1/8" audio

[omnikron]

If your running the G2 receiver's 'AF out' setting @ +12dB into a mic level input, you must have the transmitter's 'Sensitivity' set very low. That could account for the high noise floor. I frequently run the G2's AF out set to +12 into line level.

Thanks Rick, I found the problem. Faulty XLR cable. I've been using these for years and I imagine the cable has just gotten damaged. When I switched cables, it took care of the problem. I was also able to do line level in on the Tascam using +12db like you said, however it seems to be just a tad on the weak side when the input volume on the Tascam is all the way up.

I wonder what has a better pre-amp, the Sennheiser receiver or the Tascam DR100mkII.

 

[Rick R]

"it seems to be just a tad on the weak side when the input volume on the Tascam is all the way up"
-- That's normal, the G2/3 'line level' output is around -10dB, so into a +4 input would be a little low. If that's a problem for you, set the Tascam's input to mic level and the receiver's AF out to -12 or -18. It won't be a huge disadvantage using mic level.. at least on the Tascam.

 

[Noiz2]

That is exactly what I was trying to do. But you must have missed my post about how you cannot use an 1/8 stereo y-splitter cable to do that. Paul's suggestion of going from 1/8" to rca back to 1/8" worked

splitters are just that they don't have a "direction". It's just wires. If your splitter is not working with the dices then it probably has to do with what your sending in to the splitter.

For instance, one or both of those mics may have "stereo" 1/8" plugs. That is going to be a problem if you plug them into a mono jack because you will short out the ring connector.

What you probably have to do in that case is get two "stereo" 1/8" jacks and wire them into a Y leaving the ring connector unconnected to anything or maybe grounded through a resistor (probably better), so you are only getting the tip signal.