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Phantom power will not travel through the compressor to the mic. Plus, you will need to preamplify a mic signal before the compressor will be of any use anyhow.
- Can you plug a mic directly into a compressor?
- Do compressor mics need phantom power?
- When should you not use phantom power?
- Will phantom power hurt a condenser mic?
Can you plug a mic directly into a compressor?
When tracking vocals through a standalone hardware compressor, you need to connect your microphone to a mic preamp—this lets you to boost the mic signal produced by the microphone to line level. ... You can then record the compressed signal through a line input on your audio interface.
Do compressor mics need phantom power?
Therefore, for your condenser microphone to work, it needs what is known as “phantom power.” This is unique to condenser microphones, as no other microphone requires phantom power.
When should you not use phantom power?
Unless the device is designed to accept phantom power, do not apply phantom. Some unbalanced equipment does not have any, or sufficient, protection from DC voltage and its output circuitry can be damaged, requiring repair.
Will phantom power hurt a condenser mic?
Phantom power is a dc voltage (11 – 48 volts) that powers the preamplifier of a condenser microphone. ... A balanced dynamic microphone is not affected by phantom power; however, an unbalanced dynamic microphone will be affected. Although the microphone will probably not be damaged, it will not work properly.
