Well, I went to Radioshack today and picked up a 1/4 to XLR female cable and male to male adapter for the Behringer preamp. I took the cable and adapter home… tried to hook those up to the preamp and M-Audio interface…. hearing all kinds of buzzing and noises. I assumed the preamp didn’t accept that kind of hookup. I posted the photo of the preamp I got in facebook and then a musician writes a comment telling me that I needed a “balance 1/4 to xlr male” cable in order for it to work. Yep, this Behringer preamp didn’t accept that kind of hookup that I gave it. So I’m gonna need the “balance 1/4 to xlr male” cable. If I get that cable then it will work for sure.

Like I said before, I don’t know much about all of this technology stuff with home recording and I’m learning. I guess there is a difference between “balance” and “unbalance”.

That’s okay, though. I feel that I didn’t waste any money on the xlr to female and male to male adapter, I’ll still keep those ’cause they might be useful for other things.

I’m still gonna get the “balance 1/4 to xlr male” that’s gonna work on the preamp. The thing is, a preamp accepts certain kinds of hookups. You can’t hook them up with random stuff.

Like I said, I don’t know much about technology and it’s interesting stuff to learn.

Kev