Hi Mark,

The only thing I can think might be wrong is maybe there is a short
between the two signal lines in one of the builtin cables, or else a
signal and ground line are swapped.

Bob

P.S. guitar pickups feeding that cable setup, even if it's wired
correctly, are not going to have their optimum fidelity, but you know
that :)

On Tue, 24 May 2011 11:19 -0500, "Mark E. Skeels" wrote:
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> > I haven't really been following this and didn't read all of your origin=
al
> > message, but this sounds wrong.  A ballanced mic cable may have two sig=
nal
> > wires, but they represent a single signal differentially.  The two wire=
s
> > could very well go into the primary of a transformer at the mixer.  The=
y are
> > not two independent channels you can send separate signals over.
> >
> > The circuit at the other end will detect the difference between the two
> > voltages and ignore the average.
> >
> >
> I only used the balanced cables...I didn't use the balanced inputs on=20
> the mixer. This mixer has an unbalanced input on each channel, as well=20
> as a balanced input. I used the common ground in the 3 conductor mic=20
> cable as common for both sources, and used the + and - (labeled)=20
> conductors as independent signals for each channel.
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> See attached: maybe this will make it clearer.

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