Chaps,
I've got a Presonus FP10 (Firepod) that I was going to add monitor outputs to for "proper" zero latency cue mixing purposes. The FP10 has what it calls "zero latency" monitoring, but the levels of each channel are directly related to the gain setting of each input channel - no good for creating a headphone mix if one person wants something louder or quieter in their cans without affecting the recording level on that channel.
I've managed to locate the preamp out points on the FP10 PCB, and was going to send these signals to an external box - just an 8-input mixer, with level controls for each input, and a single mono output. Maybe add a buffered 8 channel "pass-thru" output for daisy chaining more boxes together if the desire arises. The summing/mixer box I'm not too worried about, plenty of circuit examples floating around all over the place.
The question I'm posing is what kind of connector would be the best choice for the 8 channel "send" outputs on the FP10? Panel space on the back of the FP10 is tight, so I was initially thinking of a DB9 - pins 1 to 8 send the 8 monitor signals to the outside world, and pin 9 carries the signal ground. The cable length would only be a foot or two - the mixer box would basically sit right next to the FP10. I could probably squeeze in two DB9's, one above the other, and send out 4x signals and 4x grounds on each connector if that offered any benefits? Is there another better connector solution that I should consider?
Ta.
I've got a Presonus FP10 (Firepod) that I was going to add monitor outputs to for "proper" zero latency cue mixing purposes. The FP10 has what it calls "zero latency" monitoring, but the levels of each channel are directly related to the gain setting of each input channel - no good for creating a headphone mix if one person wants something louder or quieter in their cans without affecting the recording level on that channel.
I've managed to locate the preamp out points on the FP10 PCB, and was going to send these signals to an external box - just an 8-input mixer, with level controls for each input, and a single mono output. Maybe add a buffered 8 channel "pass-thru" output for daisy chaining more boxes together if the desire arises. The summing/mixer box I'm not too worried about, plenty of circuit examples floating around all over the place.
The question I'm posing is what kind of connector would be the best choice for the 8 channel "send" outputs on the FP10? Panel space on the back of the FP10 is tight, so I was initially thinking of a DB9 - pins 1 to 8 send the 8 monitor signals to the outside world, and pin 9 carries the signal ground. The cable length would only be a foot or two - the mixer box would basically sit right next to the FP10. I could probably squeeze in two DB9's, one above the other, and send out 4x signals and 4x grounds on each connector if that offered any benefits? Is there another better connector solution that I should consider?
Ta.
