Hi all.
This has probably been beaten to death, but I started wading through a couple of the stickies and gave up.
I bought a Sony PCM-D50 recorder because of its limiter (which works by recording at two levels simultaneously), thinking it would be handy for film & video (my primary uses). The problem is that it only has a crappy 1/8" stereo input. This input does have a switch for mic vs line usage.
What kind of level or impedance conversion do I need to do for real mics? I have a belt-mount phantom power supply with XLR in/out, so I was going to try simple XLR-to-RCA adapters and then into the 1/8" jack. Will this work? If not, what's your recommendation for the lowest-noise solution?
BTW, I had tried to rig up an XLR-to-1/8" setup for testing, and got an outrageous amount of noise. I figured it was bad wiring.
I'm primarily using a RODE shotgun, and I have a couple of AKG C3000s.
Thanks!
Gavin
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I just found a post elsewhere about my exact setup (mic --> Dene
I just found a post elsewhere about my exact setup (mic --> Denecke PS-2 --> PCM-D50) producing this problem, and the guy solved it with this:
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So I guess I have my answer.
That is correct. You cannot unbalance a balanced microphone when
That is correct. You cannot unbalance a balanced microphone when you are powering with phantom power. For that reason, you have to hook that microphone into a balanced input (a matching transformer). Then the secondary (the output of the transformer) can then be unbalanced into a 1/8 inch mono plug.
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Mx. Remy Ann David
Thanks. All that's left will be to make a Y to combine the two
Thanks. All that's left will be to make a Y to combine the two unbalanced connections into a stereo 1/8" plug (for those occasions when I'm recording with two mics).
Xactly! Yup.
Xactly! Yup.