How to make XLR to Mono Jack Cable

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This videos explains in details the wiring diagram.

Step 1 : Strip the outer covering of the cable
Step 2: Strip off the outer covering of the core
Step 3: Solder the core
Step 4: Solder the pin of the connector
Step 5 : Soldering shield and core on the connector
Step 6: Heat Sink of the sleeve

What is an XLR connector and where is it used?

XLR connectors are rugged electrical connectors which are used mostly in professional audio and video electronics cabling applications.

Some examples of application areas of XLR connectors are:

Sound and video mixers
Microphones
Studio equipment like amplifiers, professional CD
Players, mastering deck, etc.
Active loudspeakers
Lighting applications
Industrial applications (Control circuits, etc.)

What are Plugs & Jacks and what are they used for (P-38 TS TRS and EP Mono Stereo?

Plugs & Jacks are usually used for the transmission of line-levels (0.775 volts). Their major applications are the connections of instruments like guitars, keyboards, headphones, ...

Plugs & Jacks are used for Microphone-signals if you handle them with a patch-panel. Optionally they are also used for low power speaker applications.

There are two main groups of Plugs & Jacks:

2-pole connectors (TIP & SLEEVE)
3-pole connectors (TIP, RING & SLEEVE)

In the nonprofessional HiFi-area it's common to use the 3-pole-connector for stereo signals (headphones) and the 2-pole-connector for mono-signals.

In the professional broadcast and audio industry the 2-pole-connector is used in combination with unbalanced cables for short and interference-insensitive transmittals (guitar-cable).

For more sensitive applications like digital transmissions or longer lines it is the custom to use 3-pole-connectors together with balanced cables (to avoid EMI - electromagnetic interference), but it's still a mono-signal (balanced-mono-signal).

[HanitpalSingh]

This was excellent . Thank you for uploading. Some of my good pre amps stopped working unexpectedly for my recording studio, so I had to use my mackie mixer temporarily. This video made it possible.

[nokia]

thanks a lot, after lots of videos this one was really informative, and helped me proceed with my project. thanks again

[hank.turricano]

do you have a video showing the same procedure but using a female jack?

[WiKiTWoNKaWeCKoRDS]

Thank you, I looked all over YouTube and nothing had exactly what I needed which was the wiring diagram which wires go together and which wires don't and which ones go to which terminal on the XLR end thank you very much I appreciate it I will check your website out and I am now a new subscriber to your channel, many blessings 🙏🏽 WiKiT! whoot!

[luqmanrashid]

how the hell did you get the solder to stick to the wire core? i tried heating the wire with the iron but instead i ended up melting the insulators.

[joohop]

Hello buddy my cable has a shield, a red and a black i dont wanna mess up my DAC so which wire should i twist to the sheild please ?

[styxx]

So if I wanted to do an XLR to 1/4 TS splitter would I just do a red and white+copper on one ts Jack and then a white and red+copper on the other TS Jack or split the red and white and do a red/copper on the left jack into pin 2 and pin 3 and then white/copper on the right into pin 1 and pin 3?

[IndigaVP]

At the end pin 1 or pin 2 conect with pin 3???

[mallkrawlerz]

If I’m going xlr to a positive and negative bare wire connection, can i twist the white and shield wire together to create the negative cable to a traditional stereo connection? And of course the red alone is positive? It makes sense in my head but I’d like your pro advice. Thank you

[MichaelMalega]

The music is really disturbing and makes me to stop watching the video.

[beakf]

so is xlr female to TS 1/4 inch unbalanced because the 2 wires are soldered so no duplicate audio gets flipped back into phase? I just wanna know if its unbalanced or balanced.

[leonidasmpires]

How to instal in cable evidence audio sis to jack p10?

[danilosongcuan]

thank you very much for your video ... ill try in my home and its good bro amazing ...more power ...

[zigaanzur]

hey, would u know how to make an aes xlr cable to 2tr in/out digital cinch adapter? looking everywhere but no luck... :/

[cscrignaro]

Wrong XLR cabling. Pin 1 is Ground, Pin 2 is Hot, Pin 3 is Cold!

[norman]

Great information. my microphone has only a shield connector and one other. the cable has shield black and white. which cable do i lose. Thanks Norm

[JOROMIProdVlogs]

Is it possibke to change it to xlr to usb? I want to use my xlr mic on my pc

[martinpomareda]

what wattage soldering iron are you using

[whatshisface]

This is technically incorrect!
In this video the ground was solder to pin 3, which is either XLR pin hot or cold Pin, depending on the standard. ( English or American ) That was totally wrong!
The only reason this comes out working is because he tied the ground and the cold together on the TS end.
This would have caused a problem with the English Standard which uses Pin 3 as Hot.

This is the proper XLR Pin Sequence: England Standard
XLR Pin 1 is Ground
XLR Pin2 is Cold (out of phase)
XLR Pin 3 is Hot. (in phase)
Although the English Use Pin 2 as Cold and pin 3 as Hot, this has no impact, except for a phase reverse, when using any 3 pin XLR female to male cable or XLR to TRS, (which can be compensated with the phase reverse switch on a console)

This is The proper XLR Pin Sequence: American Standard
XLR Pin 1 Ground
XLR Pin 2 is Hot, (in phase)
XLR Pin 3 is Cold. (out of phase)
 
The video should have shown the ground soldered to Pin 1 NOT Pin 3
Pin 2 should have been the Red or Hot wire ( American Standard)
Pin 3 should have been the white or Cold ( American Standard)
TS end was wired correctly Correctly.

The red and white can go either way as long as you know which color you are using as hot. ( Red makes more sense as hot)
If your are taking a cable that has XLR on both ends, and replacing one end with a TS or TRS, you will need to open the XLR end and see which color is connected to the hot pin.

[benjialcantara]

thanks for this video, very helpful.. I tried to do this it is works for my jack I need..