Phantom Power

Re:Phantom Power (Jeff Evans)

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:18:48 GMT

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.

Re:Phantom Power (RA1222)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:00:02 GMT

Way cool. Thanks. I guess, I'm not as dumb as I look.

Re:Phantom Power (Seth Perlstein [Cakewalk])

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:58:56 GMT

Yep, the +48 is the phantom power (+48 volts) " />

Phantom Power (RA1222)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:49:31 GMT

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?