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<p>99% of what's out there is designed to convert in the other direction, so you'll have a little bit of digging to do. You could try a cheap passive DI and either use an XLR turnaround or swap the male XLR connector for a female. A passive DI should work in both directions.</p>
<p>Something like this might be worth a shot: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/999455-REG/rapcohorizon_ltiglblox_blox_series_laptop.html</p>
<p>I found this as an option. I haven't tried it, but it looks like it's actually designed to do what you need. Just add a 1/4" to 1/8" cable:</p>
<p>https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/770152-REG/whirlwind_iso1_single_channel_line_level.html</p>
<p>You could also try either the smallest mixer you can find and use the headphone output, or perhaps a small headphone amp like this: <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1706637-REG/art_hp_1_belt_worn_battery_powered_headphone.html">https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1706637-REG/art_hp_1_belt_worn_battery_powered_headphone.html</a></p>
<p>Another option would be to use a line-level XLR to XLR iso transformer like this, and solder up an XLR female to 1/8" cable: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/738580-REG/Sescom_SES_XLR_ISO_SES_XLR_ISO_Inline_XLR_Line.html</p>
<p>Stephen</p>
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<p id="reply-intro">On 2023-09-13 1:27 pm, Jon Ares via Stagecraft wrote:</p>
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<div dir="ltr">Hey folks... drives me crazy when peoples need an 1/8" feed from our sound system, and I can't stand having to come up with a kludge of buzzy adapters and sketchy cabling... is there something out there that's like a PCDI box, but in reverse? XLR in>1/8" mini out? Stereo or not - doesn't bother me there. But I'm sick of lousy audio out to their crap cameras or recorders, as they stare at us and wonder why the audio is buzzy or crackly.... My main board is an Allen & Heath, and we generally use the XLRs out, although there is a couple of 1/4" outs, but I've not used them yet...
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<div>(Never a problem with the pros that need a feed!)</div>
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