|  | Posted by Rick Merrill on 10/07/05 15:23 
Smarty wrote:> Most if not all of the camcorders do AGC on the audio inputs, and have at
 > least 60 to 80 dB of dynamic range. Virtually all the camcorders use
 > unbalanced inputs.  I have build T-pad attenuators with a simple 3-resistor
 > T-network to do precisely what the original post asked for, and the
 > attenuators which do around 30 or so dB seem to work just fine. Putting in
 > too much attenuation forces the AGC to "gain-up" and crushes the SNR by
 > raising the noise floor.
 >
 > Smarty
 >
 >
 > "Larry J." <usenet2@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote in message
 > news:Xns96E78BC2755B6thefrogprince@68.6.19.6...
 >
 >>Waiving the right to remain silent, "Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com>
 >>said:
 >>
 >>
 >>>You will not need equalization, but you do need to attenuate the
 >>>line level signal (nominally about 1 millivolt into 47K ohms)
 >>>down to a few microvolts (also at the same impedance). Thus an
 >>>attenuator / pad of about 30 dB should do it.
 >>
 >>An even larger pad could be required.  Unbalanced live levels are
 >>generally -10 to -20db.  Balanced can be as high as +8.
 >>
 >>--
 >> Larry Jandro
 >> Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
 >> Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
 >>  [Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to reply]
 >
 >
 >
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