MOTM

> Yes. While the signal levels out of each module may be adequete, not
> every module likes to drive a wire clear across the room to a mixer. An
> active DI helps buffer the output, and can balance a long cable run.

Exactly what I was thinking. Do you have any favorite units for this task?
Someone recently recommended to me a Groove Tubes Ditto box for this
application, but I haven't tried one yet.

> Your speakers are the only gear in danger.

And my ears...

> If you can damage any
> other gear in your studio with a little extra signal then it deserves to be
> destroyed.

Heh. Yeah, I'll buy that.

> Nominal MOTM signal levels are about where I  run everything in my
> studio.  It works out very nicely, but there are a few devices that need pads
> and"bump-boxes" to interface properly. But yes, it's a little out  of control
> for anyone working in -10 land.

I'm caught in a no-man's land between -10 and +4. Some of my gear is one,
some is the other. The mixing desk can handle either, but it gets messy if I
want to build a chain of stuff and not everything is the same standard. I'm
slowly eliminating everything that's -10, but there is some stuff that I'm
kind of attached to...
 
> A low level clipped signal is very bad for your monitors as well.
> Hard-clipped signals contain raging amounts of high-freq energy that can be
> worse for your monitors than louder, but clean signals.

Good point.
 
> Good luck not blowing anything up!

Thanks, and thanks for your reply.

--Adam