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strangerthink
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Hey guys! I'm new here, but I'm ready to be torn apart for it.
Anyways, I have been recording with a very basic setup which originally consisted of the MTrack Plus and an MXL 910. A few months ago, my the 910's signal became immediately lower than its original capacities. In order to get substantial dB I had to crank the gain to almost the 3 o' clock position, and the response was not a clean tone either.
I had dropped the microphone before, and since it is lowend, I naturally assumed that I had broken an internal component of the microphone. I did not at the time however consider the fact that I had started using a few different handme down XLR cables, that may have caused some damage to the circuitry.
Fast forward, and I am buying an MXL V67G to solve my low signal issue. Unfortunately, it didn't. My signal response is still pathetic and its almost as if the Phantom power is working at half capacity. I have tried three different XLR chorsds with this and still no luck.
With a decent amount of googling I learned of multimeters, so I tested the output of my XLR port w/ Phantom power and tested the Female end of one of my XLR chords while plugged in w/ phantom power.
The results were even more confusing,
here is a video of me testing the interface .https://youtu.be/foppen6IX14
With Red probe all the way in the right hole: black on middle gives a reading of 50.3, black on left does about 50.2
With Red probe all the way in the left hole: black on middle reads 0.0, black on right does 50.2
Attached pictures show the readings with the probes in the XLR but they are essentially the same so I won't bother writing them up.
So what is going on here? Why are all of my terminals reading around 50 volts, except for one exchange? And why am I getting such low mic signal? Did I some how short both of my mics? Thanks for your time
Anyways, I have been recording with a very basic setup which originally consisted of the MTrack Plus and an MXL 910. A few months ago, my the 910's signal became immediately lower than its original capacities. In order to get substantial dB I had to crank the gain to almost the 3 o' clock position, and the response was not a clean tone either.
I had dropped the microphone before, and since it is lowend, I naturally assumed that I had broken an internal component of the microphone. I did not at the time however consider the fact that I had started using a few different handme down XLR cables, that may have caused some damage to the circuitry.
Fast forward, and I am buying an MXL V67G to solve my low signal issue. Unfortunately, it didn't. My signal response is still pathetic and its almost as if the Phantom power is working at half capacity. I have tried three different XLR chorsds with this and still no luck.
With a decent amount of googling I learned of multimeters, so I tested the output of my XLR port w/ Phantom power and tested the Female end of one of my XLR chords while plugged in w/ phantom power.
The results were even more confusing,
here is a video of me testing the interface .https://youtu.be/foppen6IX14
With Red probe all the way in the right hole: black on middle gives a reading of 50.3, black on left does about 50.2
With Red probe all the way in the left hole: black on middle reads 0.0, black on right does 50.2
Attached pictures show the readings with the probes in the XLR but they are essentially the same so I won't bother writing them up.
So what is going on here? Why are all of my terminals reading around 50 volts, except for one exchange? And why am I getting such low mic signal? Did I some how short both of my mics? Thanks for your time
