Re: [Alsa-user] Unbalanced stereo input as balanced mono input

2015-08-24 Thread Gunnar Arndt
As mentioned, it's an experiment - I'm about to get better hardware, but found it interesting. I'm actually suprised by furor I caused... Am 24.08.2015 um 22:46 schrieb Bill Unruh: >>> The cheapest analog hardware method to convert from balanced to >>> unbalanced requires two conditions: 1) the b

Re: [Alsa-user] Unbalanced stereo input as balanced mono input

2015-08-24 Thread Gunnar Arndt
Ralf, you have been engaging heavily in this discussion, but, as it seems to me, with increasing aggression. I cannot comprehend that - if you do not like my idea, you do not have to use it. Further comments below. Am 24.08.2015 um 11:55 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:07:32 -070

Re: [Alsa-user] Unbalanced stereo input as balanced mono input

2015-08-24 Thread Gunnar Arndt
Bill, > He stated that if he ran the signal left and right with the ground as common > ground, he got lots of noise. > If he subtracted L from R the noise disappeared. > Now, that may mean that there is common mode noise, in which case running the > balanced into an unbalanced would be very noisy

Re: [Alsa-user] Unbalanced stereo input as balanced mono input

2015-08-24 Thread Gunnar Arndt
Clemens, thank you for your reply - it has been the only helpful one so far. Am 24.08.2015 um 08:43 schrieb Clemens Ladisch: > Gunnar Arndt wrote: >> the configuration of an Alsa PCM device which does that job >> automatically in real time: >> >> (1) Grab a stereo

Re: [Alsa-user] Unbalanced stereo input as balanced mono input

2015-08-24 Thread Gunnar Arndt
Robert, thank you for your message. I appreciate the additional information. Am 23.08.2015 um 23:20 schrieb Robert M. Riches Jr.: >> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 19:11:17 +0200 >> From: Gunnar Arndt >> To: alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> >> I have the following idea

[Alsa-user] Unbalanced stereo input as balanced mono input

2015-08-23 Thread Gunnar Arndt
body knew a way to achieve what I described in so many words - and thank you for reading all of them. Kind regards from the black forest, Gunnar Arndt PS. `Balanced' or `differential' means that there are three wires where an unbalanced connection has only two: ground, non-inverting (