Unbalanced to Balanced Research

http://sound.westhost.com/project35.htm - This website explain how to create a DI box, and some of the principle of converting an unbalanced signal to a balanced one. However I need to convert a balanced signal to an unbalanced input (unfortunatly).

http://www.rane.com/note110.html - Notes about ground loops and audio conections


http://www.dplay.com/dv/balance/balance.html - more about balanced wiring.


http://www.suite101.com/content/wire-a-balanced-microphone-to-unbalanced-inputs-a64018 - possible solution

More Schematics To Think About

This is a really useful website that contain various schematic that maybe useful:
http://www.zen22142.zen.co.uk/schematics.htm

PRE-AMP Research

When i first realise i would need a preamp to get the microphone signal to line level for my interface (Behringer UCA202),  I initially thought i would use a LM358. However upon more research i found that although this would be adequate a more appropriate intergrated circuit would be the NE 5532, which is a high performance low noise operational amplifier.

Low noise integrated circuit: http://www.onsemi.com/pub_link/Collateral/NE5532-D.PDF

Old Circuit Design -

http://www.maplin.co.uk/media/pdfs/N46FL.pdf
New Circuit design with NE5532 8 pin DIL IC -

http://www.maplin.co.uk/media/pdfs/N47FL.pdf

Consideration to the potential of need two preamps with phantom power to support condenser microphones:

-power supply- http://sound.westhost.com/project96.htm

THE BEGINNING

This is my blog for my final year project at the university of the west of england, and its main purpose is to aid in my research for the project.

My aim for my project is to build a drum trigger hardware module accomp

anied with software that is completely usable in a studio situation.

The target user of my project would be for someone who wants to record a usable drum track but does not have the acoustic environment in which to record to an acceptable standard (e.g. a home studio situation).