Topic: Phantom power on the Microtrack II

[bigcitysound]

Hi all

Apologies as no doubt this has been spoken of before. But couldnt find what I was looking for.

Basically I usually use my MTII with a sound devices mixer in front and go into the 1/4" inputs at consumer line level.. its been perfect for this.

Now I am loaning the MTII to a friend that needs to power a Sennheiser ME80 out of one of the 1/4" inputs with 48v activated. I am testing it out for him and it does not sound good.. also if mic is connected to L input I have terrible noise on the R channel as well as the low level sprinkler effect on the L channel. I realize the output of the ME80 is fairly low and I therefore have to use more MT gain than is desirable.

Is there anything to be done to make the ME80 and MTII play nicely together on their own?

Jon

[fmaderjr]

mblindsey posted this a couple of years ago:

"To record with the MicroTrack II's 1/4” inputs, you must record from a balanced source with TRS balanced cables.  If you are recording from an unbalanced line level source or a microphone with an unbalanced (TS) cable, use the 1/8” input instead (with mono microphones, a mono to stereo adapter is recommended); connecting unbalanced cables to the 1/4" TRS inputs yields an audible clicking sound that is recorded.  You can change your input source from the MicroTrack II’s Main Menu>Record Settings>Input Source.

If you are recording with a phantom powered condenser microphone, you must use a TRS balanced cable."

Failure to do so can result in the "sprinkler noise" you are describing.