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    Default Microphones and Phantom Power

    Hey for anyone that might be more familiar with Microphones than me I really need your help!! So I just bought a Gatt LD5 Condenser Microphone there because I heard they where a good and affordable microphone for recording my voice on my radio show. So I get back and I plug in my microphone to my Audio 8 to route it through Ableton to record the voice and have did this with other mics not a problem before hand.

    FOr some reason its not working and everything I try is just not getting any signal through. Then I get told it could be because its phantom power etc.
    I did not have a clue what this was before and still do not understand what differance makes as I bought this from someone elses advice thinking it would just plug in and work like the other mics I used did.

    Any advice or what do I need to get this working with my audio 8 and ableton!

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    You're going to need a dynamic microphone, which doesn't require phantom power, since the Audio 8 doesn't provide phantom power for condenser microphones.
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    Or a pre amp with phantom power and line output. But probably better returning it and getting a dynamic mic.
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    Default Microphones and Phantom Power

    Either return it or get yourself a cheap behringer mic mixer and plug the audio 8 into one of the channels on the behringer and then plug the output of the behringer into your sound. You can pick them up cheap as chips on eBay.

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    ahh would a dynamic mic be better than a condenser for recording voice? Also could you link me to anything i need to get the mic working. Cheers in advance.

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    http://www.mediacollege.com/audio/mi...condenser.html

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    http://www.mediacollege.com/audio/mi...s/dynamic.html

    Some condensor microphones have the capacity to slide a battery into the body in lieu of running phantom from a preamp.
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    Thanks for all teh advice. Really appreciated. Have decided to get a Behringer PS400 Phantom Power Supply tomorrow if at all possible. The condenser mic was bought second hand so could not return as such.
    Thanks again

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    Quote Originally Posted by manus View Post
    Thanks for all teh advice. Really appreciated. Have decided to get a Behringer PS400 Phantom Power Supply tomorrow if at all possible. The condenser mic was bought second hand so could not return as such.
    Thanks again


    Go with this right here...

    I bought an M Audio Nova microphone and this phantom power supply, and man is that shit heavy duty!
    ive had it for almost 3 years, been recordin with the same equipment

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