XLR cable confusion

[PigeonNo9]

Hello there!

 

I've gotten myself Audiotechnica PRO44 conference room microphone, which in the product description states, comes with XLRM-type cable. I plan to pair it with Universal Audio Volt 1 external sound card to preamplify the mic and feed the whole thing into my pc.
Question which I cannot seem to find a definitive answer to is: are XLRM and XLR connectors the same? And if not, would my proposed setup work at all?

From pictures they look the same.

 

Cheers

[Omon_Ra]

The 'M' designation is for male (it has the pins, not the sockets); the 'F' on the TA3F is for female (sockets, not pins). On the microphone side, it uses a mini XLR connection (the TA3 designation), so a standard XLR cable will not work should that one ever fail. Just use the included cable and everything will be fine.

[TudorFinalBosz]

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would my proposed setup work at all?

Yeah, you plug the smaller connector into the mic and the bigger one with pins in the external sound card.

Then connect the external card to the PC through USB-C, plug the supply cable, power the box on, turn the gain up and the mic should output voice.

But better use some headphones to monitor the output so you don't get feedback. Or just turn off the speakers/audio monitors and make sure you get the output in the headphones either from PC or this external card.

[Needfuldoer]

Just make sure to turn on phantom power on that audio interface. That mic won't work without it.

[PigeonNo9]

11 hours ago, TudorF said:

Yeah, you plug the smaller connector into the mic and the bigger one with pins in the external sound card.

Then connect the external card to the PC through USB-C, plug the supply cable, power the box on, turn the gain up and the mic should output voice.

But better use some headphones to monitor the output so you don't get feedback. Or just turn off the speakers/audio monitors and make sure you get the output in the headphones either from PC or this external card.

Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for!