Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

You're correct, there is no phantom power on the Mic premamps in the S1000 so you'll need to use your mixer. Chances are you mixer's preamps are better than the mic pre's on the S1000 so you might as well use it for your dynamic mics too. 





--- On Wed, 8/13/08, Josh <basicj@...> wrote:

> From: Josh <basicj@...>
> Subject: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] S1000 and condenser mics
> To: akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 2:50 PM
> Hi all,
> 
> I just bought a condenser mic (CAD GXL2200), for that
> little boost in
> quality over the cheap dynamics I've been using up
> until now. It works
> fine with my mixer + phantom power, but the signal is far
> too weak if
> I plug it directly into the S1000's (left) XLR jack.
> The manual is
> very vague in regard to these mic jacks. Are they strictly
> for dynamic
> XLR mics that don't require phantom power? I'm
> guessing I'll need to
> run the mic through my mixer's pre-amp first and into
> the line-in on
> the Akai, correct?
> 
> Cheers,
> -Josh