Will One Mic Work With Two Recorders At The Same Time ?

[tartan]

Will one mic work of the plug in power type work with little or no loss of sound quality if it is connected to two recorders at the same time ??? Or will the power waves coming from both recorders at the same time cause problems ???

How would a battery operated mic handle being connected to two recorders at the same time ???

Edited January 29, 2005 by tartan

[dex Otaku]

I wouldn't worry as much about the mic as about the recorders.

Since the recorders have power on their mic inputs, spliting a mic to two of them will mean putting an expected load across both.

Worst case scenario: you could damage the mic preamp on one or both recorders.

Best case scenario: the signal loss from splitting the mic before a preamp could render the signal unusable.

On the other hand, it might work.

In any case, if you want to split a single mic, you should use an external preamp to do so. Splitting the signal from a preamp will do little to it. There will be a slight loss but it should not be noticeable unless you're trying to record super-quiet bird sounds or something.

Try at your own risk.

[Reactive]

An easier solution would be to chain the recorders together:

Connect the headphone jack from recorder 1 to the line in of recorder 2, and you should be able to record in brilliant HI-FI. Make sure that the output from recorder 1 is not overloading the input of recorder 2. You may be able to select a line-out option while recording.

Will one mic work of the plug in power type work with little or no loss of sound quality if it is connected to two recorders at the same time ??? Or will the power waves coming from both recorders at the same time cause problems ???

How would a battery operated mic handle being connected to two recorders at the same time ???

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[dex Otaku]

An easier solution would be to chain the recorders together:

Connect the headphone jack from recorder 1 to the line in of recorder 2, and you should be able to record in brilliant HI-FI.  Make sure that the output from recorder 1 is not overloading the input of recorder 2.  You may be able to select a line-out option while recording.

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Huzzah. I forget zee miracles of daisy chaining.