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I've had this Phonic 12 track analogue mixing desk for years...


It's half fucked

(3 of 12 channels are blown)

but it does the job of connecting the bits (unless I need the 3)

and generally speaking,

I like things to misbehave..


There's always been two LED lights on the right hand side...

One is POWER: -

(GREEN)

(EASY)


The other says

PHANTOM POWER: -

(RED)


Until yesterday, I'd never seen PHANTOM POWER

lit..


Any ideas??

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	Emily	Do you have a condenser mic plugged into your desk directly with no power supply of its own? If so, unplug it and maybe the light will go out... Posted by Emily on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:30 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	I don't have a mike plugged in.. Is the Phantom Power somekind of preamp?? Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:33 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Emily	Yes, it is used to preamp condenser mics when there is no separate power source for the mic. There should be a switch for "+48 Volts" on the mixing board on the top or the backside of it, maybe it's on. Look by the XLR inputs... Posted by Emily on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:36 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Oh jesus... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:40 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	I've now looked and there are no such 48db switches... This mixer was made in California, does that go anyway to explaining things...? Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:44 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Emily	Do you have a picture of the mixing board? Posted by Emily on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:48 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	I can take one.. Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:49 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Emily	Take the picture and post it... Posted by Emily on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:52 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 03:00 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Emily	Maybe a fuse for the phantom power was blown? Posted by Emily on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 03:09 [Remove]

	Emily	Did you decide to leave the light on? Posted by Emily on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:44 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	As a general rule, I don't like RED lights in my peripheral vision... Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:47 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Stacey J	Huh? Well, if I had to guess, I would say maybe a short circuit happened or you may have had the mic and the switch turned on at the same time. Some systems you have to do both. I think. I don't know if that helps. ?? Posted by Stacey J on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:35 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	But I'm growing to like having the light on now i know it has a purpose... I was thinking it meant IMMINENT EXPLOSION!!!! Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 10:05 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	AHHH... But the short circuit bit doesn't sound so appealling.. Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 09:57 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Steve Or Die!	ghosts. Posted by Steve Or Die! on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:47 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	spooking Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:53 [Remove] [Reply to this]

R

KABOOOOM!!! Posted by R on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 16:50 [Remove] [Reply to this]