First professional microphone purchase. What do I need to make this work with a pc? I already have the phantom power supply.
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You need an interface, and it depends what are you using it for, multitrack recording or just one input. Personus makes nice affordable interfaces, but there are others.
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This is not a USB microphone. You will need an interface to connect the microphone to your PC (check the Focusrite Scarlett Solo or Presonus line of interfaces) and you also need recording sotware (most interfaces include recording software), a XLR microphone cable.
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You only need the focusrite box, a 25ft Xlr audio cable and a usb cable. The sound should be clean unless your pc laptop generate hum.
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You need a pc audio interface that has an Xlr input, usb output and phanton power.
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Yes, each of the eight microphone inputs has its own switchable phantom power supply. It works with Windows 7 and 8, but you need to ensure you have the correct drivers.
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Hey Candy, This microphone works with phantom power, so if you want connect it to your computer you are going to need a phantom to usb adapter such as Blue Icicle. Blue Icicle adapter is going to allow you to power your mic with your computer and record with any application or software of your preference after you set it up as your computer external mic. You can find this in amazing too. No cords come with the mic set, you only get the pair of microphones plus the microphone's holder for each one. MXL is a great brand and this pair will offer you an amazon sound quality, although, the problem with phantom powered microphones is that they are very sensitive to temperature. You are dealing with professional equipment, there for maintenance is important. If what you are looking for is a good quality usb microphone, i will recommend you to take a look at Blue. They build great usb powered microphones such as "the snowball. very portable, not too heavy, extremely durable and most importantly good sound quality. this lil guy comes with the stand a cord, ready to go. amazon prizes this product for $49.99 (half the prize of the MXL 550/551) If what you are looking for is good quality and portability, ready to go mic. I will recommend you to go for the Blue Snowball microphone. Great from home standard recording. Otherwise take a look at the blue icicle usb adapter to connect it to your computer. Good Luck!!!
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Not quite sure what phantom power means but it only requires a USB plugin. I've used mine every day for Skype and quite often for voice acting. Perfect for the cost.
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You need a good bit of gain, no matter how you get it. I run mine through a 14 channel mackie mixer with sound gates, processors. etc. That's all optional, any mixer should provide enough gain. Do not use phantom power, will destroy mic. If you have a mixer with at least 60 gain you'll be straight. I've never run it through a PC, so I'm not sure in that end. You just need some gain bud. A beautiful mic. You'll enjoy it.
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This will work perfectly. As long as you are positive your mike and computer are working correctly. I use mine every time I use a microphone. Just turn up input gain until you get a little yellow on loud vocals and set output to desired level. It also will provide power to a condenser mike where a computer typically wont
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No. This mic is a professional condenser mic and requires 48v phantom power on an XLR connector. If you want to use this mic with a comptuer, the best way is with an interface like this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154KSA2 or instead, you can just us a good USB mic like this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B5ZX9FM
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It's something required for the microphone to work. Use an audio interface with phantom power on it.
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Since the amp has an xlr input for a microphone... yes the power supply will come in handy for a microphone that NEEDS PHANTOM power. If your mic is a condenser that doesn't have battery capability... it most likely needs phantom power. It would be rare that an amp in the category you are asking about would have phantom power available. A dynamic mic won't need phantom power and could be connected directly to the amp. A condenser mic that uses a battery won't need the power supply either. My question would be... why choose such an inexpensive "beginner" amp to use with a mic that would require phantom power (which is usually in a higher price/quality category)? Just a thought here... if you are capable of asking your question here... you are most likely capable of doing a bit of research yourself on the requirements of equipment. The manufacturers are usually very willing to help with information! Good hunting!!
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Dynamic mics don't need 48v phantom power, I never tried that way. Good luck
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I went to Radio Shack and bought a 1/8 plug to 1/4 plug adapter to put on the mic cord. Then I bought a model 274-017 XLR balanced adapter to plug it into a 3 prong mic port. Since the Audio-Technica system comes with a battery/preamp, you don't need a direct box. I plugged the mini adapter into the back of the balanced adapter and the whole thing into the mic port on my Fender amp system. Works like a charm and was suggested by my buddy who runs a recording studio. Just remember to turn the mic off when you're not using it so you don't run down the battery. You'll get very little sound out of it otherwise if the battery is dead. If your system has phantom power, it may work without the battery, haven't tried that yet. Probably spent about $20 total on the two adapters. Good luck! Kerry
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This product is compatible with any condenser microphone that requires phantom power
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Your going to need some more gear. This is a "Pro" style mic, with an XLR connector on it, and it want 48 volts (or there about) to power it.Look for a small mixer with Phantom power. There are lots out there in the $100 or less category. You'll like having the mixer for a lot of uses.
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Look in the user guide and see if the mic jack is powered or not. If it's powered then it will work. If not then you will need a mic with an internal power supply.
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Should work fine with most laptop's. You use the USB input on the computer. In the sound properties you need to set the input and output to feed from the microphone input on the Behrnger. This usually shows up as a USB codec. This is different from using the build in microphone and built in speakers. I found this unit to be very good although the phantom power has a lower than optimum voltage for some condenser microphones. It is well built and sturdy. Nice feature is the RCA inputs that allows CD players to input music for background.
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I would suggest an audio interface. Presonus, Apogee, Focusrite, and others make great interfaces that will allow you to hook up the mic to the computer. I would suggest a pop filter with the mic and using phantom power for a condenser mic. Depending on what you want to do, having DAW software will take you one step further.
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I bought this unit to power my Blue Bird mic with my camcorder for which it worked quite well. I see no reason that it wouldn't work with a PC. There are more "elegant" solutions, though -- eg Blue's Icicle which powers the mic and goes through the USB. Behringer is the cheaper solution and is a good answer. Good luck.