Need Cable Help (ASAP)

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KyranFord

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I have to verify the proper cable I need to run from my mixer to my recorder, as I have several projects coming up soon and I need to have the cable in time, as well as learn how to use the setup. Any help is highly appreciated, and if I can get an answer, you will never know how much it means to me! :cheesy:

I have the Azden SGM-1x microphone, which I am going to feed through the WhirldWind MD-1, and then into the Tascam DR-100.

I have the standard XLR-M to XLR-F cable to go from the microphone to the mixer, but I need to know exactly which cable I need to continue from the mixer to the recorder!

I've been informed I need an XLR-F to 1/4" TRS cable; is this correct? Or do I need another XLR-F to XLR-M cable?

Any help is extremely appreciated!

Thanks
-Kyran
 
nwstudios said:
The MD-1 mixer has a XLR out and the Tascam has a XLR in.
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Three problems with that:

1) The MD-1 is not a mixer. It is a pre-amp: one channel in, one channel out, no mixing.
2) The MD-1 sends out a line-level signal.
3) The DR100's XLR ins are mic-level only.

An inline pad will knock the pre-amp's output down enough to keep from overmodulating the DR100's input. This does mean, of course, that the DR100's pre-amps are still involved in the process, but at least they will have minimal work to do.
 
dont use the md1. The DR100 preamps might not be the best, but in the end with a low end mic, it doesn't really make a difference.
 
Line in on the DR-100 is a 1/8" stereo type. But why not just go direct to the DR-100? The only reason for doing this, in THIS case, is if the mic doesn't have enough output to get a decent signal into the mic level input on the DR-100.

Grant
 
Another point ... the MD-1 only offers 18 volt phantom power while the industry standards call for 48 volt. . For the Azden mic mentioned it won't matter but if you eventually add other mics to you kit it might.

Why use the Whirlwind instead of a real mixer? It offers nothing that a true field mixer does other than raising the signal from mic level to line. You don't get any of the essential controls a mixer provides such as metering, level controlls, etc.
 
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