Cascade Microphones FAT HEAD II Manual And User Manual - Page 4
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It is very important the read and understand the instructions for operating
this microphone. Failure to follow the instructions in this manual could
lead to damage of your audio equipment and/or your microphone.
Here A Few Basic Concepts Of Your New Active/Passive Microphone.
• When operating this microphone in Active mode you will need to
employ 48 volt phantom power. This is usually a switch that can be
found on most mixers or recording devices.
• When the microphone is in Active mode you will receive about 25db of
increased gain. Please take care when plugging your microphone into
your recording device or mixer that the input and output gain knobs/
faders are down.
• You are able to switch this microphone into a Passive mode that allows
it to function as a traditional ribbon microphone. Although Cascade
Ribbon Microphones are phantom power safe it is still a good idea to
turn your phantom power off when using this as a Passive ribbon mi-
crophone.
• Caution should be used when using a microphone patch bay. Do not
hot swap through a patch bay. Unplug your microphone then patch
then plug your microphone back in. It is also best not to "hot swap" this
microphone with phantom power on, please turn off your phantom
power whenever you plugging this microphone into a mic cord.
• Use caution when switching between Active and Passive modes. If for
some reason you are not sure if your microphone is working properly
it always best to check what mode your microphone is in and be sure
to have your mixer/recording device set-up properly to work with the
selected mode. Do not apply phantom power to this microphone with
your input gain up or your headphones on. Always take your head-
phones off your ears if you are applying phantom power or adjusting
your gain settings.