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Thanks for the info!
--Shemp

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Halliday [mailto:dh@...]
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 3:49 PM
>
> Audio mixers are designed to NOT pass any constant DC signal. When you
> initially applied the CV, you would hear a click and another when you
> removed it.
>
> You probably would not damage anything EXCEPT if you had some speakers
> attached. The 5-10 volts of the CV is many many times larger
> than the usual
> low-level audio signal and the initial transient passed through the mixer
> ( your "click" ) could be of sufficient amplitude to blow the tweeter in
> your speaker or damage the amplifier.
>
> It would be otherwise OK to try - just keep the levels down really low.
> Mixers usually cut off around 10-20 Hz so anything higher than
> this ( a fast
> LFO ) should go through OK.
>
> -> What happens when you run a CV (trigger, gate, modulation,
> -> etc.) through a
> -> regular audio mixer such as a Mackie?
> ->
> -> I am a little afraid to try it, so I thought asking first
> -> would be better.