Mic Tally Gadget
Got those M!KA arms with the tally lights?
Well, they’re not going to light themselves.
Oh those beautiful M!KA microphone arms. And oh oh, the ones with built-in tally lights. We are fanbois. Red for on air, white for something else. Smashing. But how do you light them up anyway? We’ve got just the ticket.
The Mic Tally Gadget controls those tally lights. The 5-pin XLR connectors carry mic audio and the signal voltage for the tallies. The mic signal passes through to your preamps via StudioHub+ RJ45 connectors. If you’re running an Axia xNode or a Wheatstone blade, a shielded patch cable is all you need.
The Gadget can drive four mic arm tallies at once, each with its own logic connector on the rear panel. No console logic? No problem. You can manually trigger each tally from the front panel.
Get your lights lit.
TL;DR
Built for broadcast
Install it and forget about it.
Quattro
Controls up to four mic arm tally lights.
Well connected
Microphone audio pass through StudioHub+.
A tally's tally
Front panel LEDs match current tally state and color.
You drive
Manually activate each mic-arm tally via front panel.
Extra stuff
Includes the 5-pin XLR male mating connectors.
The Mic Tally Gadget can control four mic arm tallies at once. Each position has its own logic connector so you can use your console logic to turn on the lights. Each tally can be red or white. Some engineers will use one color to signify on-air and another color for ready, talk signaling, or some other bright idea. Front panel switches can be used to manually control the tally lights.
M!KA is a registered trademark of Yellowtec GmbH. M!KA mic arm shown courtesy Yellowtec GmbH.
