Phantom Power

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2009/11/14 02:49:31 (permalink)

Phantom Power

I know I am way behind the learning curve and some of my questions will appear stupid.  (I know they say there isn't a such thing as a stupid question but you and I know differently.) 

I am currently breaking away from the VS2480.  When using condenser mics on the 2480, I open a window which allows me to activate the phantom power.  I've seen other pieces of equipment which have little switches on them for turning on the phantom power.  The 700-Console doesn't have the switches and I am not able to find anything which says "phantom power".  What I am figuring, it is possibly in the window when I hit "Command" and I/O control which has a tab for "mic pre".  As I have discovered, the default is -20 db which is like the VS2480's pad button.  I noticed one of the options is "+48" which makes me wonder if that is the phantom power (48v).  Is this true?  If not, how do I activate phantom power for condenser microphones?

Was still a very green Sonar 8 Producer Edition user when graduating to a very green Sonar X1 Expanded user.  Now, upgraded to Sonar X3c from X2 (but never had the time to get proficient with it.)
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    Seth Perlstein [Cakewalk]
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    Re:Phantom Power 2009/11/14 02:58:56 (permalink)
    Yep, the +48 is the phantom power (+48 volts)

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    RA1222
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    Re:Phantom Power 2009/11/14 03:00:02 (permalink)
    Way cool.  Thanks.  I guess, I'm not as dumb as I look.

    Was still a very green Sonar 8 Producer Edition user when graduating to a very green Sonar X1 Expanded user.  Now, upgraded to Sonar X3c from X2 (but never had the time to get proficient with it.)
    Cakewalk V-Studio 700 and with VS-700R.    
    System:  Windows 7  
    Computer:  Intel(R) Core (TM) 2 Quad CPU; Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz 
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    Jeff Evans
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    Re:Phantom Power 2009/11/15 07:18:48 (permalink)
    Dont forget  the other parameters that can be varied here. The Phase button (circle with slashed line) is handy for inverting the polarity of a mono channel or one side of a stereo pair.

    The Low Cut filter handy for cleaning up rumbly environments with unwanted subsonic bass sounds. The Pad and Phantom you have sorted out.

    The compressors can be setup to be quite useful during tracking sessions. Just play with them and get a feel for how they work. Setting a fairly high ratio and high threshold puts them into limiting and they can effectively catch silly unwanted volume extremes and not interfere with the music at all that is below the threshold.

    The Mic Pre compressor comes after the A to D so therefore it is important to setup the input gain structure well so no distortion ocurrs directly after the analog mic pre and just before the converter even with very loud sounds or signals. Bypass the compressor first and you can get the input gain set correctly. Then enable it and set up for light operation. You have also got makeup gain on the output of this compressor and that is handy to know if you are looking for extra gain for signals that are a bit low in level.

    What I would like to see here is some sort of gain reduction metering on these compressors so you can get a feel for what they are doing. This might come in a future update.
    post edited by Jeff Evans - 2009/11/15 07:22:02

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