[LAU] Snare drum mic too hot

[Brent Busby]

On Sun, 10 May 2009, Paul Coccoli wrote:

> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Scott <lau at troutpocket.org> 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!

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