Question about 48v phantom power (European voltage if it matters)
My daughter lives in Germany, she is just gettig into audio recording though she has a decade of experience in creating DnB music. So she bought an M-Audio keyboard/interface combo but it does not have phantom power. Not realizing she might need it, she bought a Shure condenser mic while visiting here (USA) that requires 48v power. She bought an XLR cable with the mic and we went yesterday to get some strings and a tuner for her and she picked up a 3' XLR cable.
She is going to wait to buy a 48v PS in Germany because of the difference in voltage, I think it is all 240 over there and 120 here.
Will the microphone> longer XLR cable> 48v PS> 3'XLR> interface> to computer by USB work? ... and is 48v phantom power all created equal or should she pay more for a better one. We looked at the ART Tube MP V# yesterday but they also have one without the presets etc for half the price. Any thoughts on what she should get or not get to avoid making a mistake? She uses a Macbook. She was using Reason4 and Garageband but just downloaded Reaper. She will be micing vocals mostly. She has an acoustic/electric and a Gibson LP so she can go direct with guitars but she may want to mic them some too, I don't know.
Any suggestions or thoughts are appreciated!!
Julien (and Becky)
Sonar Platinum
Studiocat Pro 16G RAM (some bells and whistles)
HP Pavilion dm4 1165-dx (i5)-8G RAM
Octa-Capture
KRK Rokit-8s
MIDI keyboards...
Control Pad
mics.
I HATE THIS CMPUTER KEYBARD!