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So, I'm getting more into the idea of helping my studio friends tune their rooms. Figured I'd start with my room - learn the system and go from there.
I purchased the MiniDSP USB mic. I was hoping to use the headphone OUT of my laptop to test my studio monitors (documentation seems to say this is OK), which have both balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA connectors. Directly connecting to the RCA was very noisy - I assumed due to unbalanced cable. I decided, then, to connect via TRS to my studio interface and actually open up a session to get the sound out. Same noise issue. I can listen to headphones without noise, so who knows. I could certainly have some bad connectors.
Curious if anyone uses a laptop to configure a different system? If so, do you use a studio interface with the laptop and just plug the monitors into that? Ultimately, I could install it on my DAW computer, but that would defeat the idea of being able to help out my fellow engineers.
Cheers.
Joe
I purchased the MiniDSP USB mic. I was hoping to use the headphone OUT of my laptop to test my studio monitors (documentation seems to say this is OK), which have both balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA connectors. Directly connecting to the RCA was very noisy - I assumed due to unbalanced cable. I decided, then, to connect via TRS to my studio interface and actually open up a session to get the sound out. Same noise issue. I can listen to headphones without noise, so who knows. I could certainly have some bad connectors.
Curious if anyone uses a laptop to configure a different system? If so, do you use a studio interface with the laptop and just plug the monitors into that? Ultimately, I could install it on my DAW computer, but that would defeat the idea of being able to help out my fellow engineers.
Cheers.
Joe