simple mixer to cb hook up!!!!!

[afrokid]

4 pin cobra.

parts used- mixing console, 1/4" male mono plug, 1/4" mono female jack, 4' good shielded patch cable, mic, xlr cable, 4 pin cb mic plug, korg sustain pedal.

cut cable, mine was half.
solder 1/4" plug to patch cable, the shield goes to pin #1 on the mic plug, the hot or center, on the cable goes to pin #2.
the female jack gets the other half of the cable. hot to the tip and shield to the sleeve. then on the other end, shield also goes to pin #1, the hot goes to pin #3, pin #4 gets the same ground as 1 pin #1 (for your receive) plug the sustain pedal into the female jack, an xlr into your mixer, the 1/4" plug to the output of your mixer, the mic plug into your radio and you're done!

I used an alesis multi mix 8 that i use to submix my keyboards, a shure beta 58, and a chinese cobra 29ltd classic, and have the best reports on it all day!!! i ran my digitech gsp2101 trough an aux send used the compressor, delay, reverb, chorus, i mean the possibilities are endless. the tubes in the preamp help ALOT!!!!!
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[atfguy]

Hey afrokid. thank You, I am trying to get to radio shack now..

I hope I get that Motormaul bass sound..

[atfguy]

any chance to post some pictures?

[afrokid]

project box from radio shack with 2 1/4" female jacks and mic cord from an old stock mic wired 4 pin cobra.
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inards, mic cable wired shield to both grounds, transmit to they hot on the key jack, audio to the hot on the input jack kind of blurry sorry.
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mixer mic in channel. left main out. this mixer has effects built in, reverb, echo, and such
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key switch, sustain pedal for keyboard simple 1/4" jack. hooks to the key side of your box.
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Hope you can use a little of this anyway. Thanks for checking it out. :r&r:

[atfguy]

Thank You sooo much! I am awaiting another pay check for a sustain pedal!

[atfguy]

I suppose instead of using a sustain pedal, I could just use the Cb mic if I could find out how to wire it correctly, no?

[afrokid]

yes you could but that pedal was $30 and they make cheaper ones. A music store will sell a cheap one for about $10 or $15.
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[atfguy]

Ill go find one for sure then. I'm excited to do this, just gotta wait and be patient. Unfortunatley the first part of the month is never good paycheck wise :D. How do you sound now on the cb? better?


Thanks again for your help. I realized we are both musicians, probably why we just have mixers (in my case a digital 8 track) laying around haah

[jackrabbit]

i would love to hear how it sounds? Can u post a sample of the audio?

[afrokid]

yes i can. I have a friend south about 20 minutes that can record the audio. as soon as i can get it i'll post it, it sounds GOOD!!!!
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[atfguy]

Pioneers we are. I wish I could hear you. I modded my radio to receieve wider, meaning bassier tones being picked. more studioish.

[jackrabbit]

motormouth maul has a great setup. I want to hear a mixer without the mauldulator board and see if its just as good.

[afrokid]

Making it receive and transmit wider would be awsome!! :r&r:

[grimace]

on the receive and transmit side is it a stereo or a mono plug if it is mono plug i am lost on how it would work on a cobra 29

[Slim Pickins]

Thanks for the pics, I read this post and was lost but the pics help it all make sense. I would like to try this.

73s
Paul

[muddy_udders]

Ok I have been staring at this for weeks and think I finally figured it out.
The sustain pedal is the Tx key switch. Is this correct?

I have a digital echo pedal that I want to hook up to send the audio through.
I guess I could build a box that would split the audio and send it through the echo then back to the box and into the cb.
I believe it would be similar to your box right?

[afrokid]

yes the sustain pedal is the key switch. the echo will hook up through the mixer. through the aux sends if your mixer has it. the aux send to input, return to the output of the pedal.

It works with a cobra 29ltd classic. the jacks are mono.
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[Radio1cb]

LOL Its wonderful to see that someone else is finally trying to do what i do with the radio. Awesome inovation dude keep up the good work. And take my word for it hi fidelity over the cb is not a fantasy. Ive been doing it for over 20 years. ROCK N ROLL!!!

[Slim Pickins]

I am thinking about trying this but I have 1 question. Will a typical mixer like a Berringer Xenyx 1202 work with a radio requiring a HiZ mic input? I want to plug a mixer into my FT101 and see how it sounds.

[afrokid]

You really need low impedence. It will work. Take your cable, wrap it up in about a four inch circle. This will help to filter out any noise in the cable. Behringer is the best for radio i think. They used rf in the factory when designing them to help them make the mixers quiet. You will love on the 101 especially on ssb. Sorry for the delay.

[0498]

How about using this with mixer software on a pc running through Mic interface on radio is that as good as direct injection i have heard it loses what you create some going through the mic circuits in radio!

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How about using this with mixer software on a pc running through Mic interface on radio is that as good as direct injection i have heard it loses what you create some going through the mic circuits in radio!

It is not in my opinion. You are using good equipment, but if your feeding it into the mic input. You are still going through the radios audio section. You need to get your good sounding audio pass that. It needs to be injected.