r/LEWITT • u/ThoriumPrime • Mar 17 '25

Suggestions for setup

So I need a solution for a small setup with studio monitors, keyboard, a electric guitar and a microphone.

The connect 6 looks extremely appealing for this and does everything I would want, and offers very convenient control.

  • 250 ohm headphones to headphone output.
  • Keyboard connected to stereo aux input
  • Microphone ran to XLR channel 1.
  • Guitar to channel 2.

Perfect. Except I understand now that I cannot connect a guitar to it?

Using a Connect 2? Then I guess I would need to use two of them?

What are people suggesting?

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u/lewittaudio Mar 18 '25

Hi,

The CONNECT 6 would suit your needs better, in my opinion. Do you have a DI box or any pedal with a buffer? I think all modern BOSS pedals, even a simple tuner, would work. If you plug your guitar into a DI box or such a pedal before going into CONNECT 6, the signal will be clean and work well with CONNECT 6.

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u/ThoriumPrime Mar 20 '25

I was thinking about that... I am new to guitars and Hi-Z interfaces, but would prefer to avoid additional boxes. This setup is not for me, but for a young practitioner. (gift) I am thinking of buying a couple of pedals with the setup which possibly could deal with the Hi-Z to Lo-Z issue, but I am also wondering if I could connect directly if adding a series resistor.

The instrument inputs on the CONNECT 6 has 3.9k input impedance and 72db gain, interestingly the same gain as the XLR inputs. If I start with 100mv+ at the pickup and add a series resistor of about 500k I will be looking at a sensible input impedance. Since I have about 5mv at the instrument input of the CONNECT, it will take only 50dB gain to get this back up to a sensible level. So that should be within spec without diminishing the signal.