XLR microphone cable repair & soldering tutorial

[@xxjosh166xx]

thank you sir, from the u.s. my red and blue wires had broken some and portions were touching eachother so a mighty interference random times. I have no clue about soldering but after about 20 minutes, i had it all back together and works a treat. Very good explanation and video. No wasted words or dead air really

[@aceguillen5830]

followed your instructions to the letter and got an old cable up and running like new! saved me a few bucks, thank you for that brutha!

[@DanBakerMusic]

Pleasure! Glad it helped

[@bryanwhitehouse9506]

Fantastic you solved my problem. I have spent much time finding a solution on you tube. At Last a straight forward and simple remedy. Well pleased and as you said I have saved money by getting a professional.

[@stjoemedia]

Nicely done, and yes - I do fancy a pint!

[@waynemiller6070]

Thanks mate. Just what I needed. Needed a shorty from my QSC K-8 to the sub. So I cut a longer cord into two. Used the other side for the mic to the K-8 (input 2). I was concerned that there was an 'extra' ground that seems unnecessary. Half of the copper braided wires were soldered to that and the other half the ground. Don't seem to need the 'extra' ground. There is no additional noise..

[@lisakoenig21]

Phenomenal video! Very helpful! Thanks for making this!!

[@music4ever4100]

Roger Daultry The enemy of XLR cables!

[@barryd999]

Cool! thanks for this. My XLR Mic cable broke the other day, was going to order another one and hope it turns up but its working again now. Took me a lot longer than you though and lots of swearing. Great video

[@martinezjosei]

Nice and clear explanation, Very helpful

[@bellpoppy1]

Hi have you a tutorial on fixing speaker cables? Speakon connections?

[@DanBakerMusic]

I think I’m going to do a tutorial on soldering all sorts of stuff...

[@robertvangameren9735]

thanks for the quick info:)

[@marclouly8522]

Thank you! My cable broke at the worst time and I can’t get one for another few weeks because of crazy recent events, life daver

[@kido_k]

Sameeeeeeee😭💔plus this Corona shit got my country on lockdown so I can't make music so hacked rn😪

[@smoothrider7521]

Awesome video thanks 😊

[@KobiLDN]

just did mine now, thanks for this.

[@DanBakerMusic]

Glad the video helped!

[@loadi2865]

nice lesson Sir.. well done...( no stupid music) THANKS.

[@life_on_cars]

Thanks for this, I want a hat like yours. Where did you get it? :)

[@lowkeyobsessedngl]

opened this coz i bought a new mic and it wasn't working. turns out the wires didn't have sleeves all the way to the base and crossed each other. thanks for saving me a bunch of cash lol didn't even need to solder anything!

[@DanBakerMusic]

Glad it helped!

[@bryanwhitehouse9506]

Hi I have solved my problem but I have another cable but only 2 wires 1 is the ground 2 negative. No live cable any suggestions?

[@DanBakerMusic]

That sounds like a speaker cable. Where XLRs are fitted to speakers, pin 1 is ground, and pin 2 is signal.

[@Asfanboy1]

My ebike battery for some reason has an XLR as a charging cable. I kinda want to charge the battery with solar. I found a boost converter that would do it but I don't want to cut the charger Cable. Would any XLR cable be able to handle 48v 2A?

[@DanBakerMusic]

The connector itself is used in speaker applications, so it’ll handle the power. You’ll need to use mains cable though as standard mic cable would quickly overheat. It would be likely that pins 1 and 2 only would be used, pin 1 ground and pin 2 48v

[@Asfanboy1]

@@DanBakerMusic thanks for the reply

[@michaelmormecha1866]

thanks so much you fantastic human! nice hat!

[@rafikdewan499]

Would you pls define in which shield RED in which BLUE in which COPPER as there are 3 shields are Left n Right one downwards thank you

[@DanBakerMusic]

The blue and red are interchangeable between pins 2 and 3 but as long as they’re the same both ends. The copper is always pin 1. I have a few small leads where the pins 2 and 3 are reversed one end for phase invert. This is useful live if you have a snare mic on the top and bottom. Phase reversing one of the mics then allows the mics to add together.

