In my practical experience it does not matter if the cables are
balanced or unbalanced. Most modern active balanced I/O's can tolerate
being unbalanced without a problem and usually with no signal loss. The
proper way to unbalance a balanced line is not to drop ground but to
tie Pin 3 (XLR) or the Ring (TRS) to ground. When you plug a balanced
TRS cable into your MOTM the Ring connector is automatically grounded
so there's no need to make a special cable. This has worked fine for me
with many different DAW interfaces (Digi , Apogee, RME , Metric Halo
etc. )
Best, Charles.
On Mar 29, 2006, at 7:03 AM, chad_kettering wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a few MOTM filters that I plan to use to process various sounds
> from my DAW. How do I connect the balanced outputs from the DAW to the
> MOTM modules, and then return that signal back into the balanced
> inputs of the DAW for recording?
>
> Do I need to build cables where one side is balanced and the other is
> unblanced ( the ground is lifted on the unbalanced end to avoid ground
> loops )?
>
> Or should I use a line level transformer to change the signal back and
> forth to the MOTM?
>
> Thanks and look forward to your experience with this!!
>
> Chad
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