[sdiy] Toggle switch for mic

Tue Sep 22 19:35:48 CEST 2020

If you want easy omni mod just use a reed relay with an external magnet or
two to connect the backside diaphragm. Use two round ND's the other inside
and the other outside so you can slide in the magnets so that the reed
pulls the mic into omni mode. Just like the Google Cardboard VR glasses do
the switching with the phone (https://arvr.google.com/cardboard/).

On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 8:28 PM Chromatest J. Pantsmaker <
chromatest at azburners.org> wrote:

> It would be really hacky, but you could replace the XLR-3 with an XLR-5
> and then do an external adapter with a switch in it.
> Mic would have an XLR-5 Male, then an XLR-5F connector with a switch in
> it, that's connected to an XLR-3M connector.  You could probably hobble
> together an XLR gender changer to make this nice and compact.  No permanent
> changes would need to be done on the mic.
>
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 7:59 AM Mikko Helin <maohelin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> https://microphone-parts.com/pages/mxl-990-mods
>>
>> The #2 mod uses a new pcb and circuit which includes The cardioid/ omni
>> switch.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 22 Sep 2020, 16.57 TERRY SHULTZ, <thx1138 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Try this site as a source http://recordinghacks.com/microphones
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Terry
>>>
>>> On Sep 22, 2020, at 6:38 AM, ColinMuirDorward <colindorward at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh yeah good idea, I'll send them an email.
>>>
>>> The MXL-990 that I'm looking to add the switch to is an LDC with a wide,
>>> short body:
>>>
>>> http://recordinghacks.com/microphones/MXL/990
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020, 6:30 AM TERRY SHULTZ, <thx1138 at earthlink.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Collin,
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps you could ask them where they sourced their switches. Just
>>>> thought this might be a good spot to try.
>>>>
>>>> These folks have been easy to work with in previous emails. I will
>>>> check with some my pals in the Hollywood Sapphire Group that build
>>>> microphones for a living.
>>>>
>>>> If you could tell me more about your mic, that would help.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Terry
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 22, 2020, at 6:25 AM, ColinMuirDorward <colindorward at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Terry, they don't seem to sell individual parts, though.
>>>> C
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020, 5:53 AM TERRY SHULTZ, <thx1138 at earthlink.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> microphone-parts.com
>>>>>
>>>>> These guys have pretty good kits and parts
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Terry
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 21, 2020, at 8:42 PM, ColinMuirDorward <colindorward at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Doug, that's a really good idea, but in this case, there isn't one!
>>>>> C
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 8:35 PM Doug Jackson, <doug at doughq.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I would re-task the on/off switch on the Mic.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am personally not a fan of on/off switches on microphones.  It all
>>>>>> too often creates a comical situation where an inexperienced presenter is
>>>>>> talking - silently - while looking at the sound people wondering why they
>>>>>> are silent.  Only to discover later that they turned the mic off.......
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I normally bypass them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It then falls to the job of the desk operator to turn the mic on /
>>>>>> off as required.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kindest regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Doug Jackson
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 1:04 PM ColinMuirDorward <
>>>>>> colindorward at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>>> Does anyone have any suggestions for switches that can be installed
>>>>>>> into the body of a mic?
>>>>>>> I'm about to mod an mxl990 and would like to add a switch to select
>>>>>>> between omni or cardioid pattern. (The new capsule has both).
>>>>>>> As for the switch itself, I'm not really sure what I'm looking for,
>>>>>>> so any ideas are welcome!
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Colin
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