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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 145483" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>Re: DIY switch box for measurements proposals</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I used to do exactly that.</p><p></p><p>I had a 8 position 2 pole switch that would switch out 6 different mics.</p><p></p><p>I have a measurement cart that has 8 spools of different colored wire-and the mics are color coded as well.</p><p></p><p>I built a little adjustable pad inside a 1' mic cable (color coded as well) that had a little pot in the MXLR. I could adjust the levels of the different mics as needed to match the sensitivity.</p><p></p><p>The ground was common to all positions, while pins 2 and 3 were switched at the same time.</p><p></p><p>It worked well for years, until Smaart 7 came out and then I could see all the mics at the same time.</p><p></p><p>I mounted the switch in a single gang electrical outlet box, and had 4 mic jacks in a "quad" electrical box.</p><p></p><p>All the boxes were bolted together.</p><p></p><p>There was a single cable that came from the switch to an XLR input to my measurement system.</p><p></p><p>The only thing that did not "work so well" was that by using a single mic input measurement system, you had to write down all the different input delays of each of the mics, so that needed to be changed each time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 145483, member: 30"] Re: DIY switch box for measurements proposals I used to do exactly that. I had a 8 position 2 pole switch that would switch out 6 different mics. I have a measurement cart that has 8 spools of different colored wire-and the mics are color coded as well. I built a little adjustable pad inside a 1' mic cable (color coded as well) that had a little pot in the MXLR. I could adjust the levels of the different mics as needed to match the sensitivity. The ground was common to all positions, while pins 2 and 3 were switched at the same time. It worked well for years, until Smaart 7 came out and then I could see all the mics at the same time. I mounted the switch in a single gang electrical outlet box, and had 4 mic jacks in a "quad" electrical box. All the boxes were bolted together. There was a single cable that came from the switch to an XLR input to my measurement system. The only thing that did not "work so well" was that by using a single mic input measurement system, you had to write down all the different input delays of each of the mics, so that needed to be changed each time. [/QUOTE]
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