Check if a quarter-inch jack is balanced or unbalanced

You can’t tell by eye unless it’s labeled. If it’s not labeled, check the manual.1

You can record an unbalanced signal through a balanced jack as long as you use an unbalanced TS cable.2

  1. Recording Secrets for the Small Studio pg. 4 ↩

  2. Recording Secrets for the Small Studio pg. 5 ↩

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