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Check your local GC this weekend. The last 2 Memorial Day Sales at my local GC (Roseville, MN) they put out boxes of cable of all types. Now granted they are either demo cables or returns that have been repaired but all still carry the same guarantee as if bought new. I have bought 20' xlr to xlr cables for as little as $4 each with a lifetime replacement guarantee. 
I know I will be going this weekend to see if they have them again.
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pandaphobic @ Thu May 21, 2009 2:22 pm wrote: jeffsw6 @ Thu May 21, 2009 12:42 pm wrote: You don't necessarily have to connect your laptop to RCA inputs on your mixer. Sometimes that is the easiest way, sometimes not. Often if there are RCA jacks, they will just have a gain knob and nothing else, no EQ or routing options to AUXes.
If you have a stereo channel strip available, use that with a 1/8" to dual 1/4" TS cable instead. Then your karaoke backing tracks will be on a channel strip with full routing options, EQ, and a fader.
I even do this when I DJ during band breaks and plug into other peoples' mixers. I someone just said, here's some RCA jacks, I do have the cable for that; but I would not hook in that way unless there were no channel strips available for me to use. So if I'm connecting the laptop to the PD-150 via a RCA cable, I won't be able to adjust EQ for the karaoke songs? If you are hooking into the RCA inputs, you will not have any eq functions for the music. But all you would need is a 1/8" stereo (in the laptop) to 2 1/4" plugs that will take up 2 channels of the mixer. Leaving you 1 channel for the mic.
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 1:54 pm |
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Here is a link to the owners manual to the Fender PD-150. I always find it helpful to read through the owners manual of a prospective product to make sure it has the features and can accomplish what I need it to do before making a purchase. As always, reading is free.
http://www.fender.com/support/manuals/p ... rtP150.pdf
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Lonman @ Thu May 21, 2009 1:44 pm wrote: pandaphobic @ Thu May 21, 2009 2:22 pm wrote: jeffsw6 @ Thu May 21, 2009 12:42 pm wrote: You don't necessarily have to connect your laptop to RCA inputs on your mixer. Sometimes that is the easiest way, sometimes not. Often if there are RCA jacks, they will just have a gain knob and nothing else, no EQ or routing options to AUXes.
If you have a stereo channel strip available, use that with a 1/8" to dual 1/4" TS cable instead. Then your karaoke backing tracks will be on a channel strip with full routing options, EQ, and a fader.
I even do this when I DJ during band breaks and plug into other peoples' mixers. I someone just said, here's some RCA jacks, I do have the cable for that; but I would not hook in that way unless there were no channel strips available for me to use. So if I'm connecting the laptop to the PD-150 via a RCA cable, I won't be able to adjust EQ for the karaoke songs? If you are hooking into the RCA inputs, you will not have any eq functions for the music. But all you would need is a 1/8" stereo (in the laptop) to 2 1/4" plugs that will take up 2 channels of the mixer. Leaving you 1 channel for the mic. http://www.zzounds.com/item--HOSCMP15Since the PD-150 only has 3 channels, does that mean that I will only be able to use 1 microphone with this setup?
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pandaphobic @ Thu May 21, 2009 3:54 pm wrote: Lonman @ Thu May 21, 2009 1:44 pm wrote: pandaphobic @ Thu May 21, 2009 2:22 pm wrote: jeffsw6 @ Thu May 21, 2009 12:42 pm wrote: You don't necessarily have to connect your laptop to RCA inputs on your mixer. Sometimes that is the easiest way, sometimes not. Often if there are RCA jacks, they will just have a gain knob and nothing else, no EQ or routing options to AUXes.
If you have a stereo channel strip available, use that with a 1/8" to dual 1/4" TS cable instead. Then your karaoke backing tracks will be on a channel strip with full routing options, EQ, and a fader.
I even do this when I DJ during band breaks and plug into other peoples' mixers. I someone just said, here's some RCA jacks, I do have the cable for that; but I would not hook in that way unless there were no channel strips available for me to use. So if I'm connecting the laptop to the PD-150 via a RCA cable, I won't be able to adjust EQ for the karaoke songs? If you are hooking into the RCA inputs, you will not have any eq functions for the music. But all you would need is a 1/8" stereo (in the laptop) to 2 1/4" plugs that will take up 2 channels of the mixer. Leaving you 1 channel for the mic. http://www.zzounds.com/item--HOSCMP15Since the PD-150 only has 3 channels, does that mean that I will only be able to use 1 microphone with this setup? If you want stereo operation (more desireable in a home setting) with eq control over the music, yes you would only have one mic. _________________ LIKE Lonman on Facebook - Lonman Productions Karaoke & my main site via my profile!
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 6:15 pm |
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Since I have the PD150, I can tell you that you can use 3 mics as well as one stereo input. I do it all the time. 3 microphones on the XLRs and my laptop into the stereo RCA jacks.
The PD150 It has 3 mono XLR inputs as well as one set of stereo RCA inputs (also stereo out RCAs). The stereo input has it's own EQ adjustment, as well as an overall EQ adjustment. Not really much of an eq (one knob), but there is hardly any feedback with this system that would need to be adjusted for.
You also have reverb adjustments on every channel, as well as a master reverb and eq.
Being that it is a small system, the bottom end is minimal, but for Karaoke, usually that is not a problem. Other than a lack of real bass, it is very clear and feedback free. It sounds like much more than 150 watts.
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