Mido-based Gear Into Eurorack

Happy Nerding 2x SAM

Mido-based gear designed by Peter Blasser typically centers audio signals at a +4.5 volt bias, which Peter refers to as “mido”, i.e. middle. And these signals are roughly 4 volts peak-to-peak.

If you have adapters or cables for patching between banana jacks and 3.5mm jacks, so long as you provide a common “ground” connection between the zero volt buses of the CL and Euro gear you can directly patch CL outputs into Eurorack. But you’ll need to mind the +4.5 volt offset.

Here’s a Eurorack module from Happy Nerding, the 2xSAM Dual Stereo Attenuator/Mixer, that eases the conversion between the two signal standards. It has two stereo inputs that are AC-coupled, meaning you don’t have to worry about the bias offset. It also offers 5X gain. The incoming CL signal, swinging between +2.5 and +6.5 volts can be transformed to a +/-5V standard signal with manual control over the gain.

Not only are there two of these stereo buffers, each has its own stereo output. And there is a stereo mix output of the two channels.

Because it is AC-coupled, this module isn’t suitable for bringing in slow control voltages from CL gear. For that you will need to manage the offset within your Eurorack patch.

One Response to Mido-based Gear Into Eurorack

  1. Joshua Rodriquez says:

    Super Useful Info as always!! 😀

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