Can you help me

I have just bought an Akai mfc 42 filter I want to run the outs of my pro tools 888 into it!Both pieces are on my patch bay.
There is no mention if the inputs on the akai are Unbalanced or Balanced im assuming they are the Aforementioned,on the web site it says they accept Max of 16 db does that mean i can go in balanced!

My original plan was to unbalance one end of some balanced patch cables,which from what ive read will work however i need to know if the outputs on my 888 are fully floating?I dont have a clue what that means!Anyway maybe someone could help me and give us a tip on how to do these patch leads too?

Thanks

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