phantom power

[bryan_kilco]

Was just searching around and wanted to bring up this topic:

Say you have 2 OH condenser mics on a drumkit, and the rest are dynamic. Ok, now your interface has phantom power for the condensers, but it switches channels 1-4 phantom ON/OFF or channels 5-8 phantom ON/OFF.

Let's say the 2 condensers are plugged into channels 7 & 8.

Does this do any weird stuff to the dynamic mics on channels 5 & 6?

I've recorded this way before and never noticed an issue, but I'm still a bit unsure and curious.

 

[AntonioPetrole]

From what I understand phantom power won't do anything to dynamic mics. It can however, potentially destroy a ribbon mic

 

[Skaldir]

phantom power doesn't have effect on dynamic mics. no problem to have it on them

 

[~BURNY~]

From what I understand phantom power won't do anything to dynamic mics. It can however, potentially destroy a ribbon mic

Actually Ribbon mic are dynamic mics but let's not make this even more confusing.

 

[BLUElightCory]

It's fine. Even most ribbon mics are fine with phantom power on.

 

[The StabbinCabin]

It will give you the BOOM

 

[TheWinterSnow]

It will have no effect. Dynamic mics are transformer coupled and since the +48Vdc is applied to both output signals of the mic, it is cancelled out by the transformer. If you have removed the transformer from the mic then it will sound like utter shit if you apply phantom power, but still won't damage the mic.

 

[Trevoire520]

If you have removed the transformer from the mic then it will sound like utter shit if you apply phantom power, but still won't damage the mic.

Thats good to know, I've got a 57 I've taken the transformer out of and hadn't realised that it would be effected by phantom power.