On March 14, 2019 at 18:44, alihashemi said...
Did some more research and have seen in a few manuals that you can connect unbalanced inputs to balanced inputs by shorting "G" and "-".
Thoughts/inputs?
Feel like this is the perfect post for Ernie to answer :)
That just makes the physical connection. It does NOT address the level difference.
However, many mixers have the ability to accept a low level signal on those inputs. Usually a switch or dedicated input, that lets you select the input signal for certain inputs. If you have THAT many un-balanced inputs, you need to be looking at mixers that allow that on many channels.
Example:
[Link: mackie.com]By the way, that Yamaha you mentioned does exactly that. You can select either mic or line level input on channels 1 thru 8.
