In Line Mic Mute Switch With LED

[Bazz339]

Can anyone point me in the direction of an in line mic mute switch, with LED (Balanced) or a circuit for building one please?.

Small and easy to mount and readily available in the UK would be good.

I am aware of the Rolls, Orchid, Audio Technica and JTS mic base offerings.

I want something that can be mounted on the side of lectern or similar ideally with toggle switch rather than a foot switch or similar

and not in a clunky box.

 

I have used search but to not much avail.

 

Many Thanks

[sandall]

I remember simple XLR in-line switches sold under Eagle & other brand names. The mute switch on a mic merely shorts the 2 legs together, so not a difficult DIY project. If you want a "muted" LED you could use a 2P2W switch to feed the LED from your phantom volts via a resistor, chosen to give a current of say 2mA.

[bruce]

 

I have used search but to not much avail.

 

 

 

When I searched I found this thread from 6 years ago

 

http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=50977

 

(Which appears to have been started by you!)

[Bazz339]

Oops, wish I could remember what I came upstairs for never mind what I did six years ago.

 

Obviously a recurring problem of mine. Sadly not found the right product.

[Rob_P]

If you drop John at Orchid a line he can probably make a custom version for you.

 

(I have no relationship to the company except as a satisfied customer)

[johnhuson]

Doesn't satisfy the LED requirement but might this help?

 

https://cpc.farnell.com/neutrik/nc3fxs/xlr-socket-3p-noiseless/dp/AV19351

[matt_h]

Would you consider something like an optogate? http://www.optogate.com/pb07_uk.html

 

Considerably more expensive, and it's been several years since I used one, but from what I remember they worked quite well for lectern mic mute/umute duties.

 

Edited to add that their PB-06 might be what you are looking for? http://www.optogate.com/pb06_uk.html