acp721 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I just got my HX Stomp and was wondering is it best to use a TRS cable or regular instrument cable to go from the HX Stomp (output or headphones) to my personal monitor station (Rolls PM 351)? FYI : Signal flow for my in ear monitors is : guitar -> hxstomp -> rolls pm351 -> FOH mixer -> rolls pm351 -> in ear monitors Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd2rk Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 If the pm351 has a balanced input, AND it's 20' or more from the stomp, use a TRS. Otherwise any shielded (guitar) type cable will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acp721 Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Thank you for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TB413 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 On 10/13/2020 at 5:07 PM, acp721 said: I just got my HX Stomp and was wondering is it best to use a TRS cable or regular instrument cable to go from the HX Stomp (output or headphones) to my personal monitor station (Rolls PM 351)? FYI : Signal flow for my in ear monitors is : guitar -> hxstomp -> rolls pm351 -> FOH mixer -> rolls pm351 -> in ear monitors Thanks for the help! Looking at that monitor station, it appears that the 1/4” inputs are stereo TRS. That means they aren’t balanced, so there’s no reason to use a TRS cable unless you want a stereo signal. If you want a stereo guitar signal in your ears, use a TRS cable from your Helix’s headphone jack to one of those 1/4” inputs and make sure the input is set to “stereo”. Note that you can’t get stereo over TRS (to my knowledge) from the Helix’s main 1/4” outputs - you’ll have to use the headphone jack. If you want mono in your ears, use a regular instrument cable (or a TRS cable, doesn’t really matter in this case) from the main 1/4” output on the Helix to one of the 1/4” inputs on the Rolls, and make sure the input switch is set to “mono”. Again - I would not suggest plugging a regular TS instrument cable into the headphone output. Either way you aren’t getting a balanced signal, so the distance from the Helix to the Rolls doesn’t really matter. Edit: Just realized you said HX Stomp, not Helix. But the same principle should apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd2rk Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 As TB413 said about the balanced signal, but you CAN get a stereo signal from the 1/4" outputs by connecting an Insert cable (dual 1/4" MONO to single 1/4" Stereo) to the Line Input and setting the switch on the side of the PM351 to STEREO. In Global Settings>Ins/Outs set the 1/4" Outs to LINE. You MIGHT be able to use the Headphone Out, but the signal might not be high enough. I'd try it both ways to see which worked best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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