Dan Dugan wrote:
>> The suggestion is to include a capacitor in the line to disable the
>> power from the mini disk....
>
> I've always made straight-in adaptors for plug-in-power inputs, and
> never experienced a problem.
Try unscrewing the windscreen from you (dynamic?) mic, and watch
the diaphragm and listen to it closely while plugging and unplugging
from the plug in power. If you can see or hear the diaphragm move,
then use a DC blocking capacitor (a good one, since it's an AC coupling
capacitor, and it's the AC you want). If it doesn't move away from
its natural resting position, then you're probably not mechanically
"biasing" it toward one of the stops too badly. If you've got a
bench supply, you could vary the DC voltage/current across your mic
and see if you can hear the distortion from the DC pushing the
diaphragm against one stop before the coil smokes. Then see if
that's more than the plug in power your recorder can supply into
what was you mic's DC resistance.
-- Mike
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