WJJZ1069 Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Hello again everyone, I'm brand new to soldering XLR cables, but I have some extra laying around and I want to practice. I opened up a star quad cable and noticed 2 cables for each connection on the xlr plug. I'm trying out soldering a 3 pin female to 5 pin male (for a camera top mic to play the same mono in both stereo tracks). Would i be able to just split these cables up and solder each of the 5 wires (including shield) to the 5 connections on the 5 pin male end? would this effectively send the mono track and split it to both channels on a camera? or will I have to create a connection wire instead? Thanks for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Karlsson Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Yes, just make sure you get the pins connected correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 i would advise soldering the two pairs together at both ends, so you still have the benefit of the starquad, and then using a little jumper wire at the 5 pin XLR end to connect pins 2 and 4, and pins 3 and 5 together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 33 minutes ago, rich said: i would advise soldering the two pairs together at both ends, so you still have the benefit of the starquad, and then using a little jumper wire at the 5 pin XLR end to connect pins 2 and 4, and pins 3 and 5 together. That is what I would do as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmassey Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Yep...to Rich and Jack's method. Many, many times!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJJZ1069 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Thanks! I'll take your advice on the jumper wire. Is 22 gauge hookup wire appropriate as a jumper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shastapete Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 an offcut of the cable you are soldering would work fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Sheets Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Like Peter said, you don't necessarily need a special type of wire for the jumper and you can definitely just use a piece of cut wire from the same cable. However if you find that you have trouble with such a short piece of stranded wire, solid-core can easily be used and possibly more easily handled and will make absolutely no difference in quality when dealing with a few mm. Any small-gauge piece of copper will work. Or you can find diamond-coated, oxygen-free, rabbi certified kosher, gluten-free copper and sell the otherwise average cable for thousands of dollars to the audiophile community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 I usually use a cutoff of a resistor lead for short jumpers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark kirchner Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 27 minutes ago, Derek H said: I usually use a cutoff of a resistor lead for short jumpers. Excellent idea! Thanks Derek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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