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MOTM mixers-->passive or active?

2003-04-25 by Paul Schreiber

> Well, passive means "no power required", so in that sense they are active. A mult is passive,
for
> example.
>
> The mixer channels are set for less-than-unity gain. This is to prevent clipping. For example,
if
> you are mixing 3 10V pk-pk VCO outputs, you really don't want a 30V pk-pk output (well, *some*
of
> you might, come to think of it).
>
> If you read the MOTM-830 manual, there is extensive discussion on the gain calculations and how
> to modify them.
>
> Paul S.
>

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