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Top and bottom tom miking cable w/ phase reverse drum microphone mic over under
Top and bottom tom miking cable w/ phase reverse drum microphone mic over under
Top and bottom tom miking cable w/ phase reverse drum microphone mic over under
Top and bottom tom miking cable w/ phase reverse drum microphone mic over under
Top and bottom tom miking cable w/ phase reverse drum microphone mic over under
Top and bottom tom miking cable w/ phase reverse drum microphone mic over under
Top and bottom tom miking cable w/ phase reverse drum microphone mic over under
Top and bottom tom miking cable w/ phase reverse drum microphone mic over under
Top and bottom tom miking cable w/ phase reverse drum microphone mic over under
Top and bottom tom miking cable w/ phase reverse drum microphone mic over under
Top and bottom tom miking cable w/ phase reverse drum microphone mic over under
Top and bottom tom miking cable w/ phase reverse drum microphone mic over under

Top and bottom tom miking cable w/ phase reverse drum microphone mic over under

$ 24.29

  • Brand: Unbranded
  • Cable Length: 5 ft
  • Connection Split/Duplication: 2:1
  • Connector A: Dual XLR Female
  • Connector B: XLR Male
  • Type: Audio Interconnect/Adapter

Description

For sale is a special XLR microphone y-cable with the phase reversed on only one side (the side of the cable with the stripe has the phase reversed). This allows you to plug both your top and bottom Tom or Floor Tom mics into the same input or mic preamp and record them both to one track or channel. This is great for minimizing the number of tracks in your DAW and/or for making the most of a limited number of inputs when recording an acoustic drumkit. This is a technique made popular by legendary producer/engineer Brendan O'Brien for recording the top & bottom tom mics to a single track (watch the Rick Beato interview on YouTube for more details). This cable is approximately 5 feet in length. I use dual balanced Mogami zip-style mic cable and gold-plated XLR connectors for the construction, and I hand-solder everything in my workshop, right here in the good ole' USA (Arkansas, to be exact)! Normally, when you record the top and bottom Tom or Floor Tom mics to different channels, you have to flip the phase on one of the channels to prevent phase cancellation or comb filtering. But this cable takes care of that for you, since the channel for the bottom mic has the phase inverted by swapping pins 2 & 3 in the XLR wiring. To control the blend of the top with the bottom, you can simply adjust the distance from each mic to the drum. You also end up with both mics recorded to a single track in your DAW, which can simplify the mixing process: i.e., you only have a single Tom track to edit, EQ, compress, gate, etc. I can also build these cables for top & bottom Snare mics, but I would normally make the cables for snare a shorter length. Contact me if you're interested in a shorter cable like this for Snare miking. IMPORTANT: this cable should only be used with two DYNAMIC mics (MD421 & SM57, two SM57's, e604 & SM57, etc.), and should NOT be used with CONDENSER microphones that require phantom power! Also note that only the XLR y-cable is included in this listing, and the drums, mic stands, mics, etc. are only used for illustration purposes.