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Old October 26th, 2003, 12:03 PM   #1
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Lavalier question

Can anyone recommend a good lavalier that runs off of plug in power from a Sony minidisc? All of the professional lavs I've seen require phantom power and would probably be too hot for my purposes. I want to put the minidisc in a groom's pocket and put the lav on his lapel to record the vows, so this means no room for pre-amp or attenuator cables or anything. Sony makes a lav for their minidiscs, but I don't have a lot of faith in them.
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Old October 26th, 2003, 02:00 PM   #2
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I bought a clip omni directional microphone from Radio Shack, it's a mono with battery, but I cut the switch with battery and replaced the connector with a stereo mini-plug and works really good with my new MZ-N707 mini disc recorder. I set the record mode to LP2, 160 minutes for 80 blank MD.
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Old October 26th, 2003, 05:18 PM   #3
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http://www.soundprofessionals.com

Have a look here.
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Old October 26th, 2003, 06:23 PM   #4
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I've been looking at the Sound Professionals microphones. Do you have any experience with them? I don't know of anyone who has used their stuff, but it looks to be pretty good quality.
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Old October 26th, 2003, 06:34 PM   #5
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Microphonemadness.com makes real good stuff. if you are looking for higher quality they also offer mics that are made with Sennheiser Capsules
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Old October 26th, 2003, 07:05 PM   #6
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Anyone know the exact voltage coming to a mic from a minidisc?
Is this something listed in the specs of the owners manual? I'm in the same situation of trying to use a minidisc with a mic requiring power, as I've been told by an audio guy that all dynamic lavs are terrible, atleast in comparison to condenser.
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Old October 27th, 2003, 03:24 PM   #7
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Marco I have no experience with the SP's mics but have been looking at them my self as well. I know the higher end use Audio-Technica capsules and all the mics seem to be well built.
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Old October 27th, 2003, 04:35 PM   #8
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I cut the wire going to the power module of my Sony ECM55 to make it MD compliant. After cutting it I put a mini-XLR connector at each end so I can use the ECM in two modes :
- Battery powered (XLR mode)
- Mini-Disc powered (MD mode)

It's been working very well
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Old October 27th, 2003, 07:54 PM   #9
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Sony makes a fairly nice lav that has a removable power module. The MD recorder (3 Volts, usually) will supply the power for the microphone. $45 at B&H.

Sony ECM-T145

Good for voice. Not great on level overloads like hanging one in front of a speaker.
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Old October 27th, 2003, 08:32 PM   #10
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Dany,
Really? That's wild! But maybe a little too adventurous for me. :)

I may give the ECM-T145 a try. At $45, it seems like a good place to start. Thanks Mike.
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Old October 28th, 2003, 06:37 AM   #11
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Marco,

It's really not that hard, you should try because that will enable you to use some pretty good lavalier.

Check out the PDF below. I'm preparing a couple of articles to present the different custom cables I've been building over the years for the microphone, light...

http://www.natzo.com/hardware/ECM.pdf

For other brand/models of lavalier you can go to Lectrosonic website. They have the pinout for almost all lavaliers.
Adding the mini-XLR connector gives you a lot of flexibility (Mini-Disc, Power module, UHF module).

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