Balanced audio cable length

[Rom MUSIC BAR]

Hi ,  IMO it shouldn’t be a problem … Otherwise, don t you have any DI at home ? :P


balanced microphone can run hundreds of feet and stay clean, while an unbalanced mic could be unusable after just a 20- or 30-foot run.

Use a direct box if you are experiencing hum, buzz, or radio interference, or if your instrument's cable is longer than 20 feet. Keep the cord from your instrument to the direct box as short as you can and make up the rest of the run with a balanced XLR cable. Some DIs offer ground-lift switches, which can break ground loops, another source of hum. Finally, many pro-oriented DIs require power, supplied either by phantom power from the mixer or an internal 9V battery.


Romain 




On 16 Apr 2015, at 19:48, Andrew Tarpinian <andrewtarpinian at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a cable question, and wanted to check with you guys. 
> 
> I recently bought 2 hardware processors, an API 5500 dual eq, and a Rupert Neve Master Bus Processor. My plan is to use them for tracking into the daw and then on the master bus out of the daw for some pre-mastering/mastering type applications. My plan was to connect each individually to my patch bay in thru mode, so I can patch them however I want via the front panel. 
> 
> My rack, where I would ideally place them is across the room away from the optimal listing position of my monitors so I wanted the option of placing them closer while the patch bay stayed in the same place. So I got 20ft balanced xlr to trs cables for the in/out on each. Anyone think this length might be an issue? I have read technically there shouldn't be any issues but wanted to see if anyone had any opinions since this is my first foray into super high end.  
> 
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