[sdiy] Request brain dump on balanced lines

[ian]

hi grant,
have you seen the rane note on connecting balanced and unbalanced
equipment together? it's apretty thorough look at the various schemes, and
is very popular. it can be found at:
http://www.rane.com/note110.html
ian


On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Grant Richter wrote:

> Can someone familiar with balanced mixing console lines summarize the
> information?
>
> What I need to know is typical voltage levels and impedance's for TRS jacks
> and XLR connectors.
>
> I'm trying to figure out a nice (i.e. cheap) way to interface +/- 5 volt
> single ended synth signals to your typical mixing console balanced inputs.
>
> Is a single ended to balanced transformer a good way to go, or is an active
> differential output better?
>
> I get asked about this all the time and don't really have a good answer.
>
> Thank you for any information or help.
>
>