lansing Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 the mic cable looks like this:http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Gen...bles?sku=338001what equitments i need in order for the mic to work on computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 a quick google gave me thishttp://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?SKU=HXVM105MXhttp://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?SKU=HCYX403http://www.jacksmusicfactory.com/default.a..._2_XLRM_Y_Cableyou will want to plug the one end to the mic and the other to your input/mic on the sound card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lansing Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 a quick google gave me thishttp://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?SKU=HXVM105MXhttp://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?SKU=HCYX403http://www.jacksmusicfactory.com/default.a..._2_XLRM_Y_Cableyou will want to plug the one end to the mic and the other to your input/mic on the sound cardyea, this is what i'm looking for.what's the general name that this cable call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 well the computer end of it is a 1/8 mini jack the microphone is called cyx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJM Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 (edited) The microphone end is an 3 pin XLR. You need a dual ( female) XLR to 1/8" stereo phone plug for stereo,or a single (female) XLR to 1/8" mono phone plug for mono.Or if you want to get fancy.http://www.studio1productions.com/xlr-pro.htm Edited February 17, 2006 by RJM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lansing Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 The microphone end is an 3 pin XLR. You need a dual ( female) XLR to 1/8" stereo phone plug for stereo,or a single (female) XLR to 1/8" mono phone plug for mono.Or if you want to get fancy.http://www.studio1productions.com/xlr-pro.htmwhat's the difference between dual female XLR and mono female XLR? and what stereo phone plug look like?and also, will the transmission from XLR to 1/8" phone jack downgrade the outcoming sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFett Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 and what stereo phone plug look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJM Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 (edited) By A dual female I mean "2" XLR"s, a stereo phone plug has two rings (see lordfett"s picture although that is 1/4" and you need 1/8" diameter. It could downgrade the sound output by adding hum as the XLR's are ballanced input (+ and -) and the phone plugs are unballanced (just + and ground) but since the input to the computer is an unballanced you should try this first, it will probably work just fine. I would suggest trying the cable and if you have hum you might have to get an input transformer to convert ballanced to unballanced inputs.You should not need this though if you have short cable runs (less than 15 Ft.).Hope this helps! Edited February 17, 2006 by RJM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFett Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 (see lordfett"s picture although that is 1/4" and you need 1/8" diameter.The 1/8" diameter was not usually called a phone or phono. They're usually called a mini-jack or mini-plug. Least that is how it was back when I was doing this stuff for school in the late 80s early 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJM Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 (edited) The 1/8" diameter was not usually called a phone or phono. They're usually called a mini-jack or mini-plug. Least that is how it was back when I was doing this stuff for school in the late 80s early 90s.Lordfett, I must disagree, A phone plug is a plug with a "tip" and a "ring" A phono plug or RCA phono plug has a center and a shield. The phone plug style got it's name from the telephone switchboards of the thirties. http://www.sfu.ca/sca/Manuals/ZAAPf/p/phone_plug.html Edited February 18, 2006 by RJM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lansing Posted February 21, 2006 Author Share Posted February 21, 2006 i plan to buy both the XRL to 1/4" cable and 1/4" to 1/8" cable.are the following the correct one?http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Gen...bles?sku=331513http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Gen...bles?sku=335216 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJM Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 That looks like what you need, not a bad price either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lansing Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 That looks like what you need, not a bad price either.thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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