goldenGeek
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Hello
I am about to rack some mic-pres that I have around and I have some questions regarding transformers/balancing. The mic-pres are mixer-stripes that only has unbalanced out, so how do I go at this? Do I just hook the outputs up to the primary on the transformer and the secondary to the XLR-outs on my case? Or should there be introduced some other components in the signal path as well?
As for the transformers - I have several more around, so I'm curious if someone has ideas for other projects to use these. They are Sowter 3612 which came from the group outputs on an old Midas desk. Brian Sowter told me that this transformer has a 30 OHM CT primary and that the secondary is tapped at 200 and 30 ohms. So - what does CT primary actually mean? And should I use 30 or 200 ohms on the secondary for my mic-pre rack-project?
Edit: I suddenly recalled that I have asked about these Sowters before, but I got no response back then. Sorry for "double-posting".
I am about to rack some mic-pres that I have around and I have some questions regarding transformers/balancing. The mic-pres are mixer-stripes that only has unbalanced out, so how do I go at this? Do I just hook the outputs up to the primary on the transformer and the secondary to the XLR-outs on my case? Or should there be introduced some other components in the signal path as well?
As for the transformers - I have several more around, so I'm curious if someone has ideas for other projects to use these. They are Sowter 3612 which came from the group outputs on an old Midas desk. Brian Sowter told me that this transformer has a 30 OHM CT primary and that the secondary is tapped at 200 and 30 ohms. So - what does CT primary actually mean? And should I use 30 or 200 ohms on the secondary for my mic-pre rack-project?
Edit: I suddenly recalled that I have asked about these Sowters before, but I got no response back then. Sorry for "double-posting".