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Right, got my active monitors (Yamaha Msp5's), and now need to connect them with my computer....
Problem is I dont know where I can get the right cable or even what the right cable is. I have already bought two leads which were wrong and a wasted of money 
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Please help!
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13-10-2008 18:40 |
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13-10-2008 20:50 |
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you want some balanced cables (they reject more noise that can creep into the sound than unbalanced). they should connect straight to the output of your audio interface.
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13-10-2008 21:43 |
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Which sound card do you use?
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14-10-2008 01:03 |
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you need a sound card or audio interface that plugs into your pc via usb, pci or fire wire and your monitors plug into your audio interface.
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14-10-2008 17:00 |
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14-10-2008 17:02 |
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right...thanks
any recomendations as to which one to get?
Sorry, forgot to mention that I already have these:
http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR246846
Will they do for linking up to an audio interface?
This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by Thisisausername: 14-10-2008 17:22.
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14-10-2008 17:15 |
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Originally posted by Thisisausername
right...thanks
any recomendations as to which one to get?
Sorry, forgot to mention that I already have these:
http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR246846
Will they do for linking up to an audio interface? |
I'm a bit surprised when I checked out the spec of your PC that it does not have a sound card. The system is pretty good and has great features (noise damping materials etc) but a sound card is not included and it is not even mentioned on the page that you need one. Pretty weird for a system that is sold as a PC for audio work. They assume that you either already have a sound card or will order one separately.
The PC has onboard sound, but this is not of acceptable quality for producing, just good enough for games and watching films. If you are just starting out you can get by with this onboard sound for a while though.
Now the good news is that it IS possible to connect the onboard sound of your PC to the monitors:
Your PC has outputs on stereo mini jack (aka stereo 3.5mm jack). This is the same connector you can find on a portable MP3-player.
Your speakers have two different inputs: mono jack (aka 6.3mm unbalanced jack) on -10dBv ("consumer" standard) and XLR on +4 dBu ("professional" standard). Your PC built in sound is of the "consumer" standard on -10dBv so you need to connect to the jack inputs of the speakers.
So to connect the PC to the speakers you need to buy a "stereo mini-jack to 2 mono unbalanced jacks" split cable.
Like this one which I found on your supplier's site, only a couple meters longer:
http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR217116
Make sure you have enough cable length to connect both speakers, these Y-cables can be quite clumsy as both ends are attached to one another 
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15-10-2008 01:07 |
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im sure if he can spend nearly£900 on a tower then a another ton on a soundcard isnt going to break his bank 
the tower does look pretty slick btw!!
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15-10-2008 07:24 |
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Thanks for your help guys!
but I'm just wondering, would it be better to spend the extra money on an audio interface of just buy the cable?
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16-10-2008 18:55 |
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depends on the quality you prefer. a proper soundcard will give you far better quality
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