Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!alchemy!mndell From: mndell@cs.ruu.nl (Mike Dell) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: recording via induction <> adding a singal via induction Keywords: inductive audio signal adding to a cable Message-ID: <1991Mar14.104725.18565@cs.ruu.nl> Date: 14 Mar 91 10:47:25 GMT References: <3012@hexagon.se> <4793@kitty.UUCP> Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science Lines: 27 In <4793@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes: >In article <3012@hexagon.se> daniel@hexagon.se (Daniel Deimert) writes: >>I was wondering if it would be possible to record an analogue signal >>(i.e. the one in a loud-speaker's cable) on a tape recorder. Or rather >>if the resulting signal is of good or poor quality. S/N ratio? > > One can obtain a reasonably good signal through use of an inductive >clamp-on current probe intended for oscillographic measurement purposes. >Both Tektronix and Hewlett-Packard manufacture such probes, which permit >a conductor diameter up to about 3/16 inch. It is necessary to amplify >the output of the current probe. It is also important to remember that >the current probe goes over only *one* conductor of a cable. Would it also be possible to PUT a signal on a cable from a microphone to a recorder with induction? What would one need for it? Mike -- Mike Dell, (DCS) P.O. Box 134, 3956 ZT Leersum, The Netherlands. Telephone: +31 3434 56478 Telefax : on request