--- In Lou Judson <>
wrote:
>
> I'd have to open mine up too to see, but the NT4 and the VP88 use
the
> same pinout:
>
> #1=3D ground Shield
> #2=3D Left+
> #3=3D Left -
> #4=3D right+
> #5=3D right-
That looks like the sensible standard to me...
> I bet the channels are reversed in the Schoeps. Many German audio
> companies use reverse designation, such as left =3D red. American
> companies generally use red =3D right, green =3D left.
I was thinking about this actually. Certainly, the way I've used the
Schoeps makes it reverse to above, but that might have been the way I
chose to connect it! I'm using the CCM series mics (CCM4 and CCM8),
which use small Lemo-type connectors. The breakout cable for those
therefore has the 5-pin XLR on one end, and two of the small Lemo-
type connectors on the other end. The lead for one of those two
connectors has a short length of red tubing around it, and I have
assumed that is for the M capsule (left channel). So of course, if I
were to reverse those connections into the microphones, my channel
designations would fall into line with the standard. There were no
instructions, so I have chosen the red one as the M channel. Perhaps
Schoeps meant it the other way around? (...and perhaps there is a
Schoeps technician reading this right now and shaking his head!).
Either way, the 5-pin to 5-pin leads themselves will work on their
own, they don't discriminate between channels so long as the shield
is on pin 1, pins 2 and 3 belong to one channel (either left or
right) and pins 4 and 5 belong to the other channel. If the lead is
wired the same at each end, what comes out will conform to what went
in. The confusion, if any, will occur at the breakout cables.
- Greg Simmons
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