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new cord for my sure mike
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:04 pm
by hillbilly
bought a new 6' xlr3 female cable to xlr3 male for desk top, the xlr input, channel 3 on my lil Samson mixer has phantom power when needed, maybe all ways. This mike dosent require it. Now I hear a lot of popping and static when the mike is moved or touched, but it seems to record louder. Can you plug a reg. mike into a phantom input, or did I buy a bad cable, I know it isn't the mike?
Re: new cord for my sure mike
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:20 pm
by hillbilly
no need to reply, have solved this.
Re: new cord for my sure mike
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 5:41 pm
by fluffy
It'd be helpful for other people with similar problems to know the answer though.
Whether or not this had to do with the solution, it's perfectly fine to plug a dynamic, ribbon, or otherwise non-phantom-powered mic into a phantom input.
Re: new cord for my sure mike
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:47 pm
by hillbilly
yes and my old sure mike seems to be a lil more sensitive to input loudness.
Re: new cord for my sure mike
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:03 pm
by jast
fluffy wrote:it's perfectly fine to plug a dynamic, ribbon, or otherwise non-phantom-powered mic into a phantom input.
Except it's not fine for ribbon mics that don't have protection against melting from phantom power. I hear all the new ones do, but it's worth keeping in mind...
Re: new cord for my sure mike
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:08 pm
by fluffy
Oh, I didn't know that was a thing to be a thing about. Thing.
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anyway yes thank you, good to know!