Adapting old radio shack mic

[unknown wobbly]

I noticed on the FAQs page that the old Radio Shack mics can be adapted for digital recording. Unfortunately, the page link is either out-of-date or my ISP is blocking access to it (I tried getting to it with 4 different web browsers).

I have what I assume to be one of the decent old Radio Shack mics (albeit dynamic). It's the Realistic omni #33-1070B. I've had it since the early 1990s. I soldered together a mini-plug adapter for it years ago, but I don't know about the impedence. Since I can't access that page with the info about adapting, I'm really not sure if what I have is sufficient or if I need to get the radio shack impedence matching transformer or if I should just bag the whole thing and get a condenser (I will eventually, but for what I need to do right now I think the dynamic is adequate).

Can anyone post the instructions from the FAQs page about adapting the old Radio Shack mic?

Thanks much,
Very very new newbie (my first post) unknown wobbly

 

[hairylarry]

1070b

Hi,

This is an excellent mic. I have two of them.

No adaptor is necesary. Just take a standard XLR cable between the mic and your interface/mixer/preamp whatever you use. It's lo imp balanced out.

What are you plugging the mic into?

Thanks,

Hairy Larry

 

[travelin travis]

looks kind of like an old ev.

 

[TragikRemix]

welcome. its fun here.

 

[unknown wobbly]

Adapting old radio shack

Hi,

This is an excellent mic. I have two of them.

No adaptor is necesary. Just take a standard XLR cable between the mic and your interface/mixer/preamp whatever you use. It's lo imp balanced out.

What are you plugging the mic into?

Thanks,

Hairy Larry

Thanks for the advice! I do still have the cable (presumably XLR) that came with it plus my custom-made mini-jack adapter. Though I'll have to rummage through my bag o'jacks and find a stereo-to-mono adapter.

I'm planning on plugging it directly into my Emac. I was going to use N-Track, but discovered it ain't mac-compatible, so I guess I'm stuck with Garage Band till I find something less deadly tedious. Working in that program reminds me of the early, early days of graphics programs. Slow, clunky and miserably unwieldy. But then again, maybe it's just me and I need a simpler, more user-friendly program. But I guess I'll have to do a different post to get advice about that.

Thanks for the nice welcome, y'all.

Peace on,
unknown wobbly

 

[hairylarry]

Cable for 1070b

Hi,

The cable that came with it is XLR to 1/4" mono. It must be high impedance. If it plugs into your adaptor and directly into your emac and records without distorting you are set.

The 1070 series will also support XLR to XLR balanced lo impedance cables. These would then plug into a preamp, mixer, or interface. This is the standard studio way of doing it.

It's an omni mic. It can be used for vocals or voiceover. Good for acoustic guitar or drum overheads.

Thanks,

Hairy Larry

 

[maestro_dmc]

I guess I'm stuck with Garage Band till I find something less deadly tedious. Working in that program reminds me of the early, early days of graphics programs. Slow, clunky and miserably unwieldy. But then again, maybe it's just me and I need a simpler, more user-friendly program. But I guess I'll have to do a different post to get advice about that.

Peace on,
unknown wobbly

Sorry to break this to you bra, but if you think GarageBand is clunky and unweedly then you'll just LOVE almost everything else. It's basically one of the most simple and straightforward, dummy proof recording programs around. A monkey could make something half decent with it.

If your into this "recording thing" for real, I forsee a long hard road ahead for you amigo.






Oh yeah, welcome to the board!

 

[unknown wobbly]

adapting old radio shack mic

Sorry to break this to you bra but if you think GarageBand is clunky and unweedly then you'll just LOVE almost everything else. It's basically one of the most simple and straightforward, dummy proof recording program around. A monkey could make something half decent with it.

If your into this "recording thing" for real, I forsee a long hard road ahead for you amigo.

mmm....yah you right. Like I said, maybe it's just me. Finally found a decent tutorial for it, though, so I'll be countin my blessings & using GB after all. Like Oscar Brown, Jr. said, "I'm only serious."

Thanks for the eye-opener and for saving me a lotta wasted time looking for something simpler.

And thanks again to Hairy Larry for the additional info. I'll be getting a preamp or mixer eventually, but for now I just need to do some low-fi a cappella vocal arrangements for rehearsal purposes, not for demos or anything else. I probably will get a little distortion with that third interface cable, but I'm glad to know my original XLR cable is okay to use. Also glad to know I got me a good mic back then--it was at the top end of my budget back then but it had the best sound of all the ones I checked out. I've taken good care of it over the years, and it's taken good care of my voice.

Thanks again, y'all.

Peace on,
unknown wobbly