Using 2 external mics with LS10? (1 Viewer)

[rtha7]

I just purchased 2 Sony ECM 55B microphones and a Hosa CYX-401 (Y) cable to connect to my Olympus LS10. When I connect them up the sound seems to come in through just 1 channel UNLESS I make a loud noise and then that will register on the second channel.

Am I missing a step here? I did put AA batteries into the microphones. It does not seem to matter if I have plug-in power turned off or on.

Thanks for any help!

 

[fmhill]

I just purchased 2 Sony ECM 55B microphones and a Hosa CYX-401 (Y) cable to connect to my Olympus LS10. When I connect them up the sound seems to come in through just 1 channel UNLESS I make a loud noise and then that will register on the second channel.

Am I missing a step here? I did put AA batteries into the microphones. It does not seem to matter if I have plug-in power turned off or on.

Thanks for any help!

I trust the Hosa cable number is CYX-401F not Y as to the best of my knowledge Hosa does not use "Y" after the number, the 'F' refers to female XLR connectors or else you would not be hooking up the microphones.

Have you swapped microphone from one channel to the other to be sure both microphones are working properly?
That would be the first thing you should check.

You want to be sure the Plug in Power option is off when using a microphone with its own internal battery.

I use the Hosa CYX-405F with an LS-11 with a pair of Sennheiser ME64/K6 mics with the AA battery for power.
Its basically the same set up you have...

What you have should work, I'd be suspicious that you may have a bad cable. I've had good luck with Hosa cables in general however the CYX series with two cables going into a single 3.5mm TRS right angle plug is a potential source of trouble. I had to purchase two to get one that works properly... The first CYX-405F I bought has the same symptoms as you describe, weak audio on one channel. The second one seems to be OK...

 

[rtha7]

Yes it is CYX-401F. I just added the "Y" to describe the type of cable. I did swap the mic's so I suppose it is the cable. Unfortunate because I mail ordered it since I couldn't find one locally. I'm glad to know that it is the correct set up, so thanks for your reply!

I'm curious why you chose those mic's? I am still fairly new at recording and figuring everything out. I got a great deal on 3 of my sony mic's that were highly recommended by Martyn Stewart who I've taken 2 workshops from.

 

[fmhill]

Yes it is CYX-401F. I just added the "Y" to describe the type of cable. I did swap the mic's so I suppose it is the cable. Unfortunate because I mail ordered it since I couldn't find one locally. I'm glad to know that it is the correct set up, so thanks for your reply!

I'm curious why you chose those mic's? I am still fairly new at recording and figuring everything out. I got a great deal on 3 of my sony mic's that were highly recommended by Martyn Stewart who I've taken 2 workshops from.

The reason I use the ME64/K6 mics when using external mics for stereo recordings is they have very good sensitivity, low self noise, and being cardioid pattern (broad beam width) as compared to the ME66 short shotgun super cardioid (narrower beam width), and the ME67 "Long John" shotgun hyper cardioid (very narrow beam width), the ME64 mics give a good area of coverage.

I have all three of these ME series mics plus R0DE NT45-O omni mics to choose between depending on how or what I plan to record. A pair of ME66/K6 mics also works very well for a narrower area of capture and the ME64 and ME66 pair are what I use the most of all for stereo recording in my ever growing mic assortment and selection.


All the Sennheiser ME/K6 series mics all work very well with the small PCM digital recorders that do not have phantom power and balanced inputs due to the ME/K6 series having an internal battery that last a long time in field work, and that the ME/K6 series mic can be used with small recorders that do not have a balanced input, i.e. XLR connectors... The Sennheiser ME/K6 microphones have low self noise and higher than average outputs (above 35mv/pa) than many mics which make them ideal for weak level nature recording...

Here is a picture of the ME66 pair with the R0DE NT5 cardioid pair as I use them however since this photo was taken, I have substituted the ME64 pair for the NT5 pair as shown in the third photograph. This is a setup that works very well for me...
http://www.4shared.com/dir/F1FPcina/Microphone_tests.html

I do not recommend this setup if you are just getting started, this setup requires a small mixer with built in mic preamps which combines the signals from the mics and, in turn, feeds the mixed stereo signal to the recorder's input...

Always happy to discuss it though...