Mic splitter Y cord
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Mic splitter Y cord
I need to split my drummer's headset mic to a separate channel on the recorder and our FOH board.
Will a XLR Y cord work, or will the impedance get wierd and foobar the track?
I'm short of cash to do an iso splitter.
Any suggestions?
TIA
Bob Simpson
Will a XLR Y cord work, or will the impedance get wierd and foobar the track?
I'm short of cash to do an iso splitter.
Any suggestions?
TIA
Bob Simpson
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Yup, unless you need to run phantom from one of the split ends. You can get some crap then, and might get some phantom running back down the other side of the y.Scodiddly wrote:A simple XLR Y-cable will work 99.99% of the time. Go for it.
Or at least that's the idea. There's a reason they make splitter boxes with direct and isolated outputs.
But if its a dynamic (or if you're splitting after some kind of preamp)? Go for it.
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Its good to know the exact percentage of the time that it will. Science!Scodiddly wrote:It will work 91.34% of the time with phantom involved.
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Doesn't matter, unless the other input on the split cannot stand off the 48 V phantom (which will actually be lower than 48 V because of the load presented by the mic), in which case the other piece of kit is crap and needs to be replaced.IanWalker wrote:Yup, unless you need to run phantom from one of the split ends. You can get some crap then, and might get some phantom running back down the other side of the y.Scodiddly wrote:A simple XLR Y-cable will work 99.99% of the time. Go for it.
Certainly the DC bias from the phantom will be seen at the other input, but in a properly-designed system it'll be blocked by either caps or a transformer.
And there's no need to worry about phantom active on both split ends since the 6.81k resistors do a fine job of isolating the voltage sources.
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Where do the 6.81k resistors go?Andy Peters wrote:Doesn't matter, unless the other input on the split cannot stand off the 48 V phantom (which will actually be lower than 48 V because of the load presented by the mic), in which case the other piece of kit is crap and needs to be replaced.IanWalker wrote:Yup, unless you need to run phantom from one of the split ends. You can get some crap then, and might get some phantom running back down the other side of the y.Scodiddly wrote:A simple XLR Y-cable will work 99.99% of the time. Go for it.
Certainly the DC bias from the phantom will be seen at the other input, but in a properly-designed system it'll be blocked by either caps or a transformer.
And there's no need to worry about phantom active on both split ends since the 6.81k resistors do a fine job of isolating the voltage sources.
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I was just planning to parallel the conductors...
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