1.6 Signal Flow: Patching In and Out of Your Mic Pre 4T
1.6.1 Microphone to Mic Pre 4T to Audio Interface or Mixer
Basic Cables Needed:
(1) Microphone Type Cable (Female XLR to Male XLR)
(1) Female XLR to Male
¼
” TRS Balanced Cable
Patch from the microphone to the mic input on the MP 4T
using the female XLR to male XLR microphone cable.
Patch out of the line output to a line input on your audio
interface or console.
1.6.2 Via a Patch Bay
In most professional setups, processors are racked and
then installed as part of a patch bay system. This
makes connections easier, as you don’t need to go
behind your rack to plug and unplug cables.
Patch bays are usually made up of modules with 2 jacks
in the front, one over the other, and two jacks (or solder
terminals, or DB25, etc) on the back. For the sake of
this manual, we’ll assume you’re using a
¼
” TRS patch
bay with jacks on the front and back.
You do not want to normal the inputs and outputs from
the preamp to each other. This will create a feedback
loop. Converting a half-normalled module to a non-
normalled module is sometimes as simple as rotating the
module in the patch bay. See the manual for your patch
bay.
