Hi Robert,
at 96 January 6th, you wrote to me about:  Mic Splitters 
 RB> ...I want to be well prepared before the gig and can't risk 
 RB> something going wrong, like the big buzz!
;-))) same things all over the world...
 TS>> There are passive and active split boxes available too, 
[...]
 RB> This is what I wanted to know more about when I asked the question.
 RB> I was wondering if I could modify a snake to split the mic feed,
 RB> and how this could be done.
In our own business we usually take a stage-box that provides an 
FOH-feed as well as a passively coupled monitor-feed.
For that just wire the hot and cold strings of each mic to your desk
parallel to those ones of the FOH-feed and make sure to give your 
console a single ground (eg connected to the sleeve
of an unused line-in). If you have a three-phase power-supply (don't 
know how that one is usually called in the US ;-) ) best choice is 
to take one for FOH (amps, driveracks, desk), another for monitors 
and the third for the backline. Try to get your supply from the 
monitor-phase out of the same plug if it is stable and the load is not 
already too high (are your desk-light already flashing in the 
beat?).  ;-)))
Best choice -of course- is to use a transformer-split for the 
recording. Maybe you can hire one for that evening...
Have fun on that night and best wishes from good ole Germany,
 'til nexttime
       Chris Horn       º  FidoNet   2:241/505.4
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