[tZer]

I am plugging an instrument into a channel on my mixing console then sending the INSERT to Sonar via Delta 1010LT H/W input.

Guitar => line in channel 1 on mixer
Channel 1 INSERT (half-plugged) with typical (mono or non-tsr, I guess) patch chord to an input on the Delta.

Plugging into the INSERT all the way removes the signal from the channel and I cannot monitor using the mixer since I am not returning it - hence half-plugging.

My question: Is there a patch chord wired in such a way that would permit me to plug it in all the way without removing the signal from the channel?

I was talking with a soundman last night over his mixer about this situation and he showed me a 1/4" patch cable that had ONE TSR 1/4" input jack on each end - but 2 wires between.

I may have misunderstood him - or he may have misunderstood me, but I think he was saying that this sort of chord would allow me to fully plug into the INSERT on the mixer and connect the other end to my Delta input - NOT provide any sort of return via another OUTPUT from the Delta and I would still get a returned signal to the INSERT.

In my limited experience, this seemed to make sense if that particular chord somehow makes the signal available to both the tip and the ring on the jack.

Is that right or did he and I have two totally different scenarios in mind?

Thanks!
--tz