Members Stingray5 Posted March 27, 2015 Members Share Posted March 27, 2015 Anyone ever had this problem ? the mic cable not snapping into the mic. and these are good cables.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted March 27, 2015 Members Share Posted March 27, 2015 Define "good cables"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trevcda Posted March 27, 2015 Members Share Posted March 27, 2015 Yes. Usually it's that the outer body has slipped down a little and won't let the cable lock seat correctly. A little gentle persuasion by tapping the bottom of the mic against a hard surface will push it back up towards the capsule and allow the cable to fully insert into the mic. "Gentle" can be a subjective term. Do so at your own risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hfc7713 Posted March 27, 2015 Members Share Posted March 27, 2015 Also the outer body can slip round slightly and the 2 notches won't match up. Again twist slightly to make sure they match up, push the outer body up toward to capsule as trevcda advises and you should be good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stingray5 Posted March 27, 2015 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2015 Cables from Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted March 27, 2015 Members Share Posted March 27, 2015 Come to think of it my 767a's take a bit of effort to plug in and lock - but my cables aren't "name brand" so I just never think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dbMontana Posted March 27, 2015 Members Share Posted March 27, 2015 The other night while setting up a SM58 for a drummer's vox I plugged one of our Mark quad cables (the only kind we have) to it and felt a small but noticeable "gap" when I gently pulled the cable back to check the connection. Assuming it was the mic as trevcda suggests, being in a hurry, and not having a spare I just pushed the cable in all the way and sound check went fine. Well middle of the first song the drummer starts pointing at his mic and sure enough no signal. I quickly replaced the cable (if I had another mic I would have done both) and all went well afterwards. After retrieving the suspect cable at break I noticed the threaded sleeve holding the innards to the shell was very slightly cross threaded and therefore not seated all the way -- this wasn't at all obvious until I took a real close look. Easy fix and it worked fine (with no gap) once corrected. Yea, these cables are used by a pool of sound guys and even taken upstairs by who knows who for comedy nights and other parties. Knowing that I usually try to inspect things during setup but this one caught me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hfc7713 Posted March 28, 2015 Members Share Posted March 28, 2015 The ND 767 is particularly bad for this though especially as they get older. My newer ones are OK but my older ones all do this and I have to line up the slots and push the outer cover on tight every gig. I love these mics so I don't mind too much and I've gotten used to it to be honest- it's a bad design though. The outer cover gets loose over time. However, last night the guitarist dropped his on the floor and it just bounced... So I'll take it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stingray5 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Members Share Posted April 6, 2015 hfc7713 You were right on did as you suggested and presto works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hfc7713 Posted April 7, 2015 Members Share Posted April 7, 2015 hfc7713 You were right on did as you suggested and presto works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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