Brent Busby wrote: > On Sun, 10 May 2009, Paul Coccoli wrote: > >> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Scott <lau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Ray Rashif wrote: >>>> Did you try padding it? Or does this preamp have no pad button? Can't >>>> tell by the photos nor is it stated. >>> >>> There's no pad button. There's a phantom button to give it a little >>> extra juice. >> >> That is NOT what phantom power is for. Usually, phantom should be >> switched off on your dynamic mics (kick, snare, and toms) and on for >> your condensers (overheads). > > Amen. Just so the original poster knows, switching on phantom power > sends 48 volts of DC power straight into the attached device, whether it > was designed to take it or not. There are microphones that need that > (condensers) to function. For anything else, that is BAD... On my > mixer, the phantom power buttons on each channel are RED buttons, and > for good reason! Thanks, all, for setting me straight. I kinda knew that in the back of my head. To be sure, I checked all eight phantom switches on the Nady and only the two condenser mic's were engaged. In any case, The Mackie looks to be the solution for now. -Scott _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
