Samson C01 not working with Scarlett Focusrite Solo

Sophie van Doo… 18 October 2019

Hi there,

I have a Scarlett Focusrite Solo and it works great for plugging in my electric guitar. I just bought a Samson C01 Studio Condenser Mic with an XLR cable. When I plugin the cable and press the 48V button for phantom power, nothing happens. I turn the gain button and unlike the jack/guitar input it doesn't turn green. Also, the Samson C01 should have a blue light burning but it is just not connecting. I am really at loss here about what is going wrong. Can anybody help me out?

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When you say "XLR cable", is it XLR on both ends, or just on the

Boswell Fri, 10/18/2019 - 23:55

When you say "XLR cable", is it XLR on both ends, or just on the microphone end and a jack plug on the other? If the latter, that's your problem. Phantom power (+48V) on an interface is available only on an XLR connector. You need an XLR socket to XLR plug cable.

If you already have that type of cable, either the cable or the microphone may be faulty. Do you know anyone else locally who has an audio interface you could visit to test your microphone and cable?

Hi Boswell, thank you for your answer. Yes it is XLR on both en

Sophie van Doo… Sat, 10/19/2019 - 05:29

Hi Boswell, thank you for your answer.

Yes it is XLR on both ends and both cable and mic fresh out of the box oddly. I don’t really know anybody with an interface. Is there another way to test it, or would you suggest trying another XLR cable?

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When you say "XLR cable", is it XLR on both ends, or just on the

Hi Boswell, thank you for your answer. Yes it is XLR on both en

I would try a different cable first. Or test the other cable wic

I have bought a new XLR to XLR cable, but still the same problem

No blue light = no phantom, so if you've ruled out the cable you

Does the light in / or next to the button light up on your inter

could it be the USB power from computer is not sufficient to po

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