather than buying a reciever and bookshelf speakers because that appears to be a cheaper way to go. My question is can I plug powered monitors directly off of the S4, I've looked at some of the pictures and I believe I could but I'm not sure. Could someone that knows more about the whole deal let me know, thanks | |
Annalisa Shogren 05.10.2010 |
Originally Posted by photojojo
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Annalisa Shogren 05.10.2010 |
Originally Posted by Karlos Santos
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Joie Cantillon 05.10.2010 | So I'm trying to get away with purchasing my home rig as cheap as possible and I really want to use monitors for my speakers rather than buying a reciever and bookshelf speakers because that appears to be a cheaper way to go. My question is can I plug powered monitors directly off of the S4, I've looked at some of the pictures and I believe I could but I'm not sure. Could someone that knows more about the whole deal let me know, thanks |
nayit ruiz jaramillo 05.10.2010 | You would need XLR to RCA convertors for one end of the cable. If you want a ghetto solution for a fraction of the cost you can use one of these which is used for fading Car stereo systems from front to back. Just connect one side. It works, ive used one. http://cpc.farnell.com/carpower/rff-...-bb45-00001003 |
Annalisa Shogren 05.10.2010 |
Originally Posted by photojojo
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Leeanna Ayla 05.10.2010 | There's two outs on the S4, but you can't control their volume independently. You either have to have a volume control on your monitor speakers or put the Level Pilot between the S4 and the monitor speakers. |
Annalisa Shogren 05.10.2010 |
Originally Posted by Karlos Santos
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nayit ruiz jaramillo 05.10.2010 | Yes but they are not independent so they both output the same level. You would need to control the volume of the booth on the actual monitor or get an inline volume control like this one that im getting (there are others): http://www.tcelectronic.com/levelpilot.asp |
Annalisa Shogren 05.10.2010 | Does that mean you can use the RCA and balanced outs as a master and monitor at the same time? |
Ji Pursel 05.10.2010 | id like to thank whoever put there foot down about balanced outs, major selling point that gets over looked |
nayit ruiz jaramillo 05.10.2010 | Yeah, out of either the 1/4" Jacks or the RCAs. Both are live. Straight to you monitors , no mixer needed. |
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