At 7:33 PM -0700 10/29/05, Debbi B wrote:
>I meant, if I'm using just one mic for now, can the Y cable be used with
>just one mic attached?
Yes, with one condenser mic. I haven't tried it with one dynamic, but
then there would be no reason to use the Rolls with one dynamic mic
as you could plug it into the mic input with a simpler adapter cable.
>
>Another question came up as I was perusing Hosa cables.
>The ones I've
>looked at are balanced. The Rode looks balanced. How does that work with
>the Sony MZ-NH1 (and PB224)? Can someone explain it for me?
Most good mics are balanced and use standard mic cables (including
the Rode NT1-A).
Most balanced mics have an 3 pin XLR male conductor connector built-in.
A standard mic cable
http://www.audiogear.com/CanareMicCable.html (need 2 for stereo)
will have a 3 pin XLR female connector on one end to attach to the
mic and a 3 pin XLR male connector on the other end to connect to the
Rolls Mic input.
The $12v adapter cable that oryoki found is used between the Rolls
outputs and the HiMD mic input jack.
http://www.audiogear.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?key=3DAdptMniSP2Fxlr&preadd=3D=
action
Rob D.
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>At 03:22 PM 10/29/2005, you wrote:
>>The 2-XLR->1/8" Y cable is needed for both applications-- that is
>>when two mics need phantom or just one that needs phantom. Rob D.
>>
>>
>>At 11:02 AM -0700 10/28/05, Debbi B wrote:
>> >One more thing. If I'm thinking of a second mic for the future, should=
I
>> >get the Y cable and just use one side?
>> >
>> >At 05:27 PM 10/26/2005, you 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 t=
o
>> >>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
> > >>
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Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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