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Re: Cable adapter question - answer

Subject: Re: Cable adapter question - answer
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Wed Apr 8, 2009 5:08 pm ((PDT))
> For outlasting the two HiMD recorders I owned, I still use my old
> Sony MZ-N707 MD recorder for nature recording with PIP mics. The
> n707 has only analog output via the 3.5mm headphone jack.  Because I
> question the quality of inputs the audio interface to my computer, I
> would rather use the inputs on my SD702 which are almost certainly a
> couple good steps up in quality.
>
> The only line inputs on the SD702 are the xlr female inputs
> switchable from mic to line. So we are talking about hardware to
> hardware, unbalanced to balanced.
>
> Referring to the Rane webpage John Tudor pointed to,
> http://www.rane.com/note110.html
>
> The closest diagram I think would be number 13 but modified for
> stereo. So in in words,  3.5 tip to left xlr 2, 3.5 ring to right
> xlr 2, 3.5 sleeve to left and right xlr 3, and xlr 1 to the cable
> shield which is not connected to the 3.5 connector.
>
> Would that be the best configuration?

When you also connect the cable shield to the sleeve of the 3.5mm
connector, yes.

-Dan Dugan






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