What I've mainly been doing with my audio equipment is recording books on tape, reading-for-the-blind type stuff. So I've been running a standard crap condenser mic (an old Electrodynamic that cost $70 back in 1989 or something) through an old Fostex X-26 multitracker that no longer records, into a Delta 44 sound card (that I bought a few years ago when I was ... ambitious).
The Fostex is basically a pre-amp for the el cheapo mic.
This is the limit of my knowledge.
Now: I want to upgrade my mic to something decent. I've had the Behringer B-2 and the Audio-Technica AT3035 recommended to me as mics that would be good for my purposes without breaking my bank account like a dried twig.
And those mics have three pins. ("XLR", right?)
El Cheapo mic, the Fostex, and the Delta all have 1/4" mono jacks.
I'm pretty sure I can find a cord that goes from an XLR out on the mic to a male 1/4" mono jack, but this is when the conversation turns to "phantom power" and I start getting scared.
If I adapt the new mic a 1/4" jack, will the Fostex have the power I need to appease these phantoms? Should I be worried about "balanced" and "unbalanced" signals?
All help appreciated.
The Fostex is basically a pre-amp for the el cheapo mic.
This is the limit of my knowledge.
Now: I want to upgrade my mic to something decent. I've had the Behringer B-2 and the Audio-Technica AT3035 recommended to me as mics that would be good for my purposes without breaking my bank account like a dried twig.
And those mics have three pins. ("XLR", right?)
El Cheapo mic, the Fostex, and the Delta all have 1/4" mono jacks.
I'm pretty sure I can find a cord that goes from an XLR out on the mic to a male 1/4" mono jack, but this is when the conversation turns to "phantom power" and I start getting scared.
If I adapt the new mic a 1/4" jack, will the Fostex have the power I need to appease these phantoms? Should I be worried about "balanced" and "unbalanced" signals?
All help appreciated.