hey... in this video.... ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1yPMDHiRuc ) ... this guy is building an input impedance controller...
im curious to know how will that interact with a transistorized preamp??

i mean the controller goes in between microphone and the preamp... and it lowers the input impedance from the preamp... so i assume that in a way is connected in parallel ...

but is it in parallel with another resistor or in parallel with the transistor directly...???

also i would like to know how could i calculate the change on the input impedance once the controller (1kohm) is full opened??

 

why deo people listen to these things? "adding impedance in paralell increases impedance"? more like lowers it in the real world. qutting a pot across the input of a preamp will cause more change in level than impedance. impedance is complex, a mixture of reactance and resistance.
I know that impedance mismatch of micophones will change tone quality, a low impedance input with a high impedance microphone will sound tinny, and a high input impedance with a low impedance microphone will cause it to be bassy. but a 10 to 1 ratio? 1 to 1 is more proper.

 

... hm... i dont know where did you get the increase part from... but yeah of course, the controller is lowering impedance!!!

but is that in parallel with the transistor directly... or what with is this controller interacting with???

also how to calculate the changes of this interaction???

 

the preamp is most likely isolated by a transformer or capacitor at the input of the preamp. the controller is putting a resistance in paralell with the input to lower the resistance, known in the video as impedance. this will also reduce the audio from the mic to the preamp.

 

hm.. interesting... is any tweak possible on this project to actually change the impedance of the preamp instead of resitance??

so i guess the ohm´s law formula to parallel resistance will give me the answer for this interactiong... or???

 

the usual way to change the impedance of a preamp is to use a tapped transformer. there are transformers on the audio market to do this.

 

okay... is there any DIY project about this out there???