Re: [PCWorks] Connect 2 microphones
- From: "Harold Windle" <ormer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:30:09 -0000
Thank you all for the prompt replies re "connect 2 microphones"....much
obliged
Harold
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin-OrpheusComputing.com &
ComputersCustomBuilt.com" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [PCWorks] Connect 2 microphones
> Yeah and make sure that "20db mic boost" is clicked in the
> sound properties. Sometimes you have to go into the "Advanced"
> controls to see it, and if the mic slider isn't there you have
> to go into the properties and check the box for it to show up.
> -Clint
>
> God Bless
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
> http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
> http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
> http://Computer-Hardware-Sales-Consumer-Electronics-Sales.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "LarryB"
>
> 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
>
>>
>> ----- 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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