Most professional mics have the same pinout. Pin 2 +, pin 3 -, pin 1 shield
on the XLR connector. Output is balanced, low impedance.
Your sound card has two pins, unbalanced, high impedance. Depending on your
sound card and drivers there should be enough audio level to be sufficient.
Tie pin 1 and 3 to the shield or ring of a 1/8 plug obviosly using a single
conductor shielded cable. Tie pin 2 to the tip of the 1/8 jack. If there
isn't sufficient audio, you may have to use a mic preamp.

Remember to go to the record menu to set the levels. When you bring up the
playback default menu, go to the options or preferences and check the
record option.

That "diode" is probably a rf bypass capacitor.

Rick C. WTRM-FM

Mauricio Jancic wrote:

> Hello,
>         I have a SENNHEISER microphone and would like to adapt it to my
> PC sound card. It apears to be a dynamic mic. It has tree wires one to
> the case of the mic, and the other two from 2 coils around it. It also
> has a series diode(?) on one of the wires (actually I'm not shure it is
> a diode, but the case is similar to the 1N4148 trhu hole case)
>
>         Anyone knows how to do this?
>
> Best regards
>
> Mauricio
>

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