Just realised I should have put the Rane link in the below message. Here it is:
http://www.rane.com/note110.html
--- In "Max" <> wrote:
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> For some reason I can't retrieve messages this morning to reply, so this is
> an extra relating to the Rane link that Anders posted for me.
> While making up my new Y split cable for the AT-8022, I followed what
> appeared to me to be correct for, I'm guessing, not only this Y cable, but
> any cable from mic to recorder. I can only think that in my present mental
> state I missed something obvious. I followed figure 4 which appeared to
> indicate I needed to use #1. What this indicates is ground connected to pin 1
> on the mic side, but left unconnected on the recorder end. As a precaution,
> when I did the wiring, I didn't cut off the ground sheath but insulated it
> and left intact. It's a good job I did, because on connecting the mic to my
> HD-P2 there was no signal at all! I quickly realised that the missing
> recorder side ground might be the problem, so soldered them in. Bingo! It now
> worked perfectly. I hope somebody will show me where I went wrong with the
> Rane table.
> As an extra here, I'll say a few words about my VERY brief experience with
> this AT-8022. I did very rough and ready tests using the battery with my
> LS-10, and then phantom power with my HD-P2, in the same room concurrently.
> On normalising both recordings to a similar level, and then changing to
> spectogram view, it looked pretty clear that the HD-P2 recording was much
> cleaner; the background black indicated this. Although the HD-P2 has slightly
> less self noise than the LS-10, I don't think this was the sole reason,
> perhaps not relevant at all. I suspect that phantom power v battery is the
> reason. Any comments very welcome, and I'm very aware that my tests were by
> no means scientific! Either way, unless further testing proves otherwise,
> I'll be using this whenever possible, with the HD-P2. It's hardly worth
> mentioning, but the HD-P2 recording also sounded better.
> Cheers
> Max
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