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Title: yet more 3 mic questions!
Post by: 1st set only on August 22, 2003, 11:32:40 AM

So I got this phantom power thing and this is my proposed plan for the chain.

third mic> phantom power> XLR to 1/4> 1/4 to mini> Sound Pros pre> Ass end of UA-5 (RCA).
Im figuring that the sound pros will give me gain am I wrong?

now the other question I have is this how important is cable length? the path for the third mic might end up shorter than the other two
am I fucked? what do you all think?

Title: Re:yet more 3 mic questions!
Post by: Simp-Dawg on August 22, 2003, 01:11:25 PM

Quote from: greatwent on August 22, 2003, 11:32:40 AM

now the other question I have is this how important is cable length? the path for the third mic might end up shorter than the other two
am I fucked? what do you all think?

well...if your cable is too short and can't get to the height you're running your other mics, yeah that seems like a problem...solution...longer cable!  or did i misread that...

Title: Re:yet more 3 mic questions!
Post by: 1st set only on August 22, 2003, 01:40:47 PM

no im wondering if there will be a delay issue

Title: Re:yet more 3 mic questions!
Post by: Brian Skalinder on August 22, 2003, 02:18:31 PM

Quote from: greatwent on August 22, 2003, 11:32:40 AM

So I got this phantom power thing and this is my proposed plan for the chain.

third mic> phantom power> XLR to 1/4> 1/4 to mini> Sound Pros pre> Ass end of UA-5 (RCA).
Im figuring that the sound pros will give me gain am I wrong?

now the other question I have is this how important is cable length? the path for the third mic might end up shorter than the other two
am I fucked? what do you all think?

I don't think you'll have a problem as long as your cable is long enough.  But I think you'll need something between the SP pre and the UA5.  Isn't the SP pre a mini plug?

Title: Re:yet more 3 mic questions!
Post by: sexymexi on August 22, 2003, 03:05:31 PM

i don't think there would be delay issues.... unless you were running a cable over a mile long...  good luck..

Title: Re:yet more 3 mic questions!
Post by: 1st set only on August 22, 2003, 03:10:56 PM

damn they are a mile long I thought that might be a problem ;)

Title: Re:yet more 3 mic questions!
Post by: zhianosatch on August 22, 2003, 04:11:45 PM

i thought that electricity travels at just less than the speed of light...