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I don't have any of the keyboards or other gear mentioned in this thread. I do have a few small mixer and a MOTU M4 interface and a 'shelved' Native Instruments KA6 plus a Mk1 F'rite 8i6 that I never use. All three interfaces have similar low sensitivity fix gain rear inputs.
The problem is the fekking KEYBOARDS! For historic/beancounter reasons they have outputs closer to -20dBV. There are some high end synths that deliver +4dBu balanced feeds but these are rare and expensive.
It would be a simple task to make a two channel pre amp that had say, 0 to 20dB of gain and an output of 22dBu and powered from a 5V source. Everybody has USB and most of us USB 5V mains plugs!
Sadly such a thing does not seem to exist.
Dave.
The problem is the fekking KEYBOARDS! For historic/beancounter reasons they have outputs closer to -20dBV. There are some high end synths that deliver +4dBu balanced feeds but these are rare and expensive.
It would be a simple task to make a two channel pre amp that had say, 0 to 20dB of gain and an output of 22dBu and powered from a 5V source. Everybody has USB and most of us USB 5V mains plugs!
Sadly such a thing does not seem to exist.
Dave.