Nord Electro 3: Input P2

[silvio_gremio]

Hello Nord guys,

I can hear P2 input when I am using the headphone, but, when I set my Nord Electro 3 with P10, the sound of the keyboard sounds in the speakers but the sound that is in p2 input does not. Why?

Is it possible?
My scenarium is like this, I use a cellphone executing a continuous pad (P2 input), and the keyboard connected to speakers by p10. Just the keyboard sound can be heard.
When I use the headphone and the continuous pad (P2 input) running in my cellphone, I can hear bouth, the keyboard sound and the other one that is connected in p2 input.

Regards,
Sílvio

[baekgaard]

This is by design, and how it works. If you need the input to be sent to the output speakers, you can either 1) upgrade to a Stage 3, 2) use the headphone outputs to connect to your speakers (this generally works well with a proper cable), or 3) use an external (small) mixer to send the output from your cellphone to the speakers and mix it with your keyboard sound.

[silvio_gremio]

I got it, actually I am using a cable Y, with two outputs to connect my cellphone to the speakers but I was wondering if would be a better way to do that.

tak skal du have my friend!

[Mr_-G-]

...actually I am using a cable Y...

Some think it is a bad idea. See http://www.rane.com/note109.html

[baekgaard]

...actually I am using a cable Y...

Some think it is a bad idea. See http://www.rane.com/note109.html

The two are not mutually exclusive I have made a "Y-cable" type of connector (actually a TRS Stereo to TS Mono) that "converts" stereo to mono using a simple resistive circuitry similar to the one in the link. So you can build in the passive electronics in the cable, if you want.

But otherwise I agree; it's usually not a good idea just to "add" two outputs together, although I'm yet to see any components being fried when it happens.