Tascam DP-02 mic..?

[pianomanjoe]

Did a quickie first recording last week with the Tascam DP-02...

the 1st track was instrumental straight from keyboard. 2nd track was a vocal from a Shure SM-58. Even with the Phantom power on and every knob and dial turned to almost 11, (lol) I had a hard time getting the vocal the show up on the meter and had to bring down the instrumental part so the vocal could come through....

My question is...if I bought a mic with Phantom power, do you think that would help any future vocals I might want to put down or should I chance running through my keyboard amp and out back into the DP-02 ?

And...if you recommend a Phantom powered mic...what's one that won't bust the bank?

Thanks for the feedback

Joe

[String7th]

The SM58 Doesn't require phantom power and could break the mic if used. You'll never want to put phantom power on mics that don't require it.
The problem is probably your mic is broken, you're using the wrong input, bad cable, or a number of other things. Also check to make sure if it's got a mic/line switch, that it's set correctly. Keyboards, samplers, POD's will use line level inputs. Mics will use mic level.

[pianomanjoe]

You're probably right....it probably is one or more of those....

However, my mic and cord work fine on the job and I plugged into the back of the unit, following the owner's manual picture, accessing the XLR input....and I checked the mic/guitar button and it was in the correction position..so....

[String7th]

Hmm, don't know. I used to have a Zoom 16 channel hard disk recorder and I had to read, re-read, and re-re-read the manual on how to make sure it was gonna do what I asked it to do. Especially the built in drum machine.
I would say to try a different mic and cable as a test to be 100% sure, then get in that manual to see why the 1/4" jacks work, but not the XLR.

[yeeman]

[quote=pianomanjoe;47383]Did a quickie first recording last week with the Tascam DP-02...

the 1st track was instrumental straight from keyboard. 2nd track was a vocal from a Shure SM-58. Even with the Phantom power on and every knob and dial turned to almost 11, (lol) I had a hard time getting the vocal the show up on the meter and had to bring down the instrumental part so the vocal could come through....

My question is...if I bought a mic with Phantom power, do you think that would help any future vocals I might want to put down or should I chance running through my keyboard amp and out back into the DP-02 ?

And...if you recommend a Phantom powered mic...what's one that won't bust the bank?

Thanks for the feedback

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...I would call Tascam tech support ( 323-726-0303 ) and ask for Tom Taylor.
I've spoken with him MANY times to understand how to use all the basic functions. I just wrote out my own basic manual for all the common functions. Contact me if you need instruction....I don't know eveything, but can get you thru the main stuff.....yeeman@optonline.net

[monopod]

Phantom Power doesn't break dynamic mics like SM58's. Glossary: Phantom Power | Sweetwater.com

Rode NTA-1 is a nice mic for vocals or anything else really (I'm not a huge fan or mics only being for one thing though). They sell from anywhere between 250 to 500. They come with a shockmount and a slide over pop filter.
RØDE Microphones - NT1-A


Jordan

[musicmanz54]

Originally Posted by pianomanjoe

Did a quickie first recording last week with the Tascam DP-02...

the 1st track was instrumental straight from keyboard. 2nd track was a vocal from a Shure SM-58. Even with the Phantom power on and every knob and dial turned to almost 11, (lol) I had a hard time getting the vocal the show up on the meter and had to bring down the instrumental part so the vocal could come through....

My question is...if I bought a mic with Phantom power, do you think that would help any future vocals I might want to put down or should I chance running through my keyboard amp and out back into the DP-02 ?

And...if you recommend a Phantom powered mic...what's one that won't bust the bank?

Thanks for the feedback

Joe

I have had the same Tascam for several months now and have produced excellent recordings with little effort; great easy recorder to use. In order to get the best mix you must go through a mixer; I am using a small 4channel Yamaha with effects (unpowered) by the way as powered mixers add too much noise. With a cheap mixer you can get the right tones and volumes before you even go into the recorder. In this format any good mic will do the job just fine.

[Fiery Biscuit]

Hey there,

I've joined up because I'm having the exact same problem.

We have a SHURE58 Dynamic Microphone, and the TASCAM DP-02 has phantom power - I am guessing that because our microphone is dynamic we don't have to use the phantom power function? We've tried both anyway - neither works.

We assign the track, all our volumes are up, the red button slowly flashes. We can't hear anything in the headphones. We have no idea, and the manual doesn't help at all. We recorded two guitar tracks on tracks 1 and 2 already - the guitar can be heard all the time when plugged in.

The DP-02 link shows this information: 'A pair of record-quality TASCAM mic preamps features XLR inputs with phantom power for condenser mics'

Is it relevant? Do we need to buy a condenser mic to be able to hear ourselves (and therefore record ourselves)?

Can anybody lend a hand?

Thanks.

Fiery Biscuit.

Tags: problem with Tascam DP-02; Tascam DP-02 no microphone sound; Tascam DP-02 Phantom Power; Tascam DP-02 Dynamic Microphone

[brandondrury]

The SM58 Doesn't require phantom power and could break the mic if used.

The first part is correct, but you won't hurt a dynamic microphone by sending phantom power to it. There are select vintage ribbon mics that will blow with phantom power, but that is it. I've ran phantom power to my Royer R121 at least 10 times with no troubles.

My question is...if I bought a mic with Phantom power, do you think that would help any future vocals I might want to put down or should I chance running through my keyboard amp and out back into the DP-02 ?

Neither sounds ideal. If your SM58 isn't broken than I would try to figure out exactly what is going on with your DP-02.

Are we positive that the XLR input is being routed to the track? Maybe there is a setting where you can switch between XLR inputs and something else? This feels like a routing issue.

Is it relevant? Do we need to buy a condenser mic to be able to hear ourselves (and therefore record ourselves)?

The issue won't be solved with a condenser. If the SM58 isn't working, I'm about 99% sure a condenser won't work either.

Brandon

[Fiery Biscuit]

Thanks for your reply.

Not long after I posted this it started working. Now, I'm not exactly sure what changed to make it start working, but all I can offer is that under Input A, where it has the OL level, we turned it right up (although it was already up almost to max), our effects and phantom were off, Assign A was the only button lit up. Perhaps it was that we needed to turn the OL Level up to max, perhaps I did something else, but it all worked out in the end. It will always remain a mystery. Thanks for your help.

Fiery Biscuit.