MOTM

At 12:14 AM -0400 09/22/01, nathan durham wrote:
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>I'm looking forward to the triple preamp.

I'm looking forward to having the patience to avoid this thread :)

>My understanding is that the preamp will be 1 channel guitar input, 2
>channels of line input, and gain to bring signals up to 10 volt
>peak-to-peak to properly interface with MOTM signal level.

You don't need a pre-amp to properly interface line input with MOTM signal
level.  10Vp-p is around 14dBu.  If anything, you might need an attenuator
to bring the level down to MOTM levels.

However, one use for a MOTM pre-amp would be to use it with synthesizers
and effects that produce a much lower output.

>We're not talking about a mic preamp; the output of a mic preamp would go
>>into the line input of the triple preamp to be further boosted, and then
>>maybe used as a control voltage, or any kind of MODULAR craziness you
>want.

Just for sake of argument, can you name a mic-pre or front-end that can't
produce 14dBu??  If you want to use audio as control voltage, then you
would use an envelope follower, pitch-to-CV converter, or some other device.