Excellent! I love it when intelligent, inquisitive people do what the manufacturers were trying to prevent you from doing. I notice that your solution is mono only. Let me explain the microphone setup so that you can see how the two mics are used to get a stereo output: The front mic responds to the sum of the sound pressures from left and right F =L+R while the sideways mic responds to the difference S= L-R. The sound board must contain sum and difference amplifiers; thus: F+S = (L+R)+(L-R)= 2L giving the L channel, while F-S =( L+R)- (L-R) = 2R giving the right channel. This might help you find a stereo solution. Good luck! I will do some experimenting myself and let you know how I get on. Bill Dixon
The microphone configuration is Mid/Side, which is in my opinion preferable for video. You essentially get all of the benefits of both a stereo and mono microphone here. X/Y stereo pairs have a weak center pickup where both microphones are off-axis, which happens to be where your camera faces forward.
I believe that after some research. If you do want stereo you need the switch. it changes which elements are used. there are 3. L C R, inputs on the board should be M1 M2 M3 and a M GND. I believe that is how it works. the mic is a hybrid. look at the switch. 90 degree is like a shotgun mic. 180 is a semi omni mode
I just finished putting my unit together and it works great! I've managed to get stereo sound with it however the signals aren't exactly balanced. The left seems a bit quieter than the right, but the quality is fantastic. I'm sure with some balance control you could pan the signal to make it equal. I also used a board mount stereo input jack that is smaller and fits like a glove in the flash compartment. I'm considering making a few of these and perhaps trying to move them on Ebay. Shoot me a message if you're interested!
Good work. The 2 capsules are 'mid' and 'side'. mid = L+R side = L-R The connector pin-out is marked L and R, so the sum/difference 'matrix' addition/subtraction is done in the microphone. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi_Interface_Shoe So what you did should work perfectly. Might be better to hack a ECM-SST1, so that the camera knows it has a mic attached - the same connectors are used for EVF-out signals when a viewfinder is attached !
i think for the price of the mic alone I will just buy an H1 zoon and do audio editing after the fact lol really wish Sony would come ou with a decent add on to salve this issue
sooo. you buy a 100$ microhpone and 30$ flash just to rip apart the microphone and put it into the flash housing? damn youre one "smart" guy... couldnt you just figure out the pins on the connector and connect up the microphones directly? pin 8 to 11 are right, mid, left and audio ground.
please enlight me, i was trying to figure it out how to do that. Which one is the first pin? and can i buy the aliexpress adapter hot shoe to do that? and the last question, what is the mid channel ? thank youuuuu
