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Subject: Re: Preamp?

From: "coyoteous" <satori@...>
Date: 2003-11-15

Correction re: MOTM modules that provide "flat" gain (greater than unity) with
one input - the 420 has about 7dB. No doubt you get some nice character,
too. Anyone know of others?

B a r r y S t r a m p

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "coyoteous" <satori@t...> wrote:
> You should get about 6 dB of gain for each doubling of the number of inputs
-
> works for CV ins, too.
>
> B a r r y S t r a m p
>
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Robert van der Kamp <robnet@w...> wrote:
> > On Thursday 13 November 2003 03:32, coyoteous wrote:
> > > You might try multing your signal to two or all three 490
> > > inputs, though the Andy may need some additional boost
> > > from a mixer, external pre, etc. I don't believe there
> > > are any stock MOTM modules that provide "flat" gain
> > > (greater than unity) with one input.
> >
> > I remember reading a somewhere in the docs in one of my kits
> > about a knob having a scale of 0-2, where the '5' position
> > was unity gain. This was probably the 190 that I still have
> > to build. I'll have to check that.
> >
> > Btw, I never would have thought that multing a singal into
> > the three 490 inputs would work. My gut feeling was that
> > the energy of the source signal would be distributed over
> > the 3 inputs. But I'll sure try.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Robert