Recording using 2 mics into 1 MD.

[MZ-NH1]

I am wanting to record myself (Trombone) and my mates (Saxophone, Tuba and Drum Kit) for my final year composition...

I will have a backing CD Playing with a recording of the current composition, but I am wanting the have 'live' instruments play in the composition recording as well.

So what I was going to do was to have all players (4) all wear headphones which connect to the CD player, and then play the CD to keep us in time, and then record us playing our parts...

I would then upload the recording into Adobe Audition, and copy the two different recordings together...

What I am wondering, is can you connect two Microphones into 1 MD?

You can connect two headphones to a MD by using the double adapters; can this be done with mics as well?

If so... would I then have a mic designated for left and 1 for right hand side sound?

And can this be done?

Hope this all makes sence, and I hope this topic hasn't been covered somewhere else. I have searched, but not found anything.

p.s Chris, if you read this, it took 1.27mins to load this thread when I pressed Post New Topic...

[greenmachine]

What kind of microphones do you plan to use exactly? Two mono or two stereo microphones? Electret microphones that require 'plug-in power'?

[MZ-NH1]

They are both the mics I have as my Signature - Sony Stereo Microphone... VVVVVVV (down below)

[leonyuhanov]

what you can do is this:

if you can bare recording each instrument in mono, then make yourself a stereo mic and and place the left Mic near one instrument, and the right Mic near the other, that way you get 2 tracks.

the other way is if you get a mixer, Behringer makes a reall good value mixer for like $100AU or so, cheaper at awn shops that allows you to plug about 3 or 4 strereo inputs(mics) into one recording point(your md)

Behringer Uerorack UB802

the later is more expensive, the earliere is cheap but not as good!

Enjoy!

Leon

[MZ-NH1]

Ok. Thanks very much for all that info.

Will start to look into it!

[FergusF]

Ok.  Thanks very much for all that info.

Will start to look into it!

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I got my first ever mini disk 2 weeks ago and I have the very same question as you - can I connect 2 mics into my mz rh10?

if you succeed, will you let me know the secret?

Fergus

[A440]

There's no mystery to it.

The mic and line-in inputs to a minidisc are stereo jacks. If you have a pair of left and right mics, like omnis or cardioids, that go through a stereo plug, you can connect those two mics and you'll hear each mic in a separate channel. Otherwise you need a mixer that will take your mic inputs and send them out through a stereo plug.

[ethornley]

If you were a little closer to home, I would invite you down to my basement recording studio to do this right. However, failing that, I heighly recomend getting a hold of a decent mixer and some pro quality mics (Shure SM57, SM58, etc). Perhaps you know someone in a band who might have the equipment for road shows, or you could talk to some local churches or religious institutions who might be willing to set you up for an afternoon with a sound man and their worship equipment. The advantage to using a mixer is that you can equalize the volume of each instrument going into the recorder and avoid an "unbalanced" recording (one instrument drowning out the others), and of course you have all that control over EQ, SPL, etc.

Good luck with your endeavor.

[greenmachine]

Or you could make a wonderful stereo recording with only one stereo mic if you place the musicians around the microphone(s). Some space and an acoustical separator like a head or a (jecklin) disk between the mics would be essential, unfortunately you only seem to have one point stereo mics though - nevertheless worth a try.

[FergusF]

Hi All,

I got the loan of a Behringer Eurorack MX602A mixer(http://www.behringer.com/MX602A/index.cfm?lang=ENG) from a friend of mine

so that I could try out connecting 2 mics into my rh10 player. Well, it worked great but I do not know enough about mixers to get the most out it. The mx602a has 2 balanced xlr mic inputs that also have line in connections beneath them; I was using 2 sony ms907 mics connected to the line in ports. This is where I am confused, I had to turn the gain up to the last (or very close to it) to get a loud enough response, this resulted in a tiny bit of noise on the recording! btw, I was recording 2 of my children reading from books and sitting 3-4 feet away from the mics at different ends of the room.

1. I was quite pleased with the end result but could it be

better?

2. Would balanced mics with xlr connections be a better job?

3. Can the sony ms907 mics be connected tp the xlr inputs using

an adapter?

4. I kept the eq, md & ld pots at mid range, should I adjust

these

5. Would turning on the 48v phantom power blow my mics when

they are plugged into the line in ports?

6. Can I use a mic in the line in port at the same time as a mic in the

xlr port?

7. There is an updated version of this mixer available - Eurorack ub802 (http://www.behringer.com/UB802/index.cfm?lang=ENG), is there much of a difference?

thanks in advance

Fergus