Reddit reviews Hosa YXM-121 XLR3F to Dual XLR3M Y Cable, 6 Inch

I'm glad to see that you are researching it out and spending some time thinking about it. That's the right first step! I don't have experience with other mics to speak of, but I'm pretty happy with my purchases and what I'm able to do with them. So, some more food for thought:

• MXL 770 Cardioid Condenser Microphone $78
  
• Neewer 40037799 Scissor Arm Stand $32
  
• Behringer Q502USB 5-Channel Mixer $60
  
• MXL WS-002 Foam Windscreen $19
  
  I've since also added some additional toys for effects and fun:
  
  
• iRig PRE
  
• XLR Y-Splitter
  
  Here's a video I made showing what I'm doing with all of this: http://youtu.be/PDmhV3079RI
  
  
  And if you have a budget you're trying to work within, just stick to that and don't worry about the little differences between a slightly more expensive setup and what fits within your budget.

You need 2 male to female y adapters out of the mixer for either XLR or 1/4 depending on which output you use. Run a wire from each output of the Y to the sub and to the monitors.

http://www.amazon.com/Hosa-YPP118-Dual-Female-Cable/dp/B000068O56

Or

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000068O59

Then you would need either XLR to RCA or TRS to RCA adapters to go from the splitter to the subwoofer.

Make or buy a "Y" cable. Link.

The pros would use a transformer isolated splitter, but if you're getting down and dirty a Y will work in a pinch. Just have ground lifts handy incase some noise does come up.

Why not just get some xlr y adaptors for the time being and run that way. Then what you do for the podcast doesn't matter what you do live.

Hosa YXM-121 XLR3F to Dual XLR3M Y Cable, 6 inch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000068O59/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_hpRLBb78XPTAP

Run the podcast setup like normal. Take the other set of sends and plug them into a sound board. Have the laptop plugged into the sound board for whatever tracks you need to play back live as well? I guess I'm not familiar enough with your saw stuff if you can just send the tracks and not the mics with the way you have it set up.

What you're doing now is fine, or you could switch to XLR and use this: https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-YXM-121-XLR3F-XLR3M-Cable/dp/B000068O59

Or you could use the XLR outputs to one amp and the unbalanced to another, though I think you might run into gain issues then. (XLR may come in louder, so you'd have to adjust the gain to compensate.)

Here's the thing. You aren't going to run all of this on a single amp. I'd say you will need one for each, the bar patio and two (minimum) for the dance floor. You mentioned he wanted 4 speakers on the dancefloor... sounds like a normal 2 full range, 2 subwoofer setup. Again, you can go active so you don't need to worry with amps if that sounds good to you.

Here's how I'd do it:
Mic/CD/AUX/other additional inputs into a mixer. Get a mixer with however many channels you want, maybe one with however many inputs you'll have permanently installed plus a couple extra for DJs to connect their gear so you don't have people fumbling around with the back of your gear, and label each channel fader.

Some mixers have multiple "zone" outs, if you get one of those you can connect each speaker location to a different zone, if not its no big deal. Most will at least have a master and booth output. Run the booth output to the patio amp and this will give you volume control for that location on the mixer.

Run from the master output to the rest of the amps. A lot of amps have link outs, so that you can run the signal into one amp into the next in a chain, but if your amps don't have it don't stress, just pick up however many XLR splitters you need to connect all the amps. Since the dance floor and bar amps are on the same volume fader, you can just adjust the bar levels on the bar amp itself. You don't really need that splitter you linked, it can be done with the mixer and amps.

Also remember to make sure you've matched up all the cables you get to what you need. For instance, the master output is usually XLR, while the booth output is usually either RCA or 1/4, so if the amp only has XLR inputs you'll need a 1/4" to XLR cable. Also, if you decide to use passive speakers, you'll need a crossover between the amps and subs.

I know its a lot to think about, and I didn't give any recommendations on gear because I don't know what sort of budget you're working with, but just search amazon and find whatever gear is in your price range. Avoid anything like Pyle thats REALLY cheap. Buy the best you can afford.


If you have any more questions or want some info on gear you've picked out just inbox me. Thanks for the gold! :)

Yes, the XLR and 1/4" are wired in parallel, and both active at the same time. If you need to split, you'd need [two of] something like this.

If you end up getting the h4n, Don't forget to update the firmware. It allows for the two xlr volume channels to be changed independently, as well as some other updates.

I would also suggest, if you're getting an audio recorder like the h4n, that you get an xlr splitter. I don't know how well you are able to do audio editing, but fixing clipped audio is difficult for a novice to do (it happends if an actor or an interviewer gets excited and speaks a lot louder than anticipated during the original audio leveling set up, and the levels get too hot.

With the firmware update and the splitter, I set up channel one to be a regular audio level and channel two to be 20 or 30 dbs lower just incase in editing I want to fix clipped audio quickly, I can switch to channel two.

Something many people don't realize about mixers is that the inputs are mostly mono. On that Behringer, for example, you have only inputs 3/4, 5/6, and Tape In, that are capable of stereo on their own. You could get one more stereo feed into the board using both 1 and 2 as L and R, for a total of four stereo inputs into that mixer. That mixer would work very well for what you want to do.

You could get an XLR Y cable to split your mic into two inputs into your interface to remove the mono input problem on that end.

Your setup concept is just fine. No other DACs or anything except some cabling is required.

The headphone output would drive the speakers but the main outputs from the mixer, L and R would be preferable.

I wanted to use my microphone for a simple Skype convo or something similar. I wanted to avoid having to load a DAC and use something like VBAudio to create a virtual audio interface routing from my DAC to my virtual cable just to provide stereo output.

My eventual solution was to buy this.. a XLR splitter that'll turn your mono mic into a stereo mic input which works great for simple tasks. In a professional setting, I would use it as a mono input.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000068O59

This cable I found on Amazon has the correct pin out. I don’t know if the 26 AWG is thick enough , but the price is 1/5 of the two-x item you posted. Has anyone had any experience with this cable?Two male to one female XLR cable

Hosa YXM-121 XLR3F to Dual XLR3M Y Cable, 6 inch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000068O59/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_37Z-BbRCAFQNT

Unless you want to use something like this. I think this would still be balanced, but most interfaces at the price range that you can afford should have two outputs.

Again, this is slightly unnecessary if you just have shorter cables but it would ensure you have the least interference

What you need is another XLR input on your Streaming rig. (you can buy 2 of these or 2 of the scarlet 2i2s - or any similar USB audio interface with XLR inputs).
https://www.amazon.com/PreSonus-AudioBox-USB-Audio-Interface/dp/B00154KSA2

From there, you'll want to split the XLR into 2 signals, one to the streaming rig and one to the gaming rig (this is how I do it as well using my Audio Technica BPHS1 headset)

This is the splitter you'll need
https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-YXM-121-XLR3F-XLR3M-Cable/dp/B000068O59

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From there, plug your gaming rig into the mixer AND the streaming rig into the mixer. In OBS mute your desktop sounds (they will still play live, you just won't hear it in OBS until the next step).

Now you should be able to plug your headset into the mixer and hear all sounds from both your gaming rig and the stream box. Drop a line from your mixer to the line in on your streaming box and use that sound source in OBS. It will play everything you hear from the mixer.