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Mixer Path Gain

2001-03-05 by Paul Schreiber

Something to be aware of........

When the Mixer is is dual 3:1 mode, each set of pots is set for full dynamic
range. That is to say,
if you have 3 full-scale inputs (-5V to +5V) the output with all pots on
11...err...10 is -5V to +5V.

So, the 'channel gain" is 0.333

But, what happens in 6:1 mode?

On the 'log pot' side, the output is summed into the second mixer with a 1/2
scale factor. So, for
the "audio" side, the channel gain is 1/6 (0.166666).

So: in 6:1 mode the 3 log pot channels are 'full range', 0-10 for their gain
ranges.
the 3 linear pots are at 1/3 channel gain, so they are more sensitive and
cranking all 6 pots to
max will cause the output to be +7.5V to -7.5V pk-pk.

Now, this is *not* going to "blow stuff up" or such. This is just the
MAXIMUM CV range for MOTM modules.
Look in the back of the manuals, I spec -7V to +7V control voltage range.

So, in this manner of compromise, we trade off knob 'sensitivity' in 3
channels to get max range in the other 3
AND still keep the overall output at the max spec limit.

Paul S.

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