MOTM

In my practical experience it does not matter if the cables are 
balanced or unbalanced. Most modern active balanced I/O's can tolerate 
being unbalanced without a problem and usually with no signal loss. The 
proper way to unbalance a balanced line is not to drop ground but to 
tie Pin 3 (XLR) or the Ring (TRS) to ground. When you plug a balanced 
TRS cable into your MOTM the Ring connector is automatically grounded 
so there's no need to make a special cable. This has worked fine for me 
with many different DAW interfaces (Digi , Apogee, RME , Metric Halo 
etc. )

Best, Charles.


On Mar 29, 2006, at 7:03 AM, chad_kettering wrote:

> Hello,
>
>  I have a few MOTM filters that I plan to use to process various sounds
>  from my DAW. How do I connect the balanced outputs from the DAW to the
>  MOTM modules, and then return that signal back into the balanced
>  inputs of the DAW for recording?
>
>  Do I need to build cables where one side is balanced and the other is
>  unblanced ( the ground is lifted on the unbalanced end to avoid ground
>  loops )?
>
>  Or should I use a line level transformer to change the signal back and
>  forth to the MOTM?
>
>  Thanks and look forward to your experience with this!!
>
>  Chad
>
>
>
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