Which lead

Phil644 · Post by **Phil644** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:10 pm

Hi.
Sorry if this sound like a dumb question (I'm new to all this) but, i have an amp with the double,red and white input sockets. Will i need the EMX output plug to be single(for mono) or double (for stereo)or what? I've an EMX being delivered tomorrow and i need to buy leads!
Thanks in advance for your info.

thehighesttree · Post by **thehighesttree** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:17 pm

Sounds like your amp uses RCA connections (the same as old VCR connections, right?). The EMX has 1/4" outs like a guitar (I think they're just MONO plugs AKA "TS" AKA "tip-sleeve" if you want the jargon). You'll need a cable that has 2 mono 1/4" jacks with 2 RCA jacks on the other end.

SHORT ANSWER: a cable with 2 guitar jacks on one end, 2 RCA jacks on the other.

Phil644 · Post by **Phil644** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:35 pm

thehighesttree wrote:Sounds like your amp uses RCA connections (the same as old VCR connections, right?). The EMX has 1/4" outs like a guitar (I think they're just MONO plugs AKA "TS" AKA "tip-sleeve" if you want the jargon). You'll need a cable that has 2 mono 1/4" jacks with 2 RCA jacks on the other end.

SHORT ANSWER: a cable with 2 guitar jacks on one end, 2 RCA jacks on the other.

Thanks mate.....that's all i wanted to know. Yeah, the amp does have those connections......i just didn't know if i needed a double 1/4" for stereo or single 1/4" for mono.

thehighesttree · Post by **thehighesttree** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:49 pm

For the MX it's MONO across the board. If you've got any questions after you've had a chance to play around with the MX, just let us know.

Phil644 · Post by **Phil644** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:05 pm

thehighesttree wrote:For the MX it's MONO across the board. If you've got any questions after you've had a chance to play around with the MX, just let us know.

So even though it's mono,it needs 2 1/4" plugs?

roblabs · Post by **roblabs** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:29 am

yes one for the left channel and one for the right

Phil644 · Post by **Phil644** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:44 am

roblabs wrote:yes one for the left channel and one for the right

Ok....thanks for that,mate.

tonidude · Post by **tonidude** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:46 pm

Phil644 wrote:
thehighesttree wrote:For the MX it's MONO across the board. If you've got any questions after you've had a chance to play around with the MX, just let us know.
So even though it's mono,it needs 2 1/4" plugs?

No, if you only want mono, it only needs one plug. You can just use the left one if you're playing mono. If you want stereo, you need two plugs.

neotechtonics · Post by **neotechtonics** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:46 am

if you've got RCA to RCA cables around (most people will) then maybe buy some RCA-to-1/4 inch mono adaptor jacks. I have hundreds of these sprinkled liberally all over my studio desk cos i'm always changing cable configurations and some of my gear uses 1/4 inch (eg EMX, microkorg) and others use RCA (eg KP3, KPRO, SP404) and I don't like having to untangle a nest of cables to find the correct one.

but if you're a stickler about audio quality buy a 2X RCA to 2X mono (TS) 1/4 inch cable.