Re: female 3.5mm to dual female RCA

From: Walter Harley (walterh_at_cafewalterNOSPAM.com)
Date: 01/04/05 

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:27:47 -0800

"Pasquale" <spdrweb@NOTHNXtelusplanet.net> wrote in message
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> I also have a XLR microphone that is probably 11 - 12 years old in
> excellent condition. It is a Electro-Voice MC100 that is dynamic,
> directional, low impedance. I couldn't find any info about it on their web
> site. Probably because it is so old. I did find the *** with specs and
> info that came with it.

Yes, I'm sure that would be better sounding. You would need a mic preamp
for it. Something along the lines of the Rolls MP13 (Google for it) or an
equivalent. Then, you would come out of the 1/4" output, using a mono 1/4"
to dual RCA adapter from Radio Shack; and from there to the camcorder.

> What's the difference between Directional and Uni-directional? Is one
> better than the other?

Both of them are imprecise terms, too vague to tell apart.

Microphones are generally classified as "omnidirectional", "cardioid",
"supercardioid", "hypercardioid", or "figure-of-8". These refer to
different amounts and patterns of directionality, where "omnidirection"
means that it is about equally sensitive in all directions, and
"figure-of-8" is just what it sounds like.

What you have is somewhere in the spectrum of cardioid patterns, but there's
no way to tell which one other than by trying.

Directional mics do still pick up a bit of sound from the "off axis" -
particularly at low frequencies. So it's just an approximation.

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