At 12:27 AM +0000 10/27/05, oryoki2000 wrote:
>Oops -- that's right, 3.5mm is roughly 1/8".
>
>If you want to use a second mic that will not be powered by the Rolls
>box, just disconnect one of the female XLR cables from the Rolls
>output and attach the second mic cable to it. Now you have one mic
>cable passing through the Rolls, and one that bypasses it. Both
>connect to the "Y" cable that ends in the 3.5mm plug. This way the
>Rode mic will be recorded on one of the channels, and the second mic
>on the other.
>
>This is one case where a picture is much better than words.
>
>The Rolls box is powered by two 9v batteries. Making the giant leap
>of faith that each battery powers one mic, it might be possible to
>take one battery out and use its channel, now unpowered, to connect to
>the mic that has its own power module.
>
>If you want to try this approach, be sure to check the phantom power
>delivered to the mic cables using a multimeter before attaching your mic.
>
>--oryoki
>
Let us know if this works Debbie. I have a funny feeling one could
get some some radio frequency interference from the dynamic mic in
the unbalanced loop, hopefully not. Use the shortest cable you have
with the dynamic mic. Thanks for the link to the adapter cable
Oryoki, the others I've found have been too much $. Rob D.
=3D =3D =3D
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Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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