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What is 48v phantom power for?
Phantom power, commonly designated as +48V or P48, was designed to power microphones without using bulky external power supplies such as the ones required for tube microphones. It’s a way of sending the DC electrical current required through a balanced XLR cable.
What is 48v on sound board?
Phantom power (labeled as +48 V on most audio equipment) is a method that sends DC voltage through microphone cables. It is best known as a power source for condenser microphones, though many active DI (direct input) boxes also use it.
Is phantom power the same as 48v?
This method is referred to as phantom power. The worldwide standard for phantom power is 11 to 52 volts of DC (typical studio mics run on 48v). Your preamp will typically have a button labelled 48v, which allows you to turn this on/off. However, some older mixers and cheaper audio interfaces may not have phantom power.
When would you use phantom power?
Phantom power is used to power the active components of active microphones. Generally speaking, it is used to power the impedance converters and internal preamps of active microphones along with other active circuits. It is also used to polarize the capsules of condenser microphones that require external polarization.
What instruments need phantom power?
Condenser microphones are the primary kind which require +48V phantom power to operate the active circuitry inside. An exception are tube microphones, which are a type of condenser that still use external power supplies.
Will phantom power damage an amplifier?
Re: Phantom power damage to my amps 2. When an output is marked ‘line out’ and the handbook says they produce ‘line level’ you don’t connect them to mic inputs! But more seriously, yes, phantom on some line outputs will cause serious damage — but only because the output dc blocking caps are under-rated.
Will 48V phantom power damage a dynamic mic?
It will not hurt anything to leave your phantom power on. Most dynamic or condenser microphones that don’t require phantom power will reject it. Ribbon mics are the exception in this situation. Sending phantom power to a ribbon microphone will probably have disastrous consequences.
What happens if you plug a guitar into phantom power?
In theory, the only way that phantom power could damage your guitar is if you connected it to the interface or mixer using a balanced cable. All guitars have a jack output, so this would mean you’d need to use a cable that had a male XLR connector at one end, and a TS or TRS jack connector at the other end.
Will phantom power damage a guitar?
Phantom will destroy ANY guitar! It would blow up the mic preamp. The guitar would be fine. Just to be clear, you mean connecting the mic and gtr together with some Y-cable splitter (combining a balanced mic output with an unbalanced instrument level output) and plugging that into the preamp?