• wlbaye
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Topic: Playing Live with a Condensor Mic

Hello, wondering if anyone has experience playing live with a condensor mic.I like the natural sound the bluegrass folks get and would like to give it a try.I use a fender ultralight acoustasonic amp that has phantom power,but I'm wondering what else is needed to get a good sound in a  small indoor venue.

Later, Wayne P

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Re: Playing Live with a Condensor Mic

I use a Rode NT1A condensor mic and a Marshall AS50D for small casual venues.. I get good results with just that set up and nothing more but I prefer to use a Electro-Harmonix 12AY7 Tube Microphone Preamp and run that through my mixer for effects before hitting the amp for a better sound. I'm not real seasoned in this area though, and others can probably offer more input. wink -Pix

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Re: Playing Live with a Condensor Mic

I have a KSM27 Shure mic and I would like to use it with my acoustasonic which does have phantom power but it doesn't seem to have enough, I think I must need a pre-amp and more power.
    The Ultralight acoustasonic has 125W per side so it must have something to do with the phantom thing.I am wondering also about the use of just one side of the amp.Normally I have a guitar plugged in and a dynamic mic in the other side and it has lots of power and volume.

Later, Wayne P

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Re: Playing Live with a Condensor Mic

I got it figured out,when I added my digitech vocal 4,I found out it has a phantom power switch and now everything is cool.The phantom power on my amp head is cut back too much to work well on its own.
Thanks Pix

Later, Wayne P

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