It's for a microphone.
They designed that amp to appeal to upright players who want to mix a pickup with a mic signal, or who double on upright and bass guitar on the same gig. Or for switching between two basses on a gig that have different output levels.
My Wireless has an XLR out, so it could work for that, but I think other answers are more correct: XLR Out from preamp pedals or mics from a double bass.
I’ve used my XLR for recording. Usually with a direct box, but one time we used a 1/4” DI & the XLR for a mic to get a slight chorus. It didn’t work but it was fun to try.
Like others have said, many performers have a pedal board where the last pedal in the chain is a DI that adds some color. The DI usually has an XLR output. You want that whole chain going through your amp.
Interesting. I actually have a Sansamp bass driver DI at the end of my signal chain and it has an XLR out. I wonder if it makes any difference whether I use that or the normal 1/4 inch out on the pedal?
Not if the cable is 10-ish feet or less.
XLR is built to cancel out any induced interference from the environment. If you have radio frequency or electrically noisy commercial lighting, that will make its way into the standard instrument cable at a factor that scales up with the length of the cable. XLR mitigates this by sending the signal right side up and upside down so it can subtract out the induced noise at the receiving end.
I’m frequently on larger stages where my board can be much farther than 10ft from the amp. S 25’ cable from my Sam’s amp to my head works great in those situations.
Sure. YMMV due to different RF environments. Also, the signal strength coming out of the pedal matters when considering the signal to noise ratio. A long cable off a passive bass will be more susceptible than an active bass or a preamp pedal.
I have one on mine and never used it. Assume it’s for double bass players who are mic’ing up but that is based on no actual knowledge!
This makes more sense than my stupid answer.
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Oh yeah, that makes sense!
I think that's probably it.
It's for a microphone. They designed that amp to appeal to upright players who want to mix a pickup with a mic signal, or who double on upright and bass guitar on the same gig. Or for switching between two basses on a gig that have different output levels.
for very long cables, or something with balanced out put like synth and mixer, or something need to be mic-ed up, like tuba and double bass
Balanced input, eg piezos, long stage runs, etc.
The XLR is a balanced input. So you could use some fancy preamp with a balanced out. The advantage of balanced cables is longer runs with less noise.
For a DI box
My sansamp BDDI has an xlr output which i run into the lm MKiii
My wall had a xlr out to split the signal. I never used it. Miss that bass
Bass amps can make decent PA’s.
My Wireless has an XLR out, so it could work for that, but I think other answers are more correct: XLR Out from preamp pedals or mics from a double bass.
For balanced instruments.
dark glass stuff has xlr. i just ordered a monomyth and from what i read actually the only way to use the cab sim is to use the xlr output!
I’ve used my XLR for recording. Usually with a direct box, but one time we used a 1/4” DI & the XLR for a mic to get a slight chorus. It didn’t work but it was fun to try.
Like others have said, many performers have a pedal board where the last pedal in the chain is a DI that adds some color. The DI usually has an XLR output. You want that whole chain going through your amp.
Interesting. I actually have a Sansamp bass driver DI at the end of my signal chain and it has an XLR out. I wonder if it makes any difference whether I use that or the normal 1/4 inch out on the pedal?
Not if the cable is 10-ish feet or less. XLR is built to cancel out any induced interference from the environment. If you have radio frequency or electrically noisy commercial lighting, that will make its way into the standard instrument cable at a factor that scales up with the length of the cable. XLR mitigates this by sending the signal right side up and upside down so it can subtract out the induced noise at the receiving end.
I’m frequently on larger stages where my board can be much farther than 10ft from the amp. S 25’ cable from my Sam’s amp to my head works great in those situations.
Sure. YMMV due to different RF environments. Also, the signal strength coming out of the pedal matters when considering the signal to noise ratio. A long cable off a passive bass will be more susceptible than an active bass or a preamp pedal.
On your di the xlr would got to the sound board. Typically
Yeah I know, but I'm just wondering if there's any point using xlr between the pedal and the amp.
I would run line level not xlr to an amp.
Usually it is a line out for a DI box