New interface...new questions

[FANTOMSINGH]

Hi all....Quick question...i just bought a Firebox firewire interface...i have my fantom connected via SPDIF but i keep getting a HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS......im gonna go to guitar center and buy some new cables...what should i get to connect it?? TRS balanced?? or Unblanaced?? im a sap when it comes to wiring...so any help would be appreciated....links are always AWESOME!!



Thank you

[Artemiy]

Why not connect the G directly via USB audio/MIDI?

[FANTOMSINGH]

then how will i just hear me play without opening cubase or changing settings evreytime??

[kenchan]

i prefer analog domain when contouring my digital instrument sounds so i use TRS into a dbx133XL, then outboard EQ, then into my tube compressor, then into my mixer, then back to my digital recorder.

[Artemiy]

FANTOMSINGH, the G will stream audio both to USB and to line and headphone outputs. So you can listen to it via monitors or headphones even with your computer switched off.

[FANTOMSINGH]

ok....another problem......my reciever for my speakers has only RCA input....the firebox has 1/4 inch balanced....now i know that RCA is unbalanced and even with adaptors it mess up the sound when i plug L and R in...it i slowly pull the L cable the sound gets nice and loud...but when they are both plugged in i get $hitty sound.....help

[kenchan]

go to radioshack and get your RCA goodness...

or go to your music store and get an adapter. i recommend you get yourself a good mixer with XLR inputs or atleast biamped monitors.

[dbijoux]

it i slowly pull the L cable the sound gets nice and loud...but when they are both plugged in i get $hitty sound

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Well, it's less than preferable but a TRS/TS -> RCA adapter is probably the cheapest way to go. I'd suggest TS-RCA cables, but only if you have another use for them later.

+1 for your new interface, it's a good first step. While you're at Guitar Center check out the monitors and have a listen if you've got time. I'm not a big fan of GC and they'll likely push KRK's on you, but no better time to start shopping. If you are really serious about recording and mixing a good monitor setup is essential and will be 100x more productive than trying to translate your hi-fi setup.

[FANTOMSINGH]

thank you, im planning on getting a pair of KRK's 6 inch monitors....but i just spend my money on a desk for the studio....monitors are my next project

[cyclops]

FANTOMSINGH: If you're to connect your Fantom-G to your Firebox via SPDIF, remember that the Fantom-G needs to send the master clock, so you should set the settings on the Firebox's panel so that it slaves its SPDIF clock to the Fantom-G. Also check that the Firebox is set to 44.1KHz.
Probably that's why you experience the audible hiss.
That's what I do when I connect the Fantom-G with my Focusrite Saffire Pro 40.

[FANTOMSINGH]

Thank you.
Im gonna go to G.C. and Buy some cables.....and look at monitors

Im going Old school...buying somer TRS cables for the fantom to firebox and a cheapy TS-RCA cable for now.