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Gary Fitzpatrick

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Dropping 100v speaker signal down to line input
« on: June 02, 2018, 12:02:53 PM »

Hi,

So I have a few projects coming up where I need to get an audio feed into a camera. The easiest and shortest cable run would have me connecting into the 100v speaker lines going to the speakers in the church. Is it okay to use a standard 100v 8/16 ohm transformer to drop the signal down?
 


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Re: Dropping 100v speaker signal down to line input
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2018, 02:19:23 PM »

Hi,

So I have a few projects coming up where I need to get an audio feed into a camera. The easiest and shortest cable run would have me connecting into the 100v speaker lines going to the speakers in the church. Is it okay to use a standard 100v 8/16 ohm transformer to drop the signal down?
 



It might still be a little hot depending on how many watts it is tapped to deliver (less watts is better).
 
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« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2018, 03:19:16 PM »



It might still be a little hot depending on how many watts it is tapped to deliver (less watts is better).
 
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Thanks For the reply JR. what would you recommend for dropping it down? I see quite a few of these systems coming on board (it is for streaming church services) so I wouldn’t mind doing it “right”

Gary


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Re: Dropping 100v speaker signal down to line input
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2018, 04:02:37 PM »

1W into 8Ω is about 2.8 Vrms.  If you allow 6 or 7 dB for the crest factor of the signal, that takes you down to an average level of just about +4 dBu.  Chances are the crest factor is higher than that (average level is lower), but it looks like you'd be in the right ballpark, using the 1W tap on a transformer designed for an 8Ω speaker.

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Re: Dropping 100v speaker signal down to line input
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2018, 04:06:13 PM »

That’s great...thanks for the advice.

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Re: Dropping 100v speaker signal down to line input
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2018, 05:36:36 PM »

Cheapest and easiest is a resistor pad, but a transformer will give you isolation which could be useful.

Try it and see... A wrong size (too hot) transformer can still be combined with a resistor pad to dial it in, while keeping the transformer isolation.

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Re: Dropping 100v speaker signal down to line input
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2018, 06:02:56 PM »

Cheapest and easiest is a resistor pad, but a transformer will give you isolation which could be useful.

Try it and see... A wrong size (too hot) transformer can still be combined with a resistor pad to dial it in, while keeping the transformer isolation.

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Do you mean like a 100v rotary attenuators? Like this one?

http://cpc.farnell.com/unbranded/p605d/line-attenuator-switch-12w/dp/AR71993

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Re: Dropping 100v speaker signal down to line input
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2018, 07:04:58 PM »

Do you mean like a 100v rotary attenuators? Like this one?

http://cpc.farnell.com/unbranded/p605d/line-attenuator-switch-12w/dp/AR71993

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no.. don't know what that does.

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Re: Dropping 100v speaker signal down to line input
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2018, 08:55:06 PM »

Hi,

So I have a few projects coming up where I need to get an audio feed into a camera. The easiest and shortest cable run would have me connecting into the 100v speaker lines going to the speakers in the church. Is it okay to use a standard 100v 8/16 ohm transformer to drop the signal down?
 


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100v systems are only 100v at full-tilt boogie; in practice you're probably a lot less than that.  Even if you are operating around 100v, that's still not a particularly big deal.  A isolation transformer box or DI box with a 20dB pad would get you from 100v at clipping down to around 6 volts at clipping, which should be well within the capabilities of a professional-level line-level input.  If you need to drop it for a consumer-level input, you might need more gain reduction, but there are DIs that have larger pads than that.  The Rolls Matchbox DB25 comes to mind, and has a selectable 20dB and 40dB pad.

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Re: Dropping 100v speaker signal down to line input
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2018, 10:42:54 AM »

100v systems are only 100v at full-tilt boogie; in practice you're probably a lot less than that.  Even if you are operating around 100v, that's still not a particularly big deal.  A isolation transformer box or DI box with a 20dB pad would get you from 100v at clipping down to around 6 volts at clipping, which should be well within the capabilities of a professional-level line-level input.  If you need to drop it for a consumer-level input, you might need more gain reduction, but there are DIs that have larger pads than that.  The Rolls Matchbox DB25 comes to mind, and has a selectable 20dB and 40dB pad.
Check with the DI mfr before putting 100V into a DI.

I am not very confident about doing that.

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Re: Dropping 100v speaker signal down to line input
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2018, 11:54:38 AM »

this was made for doing exactly what you want...
http://www.rdlnet.com/product.php?page=162
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Re: Dropping 100v speaker signal down to line input
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2018, 08:52:22 AM »

Another solution might be:
A small speaker transformer and an old Radio Shack auto radio Line-out Converter #12-1238.
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Re: Dropping 100v speaker signal down to line input
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2018, 06:03:43 PM »

I second the RDL TX70A. In lieu of that a 100v line transformer with a 1/8W tap.

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Do you mean like a 100v rotary attenuators? Like this one?

Doesn't anybody know how to wire a simple pot like 100K off the transformer secondary for a level control?

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Re: Dropping 100v speaker signal down to line input
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2018, 12:14:40 PM »

The cheapest way: http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/speaker_to_line.html/ (what JR was saying to do).

There's this: https://www.rapcohorizon.com/product/233/db-1sl-direct-box
Unknown what the voltage is. (400w @ 8ohm is 56v)

Or this:
http://whirlwindusa.com/catalog/black-boxes-effects-and-dis/direct-boxes/director
100v -30dB = 3.16V = 12.2 dBu (+22dBu line level max, most mixers)
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