MOTM

> Makes sense to put a mic pre and a balanced input together into a "nice" input
> module. We don't need a phono pre-amp, as that's always going to be in the DJ
> mixer.

OK, I'm punting my nice phono preamp :(
It was a thing of beauty (sob......sniff)

>
> The triple pre-amp will take care of interfacing anything unbalanced at line or
> instrument level.

Correct!

>
> Headphone belongs on the main output. That's just logical.

It does only if you are buying *one* output module. Many folks will want 2-10 output modules, and
they do not want 2-10 headphone amps!

>
> I'd like then to also see a second separate unbalanced output w/ attenuator on the
> output module. This could be used to:
>
> 1. form an effects loop w/ the pre-amp module

OK

> 2. output MOTM into a guitar amp

Eeekkk! Not OK! The output level of "standard" Strat-type humbucking pickups is like 25mv pk-pk.


> 3. interface to some other DI box you might prefer to use
>

> And of course, the inputs to the three circuits would be normaled,

Kind of hard to normal XLR connectors :)

Paul S.