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SeanBSM

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I've tried having a male 1/8" to female XLR cable made to use with my T2i but it's not working. Has anyone else tried this and should this even work? Not sure if the cable I got was bad or what. I tried several different mics and got the same results.
 
I have a similar setup that works fine. (well, it works aside from the AGC)
Although the XLR cable I have is a female XLR to 1/4 inch, then a 1/4 inch to 1/8 inch adapter.

I guess based on your post the first thing I would ask is.........
was the mic turned on?
is the battery in the mic good?
Is the 1/8 inch a stereo or mono?
 
SeanBSM said:
I've tried having a male 1/8" to female XLR cable made to use with my T2i but it's not working. Has anyone else tried this and should this even work? Not sure if the cable I got was bad or what. I tried several different mics and got the same results.
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Maybe a bad cable? Did you try different cables? In my case I have the same cable and adapter as Videohog's and it works fine for me although I still have to deal with the AGC problem. The 1/8" adapter is mono as well as the 1/4" to female XLR cable by the way.
 
Tried multiple new batteries, tried multiple XLR cables, mic was on, but the cable that was built by the local music shop may not work or they may have used stereo connectors. I didn't realize there were mono and stereo connectors. Am I understanding that correctly?
 
@ Sean
They must have wired the connector wrong for your type of use. Tell them it is for a balanced mic signal not a stereo signal.
 
XLR is balanced, T2i input is unbalanced. Also T2i has no phantom feed. Thus, you must use dynamic unpowered microphone and ground one of balanced XLR lines in order to connect it to 3.5mm mic input on your camera. Second alternative is to use balanced/unbalanced transformer or adapter.

XLR has three pins. Two are balanced output from mic and third is ground. Your T2i has stereo 3.5mm input where one pin is ground and two are L+R unbalanced inputs.
 
Basically the T2i does not power 48V ( phantom power ) so unless you have a powered mic, you can forget about it working
 
I had a cable made to convert my Sony wired lav XLR to a mini stereo that matched the 500D. We tried a few different mono jacks that fit, but did not lock into place because the head on the jack is bigger on the mono jack.
The Sony is powered with one AA battery and worked perfectly first try. As long as your mic has it's own power supply keep trying and it should work.
 
I decided to get the active BeachTek adapter. I do most of my work with no audio guy so I'm hoping this is the best route for me to take. Anyone have any good/bad things to say about the BeachTek DXA-SLR?
 
I've had problems using a mono miniplug on the Canon - I got a Y-cable that was two x 1/8" mono females to one x 1/8 stereo male which worked - but I had to whittle a lot of rubber off the molded jack as the input to the canon is recessed. Found another one that seated better, was able to run a line level feed in one channel and a lav mic in the other.

For low-Z XLR mics, you usually need more than just a physical adapter -you need the adapters with circuitry that converts the impedance to high. A professional XLR converter will do this.
 
michael, do you have any personal experience using a BeachTek XLR adapter with the T2i? I've heard mixed reviews from several different people (all on the internet) but I'm not sure what's accurate.
 
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