« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2005, 09:52:26 PM »
Someone here did hardwire a line soldering into the cap and then running it to a miniplug and battery box i think.
Other than that, I have tried before and failed because basically there is circuitry in the active cable that makes it work. If you wanted to try I was able to order parts (for a failed project) from akg USA, both ends of the AKG active cable and tried soldering my own cable in between. For some reason it did not work. They also only had enough for one cable.
That was me! Take a look at:
www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/AKGThere you will find detailed mechanical and electrical drawings for the bodies and the capsules and a picture of my setup.
By the way, this was not my design. This is exactly what AKG did for a battery operated "field recording" rig. I don't think they sell this to end users though.
Oh yeah, how much are the bayonet connectors, the ones that go on the *capsule* end. I would really use a pair of those if I choose to do this with another set of caps.
Richard
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Mics: Sennheiser MKE2002 (dummy head), Studio Projects C4, AT825 (unmodded), AT822 franken mic (x2), AT853(hc,c,sc,o), Senn. MKE2, Senn MKE40, Shure MX183/5, CA Cards, homebrew Panasonic and Transsound capsules.
Pre/ADC: Presonus Firepod & Firebox, DMIC20(x2), UA5(poorly-modded, AD8620+AD8512opamps), VX440
Recorders: Edirol R4, R09, IBM X24 laptop, NJB3(x2), HiMD(x2), MD(1).
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