I just bought a soundcraft ui24r digital mixer. It has 20 inputs, and 10 of those are xlr only. With an input impedance of 6 kOhm.
I am researching whether I will need DI’s for connecting gear. I have a few mk2 machines, and on elektron’s site and in the manuals they are said to have balanced outputs. But then in the specefications is mentioned: outputs 440 ohm unbalanced…
What does this mean? They have balanced outputs with an impedance of 440 ohm when I use unbalanced cables or what? I don’t get it…
most elektron outputs are impedance balanced, so you can use TRS - XLR cables without resorting to DI boxes.
a 440 ohm output generally likes to see a 4.4k ohm or higher impedance input, so it should work okay?
I guess the reason why the specs state “440 ohm unbalanced” is because its impedance balanced as opposed to a true differential balanced signal. In impedance balanced connection, the signal is not present at both terminals, but the noise rejection and improved common mode rejection is still established. Sorry I cannot explain the process more in-depth because its all abit over my head how it works
