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need help on karaoke mic to computer adaptor.


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a quick google gave me this

http://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?SKU=HXVM105MX

http://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?SKU=HCYX403

http://www.jacksmusicfactory.com/default.a..._2_XLRM_Y_Cable

you will want to plug the one end to the mic and the other to your input/mic on the sound card

yea, this is what i'm looking for.

what's the general name that this cable call?

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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

what'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?

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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!

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(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.

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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

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