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weetsie
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hi
i am buying and setting up some equipment for some people that want to do some recording, all they want to do is record conversation of anywhere from 2 to maybe 10 people.
i have no experience in recording but the first professional company they went to suggested buying a load of dictaphones to record on and a laptop to edit on despite them not needing portability.
we decided on buying 3 mics (behringer C-1) and an 8 track recorder (zoom R16) as they could add more mics as and when needed, along with a PC for editing, XLR cables, mic stands it fits well into their budget.
the problem i am facing now is it turns out the R16 only has two inputs with 48v power. i am not sure what this means, i know the behringer C-1 mics make use of this phantom power, i don't know if it is needed or not.
so i am lost as what to do, at first i thought it was just a case of buying power supplies for each mic apart from the 2 that have power from the recorder but they are very expensive.
so should i just use the mics without phantom power?
or should i buy power supplies for the mics? if so are there any cheap options? (i cant find any)
or should i buy a better recorder that has more inputs with phantom power?
is there a better mic than the behringer c-1 for similar money?
sorry for lots of questions, i have done a bit of research but i am a bit stuck.
any help would be very much appreciated, thanks.
i am buying and setting up some equipment for some people that want to do some recording, all they want to do is record conversation of anywhere from 2 to maybe 10 people.
i have no experience in recording but the first professional company they went to suggested buying a load of dictaphones to record on and a laptop to edit on despite them not needing portability.
we decided on buying 3 mics (behringer C-1) and an 8 track recorder (zoom R16) as they could add more mics as and when needed, along with a PC for editing, XLR cables, mic stands it fits well into their budget.
the problem i am facing now is it turns out the R16 only has two inputs with 48v power. i am not sure what this means, i know the behringer C-1 mics make use of this phantom power, i don't know if it is needed or not.
so i am lost as what to do, at first i thought it was just a case of buying power supplies for each mic apart from the 2 that have power from the recorder but they are very expensive.
so should i just use the mics without phantom power?
or should i buy power supplies for the mics? if so are there any cheap options? (i cant find any)
or should i buy a better recorder that has more inputs with phantom power?
is there a better mic than the behringer c-1 for similar money?
sorry for lots of questions, i have done a bit of research but i am a bit stuck.
any help would be very much appreciated, thanks.