Complicated - How do I wire my rig properly?

Posted on Feb 27, 2005 06:13 am
Adam Hill
Member Since: Feb 27, 2005

Hi,

I'm looking to wire up the following properly, however because there are so many connections I'm worried that I might be mismatching signal levels:

I would like to connect my Warwick Thumb Bass, Mesa Boogie M-2000, Line6 Bass POD Pro XT, Korg DTR2000, and as an option, my Samson Airline Wireless.

Ideally I would like the tuner BEFORE the preamp, so I can use its mute function. I would also like the Line6 POD used purely as effects, so ideally run from the effects loop of the Mesa.

Here are some of the connections available:

Warwick Thumb Bass -
Switchable active / passive

Samson Wirless -
Balanced XLR Output (surely not)
-10db unbalanced output

Korg DTR2000 -
Instrument input
Rear input - preumably line level
Output (Doesn't say level - connect to active or passive?!)

Mesa M-2000 -
Seperate active / passive inputs
FX Send / Return
Tuner Out (I'd rather go serial)
Direct Out (XLR)
Speaker Outs

Line6 Bass POD Pro XT -
Instrument in
Line in
FX Send / Return
Unbalanced Out*
Balanced Out*

* = switchable +4 or -10


I'm assuming connect the Mesa FX send to the Line Input of the POD. Correct?

Which output should I send into an FX return?

What about the whole input thing? Does teh DTR2000 just keep the signal level the same as it comes in regardless? It doesn't say in the manual.

Is the active output of my Warwick the equiv of +4 or -10 volts?

Thanks,

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