That may be a good idea to have an attenuated channel
just in case I ever have a clipping problem. I thought
100uF was rather huge but that is what they show in the
AKG booklet. Maybe because it is a low-z mic? Probably
of no concern unless I record bullfrogs. I will look in
Digikey for poly caps.
--- "Rich Peet" <> wrote:
> 100 uf would be to big, 2uf in a quality cap would be
> better. I use tantalum but poly would be best. I recall
> the cap as really not needed if you short the channels.
> You may wish to try a metal film resister on one channel
> so that you have high and low gain channel to choose
> from. I would guess that 5,000 to 10,000 ohms would be
> about right but that is a educated guess right now.
>
> Rich
>
> --- "Dave J" <> wrote:
> > Am I correct that for mono microphones I can simply
> > short the L & R minidisc mic channels together? I'm
> > not inclined to do true mono recording so I'll just
> > waste disc space with bogus stereo. I realize there
> > is 2.5VDC on both of them so once I short them I'll
> > use a 100uF coupling capacitor to get the signal in.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave
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