Re: balanced to unbalanced interface

["Philip Tyler" macmang4125]

Just a heads up on wiring.

Be careful on the Sound Devices MixPre the recommended wiring for unbalance=
d
is to just use pins 1 and 2 of the XLR. This is due to the nature of the
'electronic' balanced outputs.

Taken from MixPre instruction Manual:

Each line level XLR output of the MixPre uses an active-balanced output sta=
ge.
The circuit provides robust line driving capability. To drive unbalanced in=
puts,
pin-3 should not be connected. When unbal- ancing the connection the output=

level will be reduced by 6 dB.

Phil