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TOPIC: Rode Procaster studio mic discussion

Rode Procaster studio mic ? 24 Nov 2021 12:24 #1

Guys going to use a Rode Procaster studio mic with the sunsdr2dx, question is do I require the Heil balanced ( orange or standard yellow coloured Mic cable adapter ? Reason I ask as I see from the mic profiles section of this site one owner of the Rode NT3 mentions using the balanced adapter cable ? Bit confused sorry !

Hopefully just the standard Heil cable as obviously a lot simpler from xlr to rj45 where as the balanced adapter only comes in 8 pin variant and would also require a further adapter to adapt to rj45 type.

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RØDE NT3
The mic is connected to the transceiver
TX signal recording with processing / PROC settings file
MIC2, Mic Gain: 13db, connected with Heil CC-1XLRY-BAL adapter cable 8-pin Yaesu round ~> 3-pin XLR female + adapter 8-pin Yaesu to RJ45 Yaesu
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Rode Procaster studio mic ? 24 Nov 2021 14:31 #2

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Gm1zvj wrote:
Guys going to use a Rode Procaster studio mic with the sunsdr2dx, question is do I require the Heil balanced ( orange or standard yellow coloured Mic cable adapter ? Reason I ask as I see from the mic profiles section of this site one owner of the Rode NT3 mentions using the balanced adapter cable ? Bit confused sorry !

Hopefully just the standard Heil cable as obviously a lot simpler from xlr to rj45 where as the balanced adapter only comes in 8 pin variant and would also require a further adapter to adapt to rj45 type.

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RØDE NT3


TX signal recording with processing / PROC settings file
MIC2, Mic Gain: 13db, connected with Heil CC-1XLRY-BAL adapter cable 8-pin Yaesu round ~> 3-pin XLR female + adapter 8-pin Yaesu to RJ45 Yaesu

that Mic probably really should be used with a separate Phantom power source for best results, although it does contain a built in 9V batter option unless they are stepping up the voltage for the condenser capsule, it wouldn't work to its full potential

Option 1 and my opinion best results

In order to use that mic, you will need the following-
1 The Mic
2 a Phantom power source and a Mic Pre-Amp (like a Fousucrite 2i2, Sterling Audio H224, M Audio or better yet something like a XR12 or XR18 XAir)
3 a XLR to AXL from the Mic to the Mic Preamp like mentioned above
4 A impedance matching system either DI box or some other type to bring the Level of audio and the impedance to proper levels
5 a cable from the Preamp to the DI box which could vary some or 1/4 TS some or XLR etc.
6 an XLR-RJ45 (the Yeasu Heil adapter works well) (this would go from the above DI box or other matching source to radio
The mic is connected to the transceiver

Option two using the bult in 9-volt battery built in power method

really this should again have a DI box or some way to impedance match you could use the resistor bridging method but find that is a crappy way to do so
So, if you follow what the Quoted comment did and forgo the impedance matching then again mentioned heil to Yeasu XLR to RH45 cable is what you need, you can then use the PTT switch via foot switch on back of radio

Or use the separate jack on the Heil cable and a ptt switch plugged into it

The cable is a Heil Sound Microphone Adapter Cables CC-1-XLR-YM
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Rode Procaster studio mic ? 24 Nov 2021 15:05 #3

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The RODE Procaster is a dynamic mic so it does not require phantom power unless you have some pre-amp in line like the CloudLifter (which requires phantom power). I think you can get away without a DI-box but if you happen to have a DI-box, that makes it even easier as it outputs in 1/4-inch sockets. You can use both passive or active DI-boxes. Passive ones do not require any power. Not sure how the microphone would sound - it might need some gain boost.
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Rode Procaster studio mic ? 24 Nov 2021 15:43 #4

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danielwee wrote:
The RODE Procaster is a dynamic mic so it does not require phantom power unless you have some pre-amp in line like the CloudLifter (which requires phantom power). I think you can get away without a DI-box but if you happen to have a DI-box, that makes it even easier as it outputs in 1/4-inch sockets. You can use both passive or active DI-boxes. Passive ones do not require any power. Not sure how the microphone would sound - it might need some gain boost.

NOT THE NT3 that is a CONDENSOR MIC! So question is from post he says Podcaster from the quoted text he says NT3 Regardless the EESDR radios all of the current lineup none of them have a balanced Mic input, which was another question he had, all the EESDR rigs are unbalanced mic inputs.
www.rode.com/microphones/nt3

True condenser externally biased 3/4” capsule
Dual power operation
Cast metal body with durable satin-nickel finish
Transformerless output
Internal capsule shock mounting
High level of RF rejection
Audio-grade surface mount components
Full frequency response

Product Manul and copied from it cdn1.rode.com/nt3_product_manual.pdf
Powering the NT3
• The NT3 can be powered by either phantom power
or 9 volt battery (see specifi cations).
• Most professional mixing consoles include a 48v
phantom power supply, however in the case that
one does not a separate power supply may be
used.
• If phantom power is not available on your
equipment and you do not have a power supply,
you will need to use battery power. A 9 Volt (PP3)
battery should be fi tted into the cavity within the
microphone body ensuring correct polarity (+ to +
and - to -).
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Rode Procaster studio mic ? 24 Nov 2021 18:44 #5

Thanks guys really do appreciate the advice. Have the option of the Yaesu hand microphone, the sennheiser pc3 hesaset and this Rode Procaster, will certainly give it a try and see how I get on with it, beautiful built microphone hopefully work as good as it looks !

If anyone has any microphone profiles for using the Yaesu hand mic and / or the Sennheiser pc3 headset for dx type type audio please do share to give me some base settings,appreciate we all have different sounding voices but as I say be great to see what others are using profile wise for these particular mics .
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Rode Procaster studio mic ? 25 Nov 2021 03:12 #6

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"N8SDR wrote:
So question is from post he says Podcaster from the quoted text he says NT3

I think he was simply referring to a site where someone was using an NT3. He is personally not using an NT3 but a Procaster. I think it might be possible to use a dynamic microphone directly with an unbalanced input - not sure of the impact though. Failing which, a DI-box will do the balun job.
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Rode Procaster studio mic ? 25 Nov 2021 03:13 #7

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I took the hand-mic from my Yaesu FTDX10 and plugged it into Mic2 and it worked without a hitch. I had not messed with specific profiles yet though.
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Rode Procaster studio mic ? 25 Nov 2021 22:53 #8

Thanks again guys appreciate the advice and again please do share them dx type audio profiles .
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Rode Procaster studio mic ? 17 Dec 2021 23:35 #9

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I am thinking of using my Behringer 202HD which uses ASIO drivers. I used it with my Procaster on the Anan 8000.
Was very happy, no latency.. i hope it works on the DX . ( arriving next week) :D
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Rode Procaster studio mic ? 19 Dec 2021 16:47 #10

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Sure it will work.
just select PC mike in the option select your ASIO device, Job done.
I was using Focusrite Scarlet 8i6 with my one and all the processing was done in Ableton DAW.
This rig will work with nearly everything you can imagine.
Latency is there and it will be, you can reduce it by keeping the buffer as small as possible but extra artefacts may show up.
Another option is to use an Audio transformer for example W2ihy or any other Audio transformer and feed it from the front, then you will get really low latency.
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