That sounds really handy. I'm sure you'll let us know if you go in to production...
-j- On Apr 26, 2011, at 7:02 AM, Dave Malham wrote: > I'm _very_ seriously considering building an "extension body" for our > Tetramic, since the ppa's annoy me intensely. This would be a metal tube of > normal mic diameter (so that standard clamps can be used) with a nose cone > into which the Tetramic would plug (and be clamped somehow for additional > support). With a sufficiently smooth flaring on the nose cone I don't > anticipate having to re-measure the Tetramic. The circuitry of the ppa's > would be replaced with preamps (perhaps with switched gain) in the tube to > bring the sensitivity up to SPS200 levels - and the output plug would be the > same as on the SPS200 thus ensuring interoperability. All this, of course, > presupposes I can find the time to do it! > > Dave > > On 17/04/2011 22:59, Fons Adriaensen wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 05:44:08PM -0400, Jascha Narveson wrote: >> >>> I was using the 6-foot extension cable yesterday. I didn't try it today, >>> so I can't comment on whether swapping out the cable today affected the >>> RFI, or if was just a different day and wouldn't've happened in any case. >> RF interference seems to be a recurrent problem with the Tetramic. >> I've experienced it on many occasions, and almost always leaving >> out the extension cable has removed or at least reduced the >> interference. But it leaves you with the four PPAs and four >> standard mic cables gaffer-taped to the mic stand - not a view >> most concert audiences do appreciate. >> >> I've been considering to modify the mic to have a short but more >> solid and better screened fixed cable terminating in a full-size >> 6-pin XLR, instead of the mini-xlr and the all too delicate >> extension and breakout cables. >> >> Ciao, >> > > -- > These are my own views and may or may not be shared by my employer > /*********************************************************************/ > /* Dave Malham http://music.york.ac.uk/staff/research/dave-malham/ */ > /* Music Research Centre */ > /* Department of Music "http://music.york.ac.uk/"; */ > /* The University of York Phone 01904 432448 */ > /* Heslington Fax 01904 432450 */ > /* York YO10 5DD */ > /* UK 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' */ > /* "http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/mustech/3d_audio/"; */ > /*********************************************************************/ > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
