Cable question

[timboalogo]

It's been so long since I put my studio together that I don't remember what kind of cables I need to go from my Komplete Audio 6 interface to the active monitors. Is it simply TRS cables (I don't have an XLR option on the monitors)?

Thanks!

[Amberwolf]

Your post doesn't say what monitors you have, so we don't know what connectors they have.    

 

This page found with google via your interface description

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/audio-interfaces/komplete-audio-6/

has this image

Which shows both digital and analog options for output.  Are you using an analog cable, or digital?

If analog, are you using the front or rear connectors to go to the monitors?

 

 

 

[timboalogo]

Sorry for the confusion. The cables that are currently in use look just like a patch cable that would go from my Strat to the amp. And now that I look at the back of the interface (I'm using the original Komplete 6 and it looks different), the word "Balanced" appears where the outs are. The monitors are old Yorkville YS1Ps with 1/4 inch jacks.

So I'm assuming 1/4 inch balanced cables thanks to you Amberwolf.

Edited November 26 by timboalogo

[Starship Krupa]

1/4" patch cables come in 2 flavors. There's unbalanced, which is 1 conductor with shield/ground, and balanced, which is 2 conductors with shield/ground.

The way to tell them apart is to look at the plugs. Unbalanced will have only tip and sleeve contacts, whereas balanced will add a ring contact.

Depending on how far your interface is from the monitors, there may be little advantage to using TRS balanced cables. There can be less 60 (or 50, depending on where in the world you are) cycle hum with balanced cables, but that's for runs of a meter or more.

[timboalogo]

Thanks for that info, Starship Krupa.