Topic: AT853 Mini XLR Pin Assignment?

[tgakidis]

I assume the mini xlr pin assignment is the same as normal xlrs, right?

1 (ground)
2 (+)
3 (-)

[darktrain]

I assume the mini xlr pin assignment is the same as normal xlrs, right?

1 (ground)
2 (+)
3 (-)

yep

[tgakidis]

Thank you sir!

[illconditioned]

I'm not so sure about this.


I *think* it is;
pin 1: ground
pin 2: audio
pin 3: battery


Note that pins on the minXLR go *in order* 1, 2, 3 around the connector, while regular XLR goes 1, 3, 2.


If in doubt, unscrew the miniXLR and look inside.  On AT853 you'll see red = battery = pin 3, yellow = audio = pin 2, shield = ground = pin 1.
A small number of AT gear has yellow replaced by white.


  Richard

[Church-Audio]

I'm not so sure about this.


I *think* it is;
pin 1: ground
pin 2: audio
pin 3: battery


Note that pins on the minXLR go *in order* 1, 2, 3 around the connector, while regular XLR goes 1, 3, 2.


If in doubt, unscrew the miniXLR and look inside.  On AT853 you'll see red = battery = pin 3, yellow = audio = pin 2, shield = ground = pin 1.
A small number of AT gear has yellow replaced by white.


  Richard

That is correct.

[tgakidis]

Thank you all!

[Humbug]

I'm about 90% sure I have two sets of mini-XLR wired AT933s (853) that are wired differently, and which work best when connected to the piece of kit they were modified for.

Set 1 were originally wired to work with Jon's PP9 battery box:



but Chris had to rewire them to work with his CA-9100 preamp.

Set 2 is wired to work with a custom battery box, which was built by a board member here.

Swapping mics around usually produces sub-standard recordings, but used with whatever they were modded for, they work great.