Yahoo Groups archive

MOTM

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 23:35 UTC

Message

Re: Balancing amps for non-modular synths.

2006-05-10 by Mike Marsh

Also, Blacet has an instrument processor: 
http://www.blacet.com/IO.html. My bias is to keep it modular :)

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Marsh" <michaelmarsh@...> wrote:
>
> 
> VCA, then?
> 
> --- In motm@...m, Matthew Hiscock <audio@> wrote:
> >
> > Attenuate I can do already - I want to boost.
> > 
> > My sampler and Matrix are both set at unbalanced (-10) and I 
want 
> to  
> > take them up to balanced (+4), like my modular.
> > 
> > I know the MOTM filters can handle unbalanced levels just fine, 
> but  
> > I'd rather have the boosting before and not after the filtering. 
> I  
> > also want to save the trouble of switching the -10/+4 switch on 
> my  
> > soundcard.
> > 
> > Matthew
> > 
> > On 9-May-06, at 12:58 PM, Mike Marsh wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > Hey Matthew -
> > >
> > > Do you have one of Paul's mixers?  You can use that to 
attenuate 
> a
> > > signal...
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Matthew Hiscock <audio@> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> Just wondering: what do you guys do to integrate synths that 
use
> > >> unbalanced output levels into your modular?
> > >>
> > >> In my case I've got a sampler and a Oberheim Matrix-6r that 
make
> > > me
> > >> adjust my input levels (I have a console-less studio) 
whenever I
> > > want
> > >> to use them with my MOTM filters (not the 420 but the 410 and
> > > soon
> > >> the 490).
> > >>
> > >> I know there is a dotcom module that does this, but I imagine
> > > that
> > >> this would be a fairly easy DIY project. And, naturally, there
> > > are
> > >> lots of outboard balancing amps out there.
> > >>
> > >> Is there anyone in a similar situation?
> > >>
> > >> Matthew
> > >>
> > >> __________________________________________________
> > >> www.bodega-audio.com
> > >> Bodega./Bootleg Sounds. Fat East Coast. Distillery Mastering.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ----------------
--
> -- 
> > > ~-->
> > > Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new 
> email  
> > > arrives
> > > http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/VpLolB/TM
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------
--
> --- 
> > > ~->
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > __________________________________________________
> > www.bodega-audio.com
> > Bodega./Bootleg Sounds. Fat East Coast. Distillery Mastering.
> >
>

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.