Connecting Keyboards/Electric Pianos to a Mixer

[Chienmortbb]

Is there a common connector used by all standards and makes of keyboards?

[Woodinblack]

In general most keyboards will have one (or two if stereo) ¼" jack sockets. 

[nilebodgers]

Some low-end electric pianos only have a headphone socket. Plugging headphones in mutes the internal speakers, so a stereo jack to 2x mono jack adaptor allows even those to be connected to a PA. 

[Chienmortbb]

19 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

In general most keyboards will have one (or two if stereo) ¼" jack sockets. 

Unbalanced TS or balanced TRS?

[Woodinblack]

1 hour ago, Chienmortbb said:

Unbalanced TS or balanced TRS?

 

Unbalanced TS. Can't think of any keyboards that used balanced, however handy that would be.

Thats for all time, so from the moog modulars* in the 60s up to the latest. Even with other things changing, it is one thing you can rely on (apart from those tiny sockets on modern modules with the mini jack midi and output)

 

* to be fair, I guess moog got a bulk discount on jack sockets with the modulars.

[Chienmortbb]

Thanks everyone. No moogs expected but I think I now have enough info. I will make some short TS cables as the mixer will only be a short way away and I have a HiCon 3.5mm plug that has a screw in 6.35 adaptor to cover any headphone output. Just need to make the cable with two large  jacks on the other end.