Squee Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 My wonderful girlfriend bought me a wire recorder for my birthday and I can't even start to describe how fucking stoked I am about it! Unfortunately, I have no idea how to get the audio in or out of the machine because of the input and output. Can you guys identify these two inputs and outputs for me? What are they called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gravity Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Did a bit of googling and found this: Input is a three pin Beau / Cinch-Jones connector. Today was the first time I've seen reference to Beau in regards to the classic Cinch-Jones plug configuration. I approve. Looks like a recent company, hopefully they will support and provide all manner of "antiquated" connectors. From here: http://crochambeau.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 3 pin Jones connector apparently wire recorders are between 55 to 60+ years old, so many resistors may be out of spec, and most, if not all, of the capacitors will be very likely out of spec (leaky, open or shorted), or swiftly on their way out, and must be replaced. If you're in doubt about the condition of the electronics in your machine, and not an electronics tech familar with tube circuits, a guitar amp tech that specialises in vintage tube amps can do the job. Better that, than plugging it in, turning it on, and letting the magic smoke out! Assuming otherwise, that your machine has been serviced, and is OK, on to the juicier tidbits....If you have one of the classic recorder models like the 80 or 180, that use the 3 pin Jones connector for input, here's how it's wired. Looking at the front of the machine, the top position (pin 1) is ground, the center position (pin 2) is the mike level input, the bottom position (pin 3) is line level input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gravity Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 JINX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Nice :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 So if I buy one of these I should be good to go when it comes to the output, right? I can't find any three pin cinch jones to jack though? Nice :D Yeah!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 i reckon that cable might do for both the input and output, but you might need to cobble together a seperate DIY ground cable if you get too much hum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 if i was you Squee, i'd try just splicing open a mono audio cable and fiddle around with plugging it in to the holes. I'm not sure if there is a potential you could blow or fuck up the thing by plugging in the ground to the wrong hole though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 if i was you Squee, i'd try just splicing open a mono audio cable and fiddle around with plugging it in to the holes. That doesn't exactly sound safe. i reckon that cable might do for both the input and output, but you might need to cobble together a seperate DIY ground cable if you get too much hum But the first pin on the output is smaller than any of the pins on the input? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chunky Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 www.electricalaudio.com 's forum might have some knowledgeable people there ! good luck with that, sounds like fun ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 haha the outputs are going to be like 5 or 9v, so I doubt there is any danger in fiddling there. The 220 is what you need to be careful about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A/D Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Agreed, AFAIK you won't hurt anything if you hook up to the wrong pins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 All right, awesome! I'll give it a go. Thanks, guys :) Now I just need to find an adapter for the machine :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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