Recent content by shoggoth80

Haven't sorted out my interface, but a slight bump on the lows made it "feel" better to me. A bit more lively. The more I use it, the more I'm liking it.

I'm not pioneering anything. Lol. Just a dude following a few vids and a pdf. I am gonna need to figure out a different donor body, or make an enclosure for it. The frame is bigger than the head basket of the cheapie donor. At least all isn't lost: the cheap donor came with a shock mount...

Mock up for the frame and magnets. I want to get a better spacer, and of course epoxy them in place. They fit the 3D printed frame pretty nicely.

Those are some very good questions that I don't have exact answers for. This is just for grins. I wanted to try something new, and if I succeed, awesome, and I have a new gadget to play with. I've seen the DIY folks use a clothespin to tension, and I've watched one where a guy used a ball...

Frame is printed. Broke some of my magnets. Replacement set ordered. Lol. I know there's plenty of cautionary statements regarding ND magnets, but yeah... they're strong, and brittle. Lol. I'll try and get pics of some stuff tonight.

Well, tested the mic with the external power box. Mic still cuts out. Bummer, as I really liked the mic. That doesn't help solve any of the other issues like low or distorted output, but at least I know there's an issue with the mic, and not the phantom part of the interface.

I would recommend getting a separate interface and mic as well. There's some pretty good deals on the used market. There's a ton of mic options that open up once you move away from USB only. I would avoid buying Shure, or Sennheiser used on eBay, as they're very frequently counterfeited...

I ordered a basic little 48v phantom power box. This should let me check independently of the interface. It'll also let me run my Fethead into my little PA for grins (has Bluetooth, but no phantom). So we'll see.

When I checked voltage, it only registers any across the top 2 pins. So, I'm assuming that's correct, since that's the only probing that gets a result. I could be doing it wrong. Should I be bridging, and then checking?

I never bought the wall wart for it. The 9v for my turntable might power it. It can use a PSU, a 9v battery, or run off USB power. There's no difference between the 9v battery, or the USB results. I hadn't thought of trying an external PSU, just because I never had one for it.

It runs 40-42v with a little fluctuation. Checked with my multimeter at the cable. The condenser mic is an AKG that specs as 48v plus or minus 4v. It'll output really weak, then cut out and not respond to input. I'm tempted to get a little separate phantom power box. The dynamics are a...

Using Win10 currently. Using the interface as a playback for audio not recorded by it works. I don't think I have any USB 1.0 on my board, or my hooked on through the case's front panel. The box was built in 2014 or 15 or somewhere there about. The interface wasn't new when I built the...

The driver is generic. Pretty sure there's not any device specific drivers. It was originally natively supported with Win XP. I know the dynanic mics and cables are ok, as they get used semi regularly on a small sound board. Using a different computer is possible, but needs a little...

Fresh 9v, or using the USB line, the phantom voltage registers the same 40-42v.

So. It's been a while since I dabbled with using my interface to do a vocal take. I've noticed some... issues. The output into the computer isn't as hot as I recall. It's been several years since I did any diving in, but my interface is the same, as are 3 of the mics. This weak signal...