[Ty Ford]

“Pull the trigger”

Yes, as a performer being in the moment, VO, at first, will feel odd. You become the Omnicient Observer instead of the Teacher. Do it enough and that oddness goes away.

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[Ty Ford]

Tom,

I heard back from Rode. The adapter is setup to combine unbalanced stereo to mono. The XLR carries unbalanced Mono.

If you wanted to balance it, use really short unbalanced cables and put it through one of these.

https://bhpho.to/2rvvMJE

After balancing, you’ll have a much better chance of not hearing the AM.

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I have an email in to Rode. I t seems it’s an unbalanced stereo input (3.5mm) to an XLR male. Questions remains about the stereo/mono balanced/unbalanced thing. Normally, this unbalanced to balanced thing results in problems. Yes, you can hear the audio in balanced audio land, but when you play it back in mono the sound source disappears because you putting positive peaks on one half of the waveform and negative peaks on the lower half of the waveform.

“Does a balanced 3.5<>3.5 M cable exist? ” Sure, but everything depends on the sending and receiving circuitry. It’s a plumbing issue. A 3.5mm TRS has three conductors. If the cable is properly made those three conductors can pass a balanced mono signal. If the cable is plugged into a stereo output, it carries the unbalanced stereo signal. Plug that into a mono input 3.5mm input and you may have problems unless the tip and ring of the cable are tied together, making the signal mono. It’s still not balanced, but it will combine the two track into mono.

Questions?

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Hello Setareh and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

Have you tried Wave Agent? https://www.sounddevices.com/products/accessories/software/wave-agent

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Hello Chris,

Audio technica called me back this morning. Rick said this dynamic hypercardioid should work.

https://bhpho.to/2rsZAa7

What do you think?

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Hi Chris,

Sorry to lead you astray. We may not be sunk yet. The 10L does have a bias voltage. we need to find a headset mic that’ll run on just that and not Phantom Power.

Calling TASCAM: they say the 10L provides 2 volts bias voltage.

Were I you, I’d try Audio Technica’s Solutions line. They are closed now, so try tomorrow.

Audio-Technica U.S., Inc.
1221 Commerce Drive
Stow, Ohio 44224
Tel: 330-686-2600

They may have a headset mic that only needs 2 volts bias.

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[Ty Ford]

Hello Tom and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

1. Any time you go unbalanced, you grossly increase your probability of interference.

2. What’s a Rhodes? I know Rode, but not Rhodes. Rode makes an adapter, but it is not clear if the adapter is wired to convert an unbalanced stereo input to a balanced XLR output or not. Your RF problem could be happening right there.
I’ve asked Rode to comment.

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Thanks, Brett,

I’m just looking to get rid of clutter. In looking more deeply into the issue so I could explain it better and reading your response, it seems like I’ll just have to dig into the mud and check for duplicates as I weed.

Still hoping for a better strategy.

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Ty

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Noah,

Do you want a body mic with lavalier or a hand held mic?

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Hello Noah and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

Checking the UK. it looks like they have provided space for wireless mics in the 600 MHz space. That doesn’t bode well for you because the 660 MHz space is going away here in the US.
https://www.canford.co.uk/Technical/Article/UKLegalRadioMicFrequencies

There are also frequencies in the UK in the 800 MHz range.(below), but I don’t know of any wireless rigs in that range in The US.
UHF: Band: 863.0 – 865.0 MHz
Available frequencies: From 863.100 MHz to 864.900 MHz
No. of mics: Typically up to 4 frequencies can be used together.
For example, 863.1, 863.7, 864.1 and 864.9 MHz
Transmitter power: 10mW.
Other users: Wireless microphones, domestic cordless headsets and loudspeakers

I like the 2.4 GHz possibility. I hav e Rode and Audio-Technica 2.4 GHz wireless that I use lightly here and i haven’t been disappointed yet.
https://tyfordaudiovideo.blogspot.com/2015_01_04_archive.html
https://tyfordaudiovideo.blogspot.com/2018_02_04_archive.html

If I were you, I’d visit a trusted retailer in the UK and ask that specific question.
I’ll ask some mfgrs.

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