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Can you use xlr patch cables as microphone cables?
I am looking into buying a few new microphone cables, but I only need a short Xlr Snake length because they are being plugged into an xlr snake. Will xlr patch cables work without problems? Will the signal be lower or higher? Will there be feedback or other noises from using these cables? Thanks very much for any help you can give.
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the easiest way to make a point to point intercom is to wire the phones in series. Make a loop. In the old days, a 1.5v battery with screw terminal would be used. 3 or 4 batteriies in series.You need a battery, 6 volt is fine, 12v is fine too. A couple amps will last a while. Two phones will draw about 40ma.Wire the phones so that Tip is connected to Ring from T1 to T2 and then Ring on T1 goes to the positive side of the battery and the negative goes to Tip on T2.The XLR is 3 wire. The phone will take two wires. This leave one wire to control the phones. A “button and buzzer” will make a nice signalling system. You can use the run without the battery and a piezo buzzer, a push switch to the powered side, would cause the phone to get the other ends attention.
OK a few things. First, who is Mr. Dan? Unless your board uses the insert for the direct out, the connector would not be a TRS connector. An insert would use TRS because of the need for three conductors Send, receive and ground. A direct out only needs two conductors for out and ground. I’m also confused as to why you have a need to send 8 channels of program back to the stage. Is it for monitor’s? If so that would be very incorrect. Use aux sends for monitors. But assuming you have an application that makes sense here’s what I would recommend. Purchase the length of snake that you need. Three conductors per channel, individually shielded. Purchase 16 TRS male connectors and a good soldering iron. If you don’t know how to solder it should not be hard to find someone to help you. Insure you used the shield conductor for the ground and you keep the ring and tip the same on each side of the wire. In the end you will have a product that is perfect for your application and you will spend much less. I can provide any or all of the needed parts. You may contact me via yahoo questions e-mail. Additional: Yes! That should work just fine and is a good way of achieving your goal. Good Luck.
It will work fine – the worst thing that could happen is you might get a bit of interference on your mic lines but that is unlikely. DMX signal are often run on regular XLR mic cables. DMX is a low voltage control signal – it will not damage anything. My only caution would be to make sure no one mixes up the mic and lighting cables on the snake. If the mic line carries phantom power from the mixer and you plugged your DMX light into that by accident, it might damage the light.
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Justin – I don’t know if I can answer everything but I will try to help. Whenever you split mic channels, you need to buy a mic splitter for every channel (or a splitter that has multiple channels). Mic splitters use a transformer that keeps the impedance equal for both outputs. They are not that expensive but it is worth it. You cannot split xlr mics with a simple splitter cable.http://www.zzounds.com/item–ARTARTS8Another way to do this is to use the “direct outs” on the mackie to feed a smaller board’s line inputs. That mackie has channel inserts that can also be used as direct outputs – see page 30 of the manual:http://www.mackie.com/pdf/archive/sr24-4_sr32-4_om.pdfWhen the 1/4 plug is halfway in it acts like a direct out. You will need a 1/4 inch cable for each channel. !/4 inch snakes are a great way to do this:http://www.zzounds.com/item–HOSCPP80