Re: Live recording
On Thu, 3 Aug 2017, at 16:45, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Thanks. But all my 4 microphones terminates in 3.5mm, and the splitter I
> was
> talking about is two 3.5mm female and one 3.5mm male. Is this you
> mean...?
No. Look at: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x1q9MXvjDlM/maxresdefault.jpg
That should show you pictures of two, three and four contact mini jack
plugs.
A two-contact one is used for one audio channel (the two contacts being
signal & ground).
A three contact one is used for two channels (signal 1, signal 2, and
ground).
A four contact one is for three channels (eg on a stereo headset which
has L & R speakers,
but a single mono microphone) - the four contacts being L, R, mic and
ground.
(The tip/ring/sleeve terms that someone else mentioned are names for the
different contacts
on a three-contact jack plug.)
Which type of plugs do you have on your mics?
On 'professional' equipment it gets a bit more complicated when three
connections are
used for a single audio channel, being the +ve half of a waveform, the
-ve half, and ground.
(These are known as 'balanced' connections, and typically use either XLR
plugs & sockets
or 3-contact 6.25mm audio jacks.)
--
Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.
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