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Can you use XLR "microphone cables" to connect an RME AD converter to studio monitors?
"Microphone" cables are suitable for all balanced, analog audio signals that use XLR connectors, whether they are mic level or line level. So yes, you can use these cables with the "...
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How can I connect my condenser microphone to my PC using a Saffire PRO 24?
The Rode needs phantom.
The Saffire can supply phantom, on XLR.
Nothing is built to run phantom along a TS/TRS jack, because the chances of shorting the socket or accidentally sending it to something ...
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Saxophone mute - or mic
People often think the sound of a saxophone comes all out of the bell, but a large part of it comes from the tone holes, particularly for the higher notes. Aiming a mic directly at the bell gives you ...
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How can I connect my condenser microphone to my PC using a Saffire PRO 24?
Yes it’s true that a 1/4" input will not provide phantom power. We want it this way because phantom power on 1/4" cables is dangerous for the power supply and devices. A 1/4" connector ...
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Does it make sense to invest in a better microphone if my recording room doesn't have good acoustics?
Room acoustics is indeed a very important and often underestimated component of good recordings. However, that doesn't mean microphone quality is less relevant. It's impossible to say which of the two ...
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Ableton Live: Using a USB microphone and Audio Kontrol 1 at the same time
The USB microphone contains an audio interface that's logically just like the NativeInstruments box, but it's just hidden inside the mic. The same thing applies to e.g. USB headphones, webcams etc. If ...
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Shure SM91 problem
You say "with the 3 pin XLR". WHAT 3 pin XLR?
If you made up a special cable converting the supplied "miniature Switchcraft connectors" to XLR, and plugged it to a mic input with ...
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Speaker and mic connection
I connect my two PA systems two ways. One is to use main outs from a mixer console, one connect to line in, on each PA. Mics and instruments are connected to the mixer. The other is to connect the ...
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Speaker and mic connection
The answer is yes.
I will assume that your facility has one PA system wired to one bank of speakers, and a second/ancillary PA system wired to a different set of speakers.
Plug your mic cable into ...
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Does it make sense to invest in a better microphone if my recording room doesn't have good acoustics?
Yes, not despite, but especially because of your bad room acoustics. There are big differences between microphones in how much of the room sound they pick up. I would recommend a microphone with a ...
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