Phantom Power Vocal
Sunday, May 1st, 2011
Phantom Power Vocal
Behringer Condenser Mic, What Do I Need?
Hi, just received my new micrphone this morning, Behringer C-1 but realised I need phantom power and a few cables to connect it up to the computer for vocal recording... I want to buy these additional items online, mainly from one store in the UK.
I worked out this so far:
Behringer MICROPOWER PS400 - £13.00 - http://www.dv247.com/invt/34429/
Konig 6M XLR/JACK MIC LEAD - £9.99 - http://www.dv247.com/invt/8105/
Or is that wrong, what else do I need?
Thanks...
That all seems fine.
You will need a 6mm Jack to 3mm jack lead to plug the MicroPower into the PC's sound card inputs... but these are common. Or you can use a 6mm jack lead, and use a converter to get it down to 3mm (small headphone) size.
It is important to make sure your PC or Laptop is good enough to record seemlessly into. You may find that you experience a drop in quality about 30secs or 60secs into the recording.
To counter this, capture it at a lower frequency (CD Quality = 44Khz, try 12Khz instead). make sure you have pleanty of RAM free.
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J2G
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Phantom Power - Kids @ Echos
i have a fast track interface and i'm trying to record my vocal in to pro tools m-powered 8?
amd having a hard time doing so.I don't have phantom power. but i have a mic input on the back of the interface.so why i can't record my vocal i really really need some help.
You only need phantom power if you have a condenser microphone. If you do have a condenser then you need to either get a new mic or get a new interface. If you don't have a condenser then I have written a How To for beginners below:
Here's a basic How to Record in Pro Tools using an M-Audio FastTrack USB. Follow these steps and you'll be recording in no time!
1. Create a New Blank Session at 44.1kHz, 24 bits (music) or 48kHz, 24 bits (film).
2. In the menu bar select: Track > New Track
3. Make a new Mono Audio track in Samples.
4. In the Menu Bar select: Window > Mix
5. In the middle of your new track you will see two grey boxes. This is the I/O section of your new track.
6. The top rectangle is the Input. Choose Interface > 1 for a microphone or Interface > 2 for a guitar.
7. The bottom rectangle is the Output. On the bottom select Interface > 1-2. This is your monitors or headphones.
8. If you're recording guitar, ensure that the guitar/line button is set to guitar.
9 Press the record button on a track to get the track ready to be recorded on.
10. Now, while singing into the microphone or playing your guitar, slowly turn up the gain on the interface. An ideal recording level averages in the low to middle of the yellow.
11. Now press F12 or 3 on the numpad to begin recording.
12. Press spacebar to stop.
13. Press spacebar again to playback what you just recorded.
You should now have made your first recording. Nice!
Hope this helps,
-KDecka
