Topic: Do I need a XLR male or female to connect to a soundboard?

[bhadella]

I can't remember whether I need a XLR male or female to connect to a soundboard....which is right?  I thought that XLR male should always provide the signal to a female with XLR connections but thought soundboard out was backwards for some reason......

Thanks for the help

Brian

[sexymexi]

depends on what your gonna go through, i've run a matrix using my mics, and a sbd patch but i used a ring/tip insert cable.  its basicly a stereo 1/4 > split like a Y into 2 separate mono 1/4 leads.  that worked, using a stereo out from the board, through a mixer>dat.  umm i'd say that, or use RCA's run out from there to your deck.  they normally use their XLR outs to send signals to their amps on stage, or thats how i've run sound before.  hope this helps. good luck.

matt

[bhadella]

Now I'm thoroughly confused.  I was hoping to pick up a XLR > RCA adaptor http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/GXM133 to pull signal from a XLR output of a soundboard.  Do I need a male or female XLR to connect to the soundboard?

[sexymexi]

there ya go moke, +T up to 800 now..  

[Brian Skalinder]

female xlr, 1/4" trs, (or sometimes rca jacks) are the most common outputs.

Moke - when you say 1/4" TRS, is that a single 1/4" carrying a stereo signal - one tip, the other ring?  Forgive my ignorance, I've taped out of the board exactly once.

[Brian Skalinder]

trs could be unbalanced stereo or balanced mono depending on circumstance. To confuse issues even more..... some are unbalanced TS 1/4" mono

Uhhhhh...thanks for nothing, Moke!    The one and only time I patched out of the board it was a pair of XLRs.

[Sean Gallemore]

yeah, now I'm even more lost, i thought all TRS was balanced

[bhadella]

The Oade website has a page devoted to SBD taping and it says I need a Male XLR to connect to the board out. .http://www.oade.com/Tapers_Section/sbdtodat.html I'm going to guess Moke is correct with Female, but anyone else want to chime in? I'm already set on 1/4" stereo.....probably should pick up a mono set too.

[John R]

female out of the board.

jr

[John R]

What was that Oade link?

info overload

jr

[Sean Gallemore]

yes, your cable will have a female connectorm the board will have a male one.

[John P]

Men are bolts and women are nuts.
Righty tighty, lefty loosey.
SeXLR signal flows from male to female.

That's what I love about the xlr connection.
You can't mess it up.  Signal flows out of the male into the female

So, to go from a board you need an xlr female > rca if you don't have an xlr in.  Many boards give a choice of xlr or 1/4".  To be safe, carry both xlr>rca as well as 1/4">rca.