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Last time, I introduced you to the basic problems raised by microphone splitting. this time, we will look at how to overcome those problems. Proper microphone splitting is fairly easy to do, but it does require an audio transformer that has at least three equal windings designed to match modern-day microphones. The problem is, most such audio transformers are designed to optimize line level signals, so they don't work very well with microphone circuits. Let's look at Why.
Designing a Transformer
Most modern microphones produce a small output signal - typically 5-mV from a normal speaking voice. However, in rock-concert environments, musicians can be literally screaming into their microphone, causing it to produce several hundred millivolts of signal. And while the frequency …