Hi... hope someone can help.
I was given the ok to tape a band, but there was some stipulations. They will only give me a mono board feed (it's mono anyway) and I have to tape it from the audience as well, which will also be mono since the board is. I have an M1, dual female XLR to mini, and stereo mics to mini. Since the board feed will be mono, what I'd like to do is take that mono signal from the board using one of the female XLRs and send it to either the left or right channels on the DAT, then take one of the signals from my mics using either the left or right one and send that signal to the other channel on the DAT. That would give me a mono audience and mono board, which I would then mix the two later into a stereo(mono) recording.
I think I know what I need, but I'm looking for anyone elses opinion since I'm unsure of a couple things and I'd like to keep the signals as pure as possible, not going to thu too many adapters.
Based on what I have, I believe I need a Y adapter that is dual mono female to single male stereo. What I'm not sure of, will the mono plug only pull from the left or right signal connector on a stereo male plug, or does it connect with any or all parts of the plug, not differentiating between the left or right connection.
Does that make sense to anyone?
Thanks!
Joel