I recently purchased a Zoom H4N recorder and an audio technics condenser mic to do some open mic acoustic recordings. I went to input settings and enabled the phantom power 48v as indicated but cant get the mic to work! What do I need to do?
I am just getting to know the recorder! You do open mic recordings in 4ch mode? I was under the impression that I would want to use MTR mode? How do I get the condenser mic to work?
I have never used MTR so I have no idea. I do use STEREO mode and 4CH mode all the time, though.
You need to enable phantom power. Go to the <Input> menu and scroll down until you see phantom power (which should be disabled), enable it.
Bill L
OK, I just grabbed my H4. MTR is for multi track so, once in MTR mode, and assuming your XLR cable is plugged into Channel 1 and phantom power is enabled, what you need to do is this. Select which track (1-4 buttons are under the LCD screen) you'd like to record on and then select channel 1 using the input buttons on the left side.
That should take care of it. Good call Steen.
Bill L
i did that and to no avail! I can plug in my Shure sm58 and it works but the audio tech mic does nothing
Ok, The guy at west music sold me a XLR to 1/4 cable. I took the XLR to XLR cable off of my SM58 and put a XLR to 1/4 adapter on it, still nothing from the audio tech mic. GRR getting frustrated