KVR Audio

Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:26 pm

XLR to 3.5mm jack? Is it acceptable? How about quality?
Specifically a beyerdynamic dynamic mic with Creative X-Fi Titanium through this kind of adapter?

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:31 pm

Sure it would work, the latency with a Creative card I assume is not meant for realtime, i.e. singing.

synthgeek · Post by **synthgeek** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:39 pm

Quality in terms of sound? As long as you have a good connection all around, shouldn't be a problem. 3.5mm jacks got a bad reputation because they are often cheaply-built. However, in that regard, I would worry more about the female jack than the plug- unless it's gonna be getting pulled on by the wire a lot, it'll probably be fine.

Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:49 pm

Thanks guys! The creative has an asio 2 support i think, besides i don't feel latency ussually, stil not experienced enough.

How about this cable: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sennheiser-CL ... 0600339104

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:56 pm

Generally the asio drivers w/Creative cards aren't meant for low latency, only for playing back audio. You can still use asio4all with it, but it might crash occasionally.

So you could get an xlr to 1/8", or a mixer that does xlr to whatever, or whatever else to whatever.

Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:01 pm

But how would I plug the 1/8?

synthgeek · Post by **synthgeek** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:03 pm

Seems expensive compared to the ones with 1/4" ends at the same shop, I'm guessing because of the screw-down plug. Other than that,

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:05 pm

Huh? My old soundblaster card had an 1/8" input. I used it when I first started out recording into Audacity.

Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:05 pm

Can anyone confirm using this?

Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:10 pm

This is how it looks... is this a 1/8?

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:10 pm

It seems like a waste of money to me, any low latency card you'd eventually buy would have either xlr or 1/4".

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:11 pm

Yes, 1/8" is the same as 3.5mm, the other jacks are called either phono or RCA.

Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:15 pm

Well, I've come to understand that pro grade sound cards doesn't seem to work with casual listening, and I kinda need it.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:31 pm

xlr to 3.5=broken 3.5 jack before too long unless you find a way to support the weight of the xlr and likely a transformer>1/4" to 3.5 adapter.

It's not either or though, you can keep your pc's card and have a 'pro grade' card just for your DAW

edit: just the transformer

you could go with this as well and remove the 1/4" plug with 3.5...with an adapter it will still be more weight on the 3.5 jack than you want

ermi · Post by **ermi** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:39 am

To the OP, the mic input on your soundcard is for electret mics, used by headsets etc. A dynamic mic will still probably work, but I'm not 100%.

Anyway, I wouldn't spend 20 quid on that XLR to 3.5mm cable.

RunBeerRun wrote:any low latency card you'd eventually buy would have either xlr or 1/4".

Some don't have either. Like the M-Audio 2496, for example. A cheap preamp/mixer can solve that easily, tho.