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Qu Qu General Discussions
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I am having trouble getting a clean input signal running QU mix out to MPC 2500.

I suspect the input is blown on the MPC, or there is an impedance mismatch (MPC input = -40dBu / 11K ohms) and (QU Output = +4 dbu / 75 Ohms)

The MPC has a digital input (1x left and 1x right RCA / SPDIF inputs). The MPC operates at 44.1 - 16 bit.

It looks like the QU-24 AES out is 24 bit - 48k.

Can I simply make an XLR female Y-cable to 2-RCA’s to test this?

Is the sample rate / bit depth mismatch going to cause this not to work?

Any advice on correcting the analog levels or adapting to digital?

Thanks!

2

Is it possible to adjust mix output levels from line level to mic level? This might fix my issue. I’m using mix 5-6.

3

Use a stereo DI or some sort of line-to-mic adapter (Shure makes one) to change the line level output to mic level for your MPC.