grounding questions...

Harry Bissell harrybissell at prodigy.net
Wed May 10 04:50:50 CEST 2000


What I do is have an internal resistor referenced to ground... then the others
can float...
This is a MUST if you use bananna or pin jacks...

H^) harry

Roel Das wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I've got a few grounding questions. The CV inputs of VCO, VCA, etc, should
> they default to ground? Or in other words, should I use switched jacks, and
> connect the input to ground when not in use? And the same question for audio
> inputs?
>
> And one more, if you've got a few modules running from the same power
> source, should you connect the grounds at the inputs, and the outputs? This
> creates ground loops, right? The best way to handle these things is to use a
> differential input, but I don't see that in many modules. Tell me...
>
> Thanks,
> Roel




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