MOTM

>You can't build one 410 and use it for both internal and external
>signals?!?  That almost defeats the purpose of my building this system.
>
>So, before I end up buying a bunch of modules I can't use, exactly how hot
>(in audio terms) does a signal have to be??
>
>Something here doesn't make sense.  If the motm levels are so hot then how
>does anyone ever use their system??   If the mixer outputs are too low for
>the motm inputs, then the motm outputs would be too hot for the mixer
>inputs.
>
It's not as bad as you might be thinking right now. Don't panic, and
definitely don't let this issue scare you off from MOTM. I have no problem
interfacing my MOTM with the rest of my studio using only currently
existing modules. For mics and electric instruments, I'll run them through
a mic preamp (I use an ART Tube MP), and have had no problems getting a
strong enough signal for the MOTM. For line level signals, I use an Aux bus
from my Mackie mixer. Again, no problems. For output, I run the final 110
VCA output into a channel on my Mackie. You have to watch the CV gain on
the 110, you can overload the preamp on the Mackie easily, but once it's in
range, it's not a problem. I have Doepfer and Blacet modules as well, and,
other than needing 1/8->1/4 adaptors, have no problem plugging them
directly into MOTM, and vice versa.

I built my 410 to use the internal MOTM signals, and use a preamp to run
other signals into it. Have had no problem running bass, guitar, electric
piano, etc. In fact, what it does for a Rhodes piano is simply magical.

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