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Using the Insert Jacks

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7 Getting In Deeper: Hardware Using the Insert Jacks Sometimes, you may want to add additional gear into your signal path before your analog-to-digital converter digitizes your signal and sends it to the computer. For example, many bass players like to compress their instrument with an analog compressor before recording into the computer. Inserts help you do this by letting you tap into your signal after the IO|14/26's preamplifier but before the A/D converter. The two diagrams below demonstrate where the inserts fit into your signal path. In the diagram to the left, no insert is used and your signal passes straight from the preamp to the A/D converter. In the diagram on the right, an effects processor is inserted into the signal path just after the preamp (before the A/D converter). Note that you need a special "insert cable" to utilize this connection. These cables have a ¼" TRS connector on one end and two ¼" TS connectors on the other end. The TRS side goes into the "insert" jack on the IO|14/26. The two TS connectors are usually labeled "send" and "return." The "send" plug goes to your external device's input whereas the "return" plug connects to the device's output. 42

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7
Getting In Deeper:
Hardware
42
Using the Insert Jacks
Sometimes, you may want to add additional gear into your signal
path before your analog-to-digital converter digitizes your signal
and sends it to the computer.
For example, many bass players
like to compress their instrument with an analog compressor
before recording into the computer.
Inserts help you do this by
letting you tap into your signal
after
the IO|14/26’s preamplifier
but
before
the A/D converter.
The two diagrams below
demonstrate where the inserts fit into your signal path.
In the diagram to the left, no insert is used and your signal passes
straight from the preamp to the A/D converter.
In the diagram
on the right, an effects processor is inserted into the signal path
just after the preamp (before the A/D converter).
Note that you need a special “insert cable” to utilize this
connection.
These cables have a ¼” TRS connector on one end
and two ¼” TS connectors on the other end.
The TRS side goes
into the “insert” jack on the IO|14/26.
The two TS connectors
are usually labeled “send” and “return.”
The “send” plug goes to
your external device’s input whereas the “return” plug connects to
the device’s output.