{"id":13121,"date":"2001-12-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-12-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=13121"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"balanced-inputs","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/balanced-inputs\/","title":{"rendered":"Balanced Inputs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The VS-1680 features 6 Balanced (TRS) INPUT jacks, each one configured as follows:<\/p>\n<p> 2 TIP HOT<br \/> 3 RING COLD<br \/> 1 SLEEVE GROUND<\/p>\n<p> However, some audio devices have the opposite HOT (TIP) and COLD (RING) configuration. Using such equipment as is may result in poor sound placement, disintegration of the left-right balance, and a loss of the separation between<br \/> left and right sounds when using stereo inputs. In such instances, you need to switch the phase of each channel as follows:<\/p>\n<p> 1) Press the SELECT button for the Input or Track channels whose phase you wish to switch.<br \/> 2) Press F3[Phase]. If &#8220;Phase&#8221; does not appear above F3, first press PAGE until &#8220;Phase&#8221; is displayed, and then press F3[Phase].<\/p>\n<p> Phase: This selects the phase (NRM, INV) for each channel. Usually NRM is selected.<br \/> NRM: Normal phase (same as the input)<br \/> INV: Inverted phase (Opposite phase)<\/p>\n<p> 3) Use the VALUE dial to select the desired setting.<br \/> 4) Press PLAY[DISPLAY] to return to the previous Play condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"storecat":[],"itemids":[32596],"manufacturers":[33684],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the Balanced Inputs page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/balanced-inputs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Balanced Inputs - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The VS-1680 features 6 Balanced (TRS) INPUT jacks, each one configured as follows: 2 TIP HOT 3 RING COLD 1 SLEEVE GROUND However, some audio devices have the opposite HOT (TIP) and COLD (RING) configuration. 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