On Sun 06 Aug 2017 at 18:18:46 (+0200), Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Richard Hector <rich...@walnut.gen.nz> writes: > > > On 05/08/17 03:56, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Thanks to all. The problem seems to be solved with such a cable: > >> > >> https://www.thomann.de/at/pro_snake_78219_yadapterkabel.htm > > > > Except that it's hard to tell what size those connectors are. Unless > > there's something in the description that I can't read that says they're > > 3.5mm, they look to me more like 6.25mm. I'm not sure what it is - I > > think 3.5mm plugs are usually more rounded on the end, while the larger > > ones often have that point. Also, it looks like the case comes apart, > > and I think the only ones I've seen with such skinny bodies are moulded > > plastic. If that's 3.5mm, I think it would be very hard to assemble by > > hand, which the body designs suggest. > > > The cable that made me possible to live record stereo from two mics, without > mixer nor preamp nor external audio card nor audio interface, is a 3.5mm > twin-mono-female and a 3.5mm single-stereo-male: the two mics plugged into the > two mono females and the stereo male plugged into the `mic' input of my PC. > This cable was solded for me by the owner of the electricity shop near my > house.
Glad you got one. (My Y cables are for sharing a single stereo output into two people's headsets.) The soldering solution I proposed earlier was specifically to avoid having to deal with soldering tiny wires into tiny plugs, practical in the past but no fun nowadays. > To add a third microphone for human voice (the former two are for piano), I > plan to use a second PC as suggested by Fungi4All. This way I'll continue to > do without mixer or audio interface, till the moment I'll want to do things > more professionally. Now, they're just home made records... Oh my, thoughts of Itchycoo Park come to mind. (Just showing my age.) I don't think you'll enjoy listening to the results.. Cheers, David.
