MOTM

Actually the Ring connector floats in MOTM jacks - it's not connected  
to anything. Some other 1/4 jacks connect the ring to ground, but not  
Switchcraft 112A.

That being said, I don't recall having any problems using TRS cables  
coming from balanced equipment to my MOTM, and vice versa.

-Chris

On Mar 29, 2006, at 5:00 PM, Charles Stella wrote:

> 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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