Tapco MIX10FXP Front Panel Features, Connector Section, 5 5 5 5 5 5 5, MIC Inputs, Phantom Power

Front Panel Features

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Connector Section

This is where you plug things in, such as: microphones, line-level instruments, guitar preamps and effects, recorders, external amplifi ers, powered monitors, powered subwoofers etc. (The speaker-level outputs from the internal power amplifi ers are on the rear panel.) Check out the hookup diagrams for some connection ideas. See Appendix B (page 23) for further details and some rather lovely drawings of the connectors you can use with your powered mixer.

Microphone-level signals are passed through the mixer's splendid microphone preamplifi ers to become line-level signals. Because more gain is required to boost the microphone level signals, make sure the gain switch (21) is in the out (high) position when you are using microphones. The mic inputs for channels 7 to 10 have no gain switch; the mic gain is fi xed at the low gain setting of channels 1 to 6.

The microphone signals appear equally in the left and right of the main mix.

5. MIC INPUTS

We use phantom-powered, balanced microphone inputs just like the big tour mega-consoles, for exactly the same reason: This kind of circuit is excellent at rejecting hum and noise. You can plug in almost any kind of mic that has a standard XLR-type male mic connector.

Professional ribbon, dynamic, and condenser mics all sound excellent through these inputs. The mic inputs will handle any kind of mic level you can toss at them, without overloading.

PHANTOM POWER

Most modern professional condenser mics require phantom power, which lets the mixer send low-current DC voltage to the mic’s electronics through the same wires that carry audio. (Semi-pro condenser mics often have batteries to accomplish the same thing.) “Phantom” owes its name to an ability to be “unseen” by dynamic mics (Shure SM57/SM58, for instance), which don’t need external power and aren’t affected by it anyway.

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