Re: [PCWorks] Connect 2 microphones
- From: LarryB <larryb227@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:19:41 -0500
Let me add that you will probably have reduced output from each mic due
to the impedance problem.
Larry Browning
K & L Electronics
Anderson, SC
Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin-OrpheusComputing.com &
ComputersCustomBuilt.com wrote:
> I've never tried this, but it seems like you'd get some type of
> squealing feedback issue doing it. Even through a mic is a
> receiver of sorts, converting sound waves to electrical
> impulses, it's also a speaker in a manner of speaking because
> it works off the same electromagnetic-induction principle. If
> you hook a mic up the right output port, it can actually be a
> speaker and you can actually hear audio coming out of the mic's
> diaphragm, and a speaker can be used as a mic in the inverse
> way. Of course either way the quality is pretty bad obviously.
>
> You can do this with speakers or headphones, there are dual "Y"
> adapters for headphones because they are an output and there's
> no issue with output going to two devices. But with input it's
> possible that one mic's input could bleed over into the other
> mic's output going down the line into the input jack causing
> feedback, and I don't just meant acoustically (which can be
> avoided by making the distance between the mic's large), but
> electrically as well. You can always try it, but after
> recording a few seconds stop and listen to the playback to see
> if there is any feedback.
>
> You can probably use one of the headphone dual Y adapters for
> this, just make sure the jacks are compatible. This would
> probably be with a mini 3.5mm jack, and you'd need to consider
> a mono/stereo adapter in there since headphones are stereo and
> mic's are usually mono.
> -Clint
>
> God Bless
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
> http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harold Windle"
>
>
> Good morning all.
> A 'double adaptor'...is such a thing available, which will
> allow me to
> connect 2 microphones to the single input point on my lap top
> computer. If
> not, is there another way of doing this?
> Thank you
> Harold Windle
>
>
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