Does it matter if all my looms are balanced?

The Renegade · Post by **The Renegade** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:42 pm

I'm installing my kit based around an Allen and Heath GS3000

I have a load of looms from a previous studio I used to have 8 years ago, I've tested them and repaired any faulty ones, but my question is this - does it matter if they are all balanced? (pretty much all of them are balanced)

In what instances would I need unbalanced looms?
I have a loom with stereo jacks on one end and mono jacks on the other end - any idea what this should be used for?

To give you an idea I've put a list together of the outboard , fx and desk - some is from the old place, some is new

Desk
Allen and Heath GS3000

FX
Lexicon MPX100
Ensoniq D/P Pro
Zoom 1201

Outboard
Amek Purepath DMCL
CLM DB400
CLM Expounder
TLA 5021 Ivory Valve compressor
Behringer Composer Pro compressor

There is also a MOTU 828 mk2 in the equation

Thanks for your help, and sorry for sounding like a novice but I've never carried out a full installation myself before and its a bit daunting to say the least.

Post by **Aaronw** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:07 am

Does your console have a patchbay?

Most connections will be a balanced connection. The exception is the Insert Send/Return cables we've been discussing, and also any unbalanced gear you may have such as a consumer CD player or something.

The Renegade · Post by **The Renegade** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:24 am

No it doesn't have a patchbay.

I have separate patchbays.

Post by **Aaronw** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:56 am

I found a user manual for the GS3000. http://www.allen-heath.co.uk/veterans/d ... _guide.pdf

Around page 9 it shows the pinout connections.

The Renegade · Post by **The Renegade** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:13 pm

Thanks for all your help