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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: kfrinkle on February 15, 2006, 01:24:28 PM

Title: SP CMC-8 phantom powered?
Post by: kfrinkle on February 15, 2006, 01:24:28 PM

Hey all, quick question for ya.  Will you fry the CMC-8s (stock from soundpros) if you dongle them into the 1/4" inputs on the MT and phantom power them?  If NOT, then would you get a better quality rrecording?  I know this is probably a retarded question, but I am just tryig to figure out what my options are when my new MT finally gets here.

Title: Re: SP CMC-8 phantom powered?
Post by: poorlyconditioned on February 15, 2006, 01:27:12 PM

Quote from: kfrinkle on February 15, 2006, 01:24:28 PM

Hey all, quick question for ya.  Will you fry the CMC-8s (stock from soundpros) if you dongle them into the 1/4" inputs on the MT and phantom power them?  If NOT, then would you get a better quality rrecording?  I know this is probably a retarded question, but I am just tryig to figure out what my options are when my new MT finally gets here.

Yes, you will fry.  Do *not* connect electret mics to phantom power directly.  Please do not do it :)

You need some kind of adapter (AT8533x, Samson PM4, etc).

  Richard

Title: Re: SP CMC-8 phantom powered?
Post by: kfrinkle on February 15, 2006, 01:33:52 PM

rich,

thanks, that what I thought.  I would never try something new like that without consulting all you uber smart people here.