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Title: Having XLR & 1/4" inputs for Rebote 2.5?
Post by: elenore19 on December 08, 2010, 04:57:38 PM
Is this an easy thing to do? Still only one 1/4" output I believe.

Any pointers or links would be great, thanks so much.

-Elliot
Title: Re: Having XLR & 1/4" inputs for Rebote 2.5?
Post by: jkokura on December 08, 2010, 05:22:53 PM
What kind of signal would the XLR be carrying? The Rebote is meant for high impedance guitar signals... running a low impedance Line Level signal into it may not acheive the desired result.

XLR, like TRS, would also have to be reconciled to the one input nature of a guitar effect. The input of any guitar effect usually just relies on a tip for signal, and a sleeve for ground. A mic, for example, has the sleeve for ground, and a tip and ring for signal.

Not as simple as you might suspect.

If you are looking for a delay for your vocals, use something that's geared for that. If you're looking for a delay at a sound board, use something that's designed for that. If you're looking to use a delay with a guitar signal, or a keyboard for that matter, then use the Rebote 2.5

Jacob
Title: Re: Having XLR & 1/4" inputs for Rebote 2.5?
Post by: MikeH on December 08, 2010, 08:07:43 PM
If you want xlr to use it with a microphone you could just use one of those impedance matching xlr to 1/4" plug thingies.
Title: Re: Having XLR & 1/4" inputs for Rebote 2.5?
Post by: .Mike on December 08, 2010, 08:14:56 PM
If you're using it with a decent mixing board, you don't have to worry about balanced/unbalanced audio. You can use an insert cable, which is unbalanced (and often out-of-phase).

Making the Rebote accept line level might require some changes, though. :)

Mike