XLR Microphone killswitch

[mr.adambeck]

Does anyone have a layout to make a killswitch for XLR?  I assume this is pretty easy, but I know nothing about XLR wiring...

[.Mike]

Here you go:

http://www.procosound.com/downloads/datasheets/Old%20Version%20of%20Cough%20Drop.pdf

The schematic is right there at the bottom. It's very simple.

I have one of these actual units. Oddly enough, mine has no capacitor and no resistor. It worked fine with no popping in my tests using both a dynamic mic and condenser mic, but I've only used it for maybe two minutes total.

[d95err]

The cap is there to block DC when using phantom power. Without it, you will be shunting the phantom supply directly to ground.