[@pauladunne2887]

Thank you very much.

[@MMSound-zl4eo]

Отличное доступное видео спасибо дружище!Привет из Russia.

[@alimotmaenzadeh9899]

thank you for sharing this with us. I have a sound king EA009b microphone that has 7 pin connectors. I only have a microphone so how to find 7 pins to 3 pins, also have Mbox pro 2 so do I need to buy phantom power separately or my soundcard will handle that .

[@tdlg8386]

yes most likely. I run a 7 pin st-69 and you need to run to phantom power and then a 3 pin into an interface. may possibly need a preamp as well.

[@musharoo194]

The microphone that are around the mic came apart and I. Don't know how to put itback together.

[@DanBakerMusic]

Do you mean the mic capsule has come off the mic internal wiring?

[@selfiestick1589]

Gracias desde México!

[@izakmusic6782]

Thank you sir this is going to help he a lot

[@ofuser]

is it normal to bridge 2 and 3 pins? does it cause a problem?

[@DanBakerMusic]

Pins 2 and 3 should never be bridged. Either 2 or 3 can be connected to pin 1 for a cable that has a mono Jack on the other end. An XLR to XLR should always have all three pins separate, so no bridging across any pins.

[@ofuser]

@@DanBakerMusic Thanks for your answer Dan. Have a nice day...

[@RushFox]

Very helpful, thanks.

[@theworldiswatching4573]

Nice 1. Bookmarked !!

[@ntruderalertt]

Very helpful thankyou

[@christianCreo]

I learned a lot

[@hoddy2001]

great video. thank you

[@honda_fanb0y889]

Me: mom can i get soldering iron and take a part all of our eletronics? Mom:why? Me: i gona lear loat Mom: okey Me: 10years later...

[@michaellalwani3845]

It is working with Gemini Platinum 626 Without Power On Thanks

[@DanBakerMusic]

Do you mean the cable going in or the mixer itself?

[@michaellalwani3845]

@@DanBakerMusic Tailor swift

[@dossantos5890]

Спасибо.Всё ронятно разложил.Молодец!

[@OGAndrew94]

Thats a lot of wiggle room for something to go wrong with your connections. I never go past 0.5in on my wire stripping. I want as little movement as possible inside of the strain relief area, but not enough to where it strains the cable.

[@sherrjunrustymondez5650]

What it the wire gauge did you use in this video? Thank you

[@DanBakerMusic]

I have no idea! Sorry...the soldering is the same regardless however..

[@sherrjunrustymondez5650]

@@DanBakerMusic thanks anyway sir

[@robertodwyer2979]

How do you wire a 4 pin mic 🎤 to a realistic cb

[@DanBakerMusic]

Not sure what you mean. Is that a CB radio? I would think it’s a specific wiring diagram in that case....

[@LuckyNorwegian]

I do fancy a pint

[@DanBakerMusic]

😂😂😂

[@madmark0]

I have a mini xlr cable with only 2 cables. Both seem to be raw wire but one is red in color the other gold. The numbering system is 1, 2, 3 not 1 3 2 on my new end. See tinyurl.com/yazw8m6j. I don't understand why theres no insulation on the red wire for mine... Any help would be great as I can't seem to get it to work

[@DanBakerMusic]

Hi Mark-it depends what you're plugging in-the wires you refer to are the ones they use for headphone cable-basically there are two ways of soldering- 1) heat up the end of each wire for a while and solder should take, or 2) get a razor blade and scrape off the red/gold at the end and this will reveal cable that can be soldered. In terms of pins, pin 1 is always ground, and pins 2 and 3 are signal wires. If, as in your cable, there are only two wires, then you'll need to connect one of them to pin 2 and the other one to pin 1 but also (using a small piece of insulated wire) to pin 3. This really does depend on what you're using it for however...

[@kineneedwin1615]

Some join 3 to 4 why ia this

[@DanBakerMusic]

There is no 4th pin in the XLR, except for the tab that connects to the chassis. It has no benefit however.

[@dossantos5890]

Извиняюсь---ПОНЯТНО .😏

[@joshuacunanan3305]

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