Well I turned on the ole studio last weekend. I thought a felt a tingle when plugging in a patch cord to my mixer.
At first I thought I imagined it. Then my lips got zapped through the mic. That I didnt imaging.
I also realized that I got a shock when handling the main outs from my mixer to my power amp.
And the chassis of the amp itself was energized.

I have my Behringer C-1 condenser microphone plugged into an XLR cable, that XLR is plugged into my Nady SMPS-USB audio interface with phantom power, and a USB is plugged into the Nady and my Windows laptop.

The Nady SMPS-USB is being powered by a replacement AC adapter for now with only 12 volts for testing purposes. An 18v AC adapter is the original requirement.

I Have a M-audio Sputnik microphone, but the problem is, that i don't have a power supply for it, which is a big problem because it is a 7-pin multi-pattern large diaphragm vacuum tube condense microphone, and there is no way to get it I live in Czech republic and here it's impossible to order it.

has a switch under the battery slot labeled M/V.

What might this do?

There are cheap as dirt? Worth the money for something a little different?
I am looking at the Nady RSM-2. its $200. I mean I really can not go wrong. But I also don't want to be left thinking that i could have gotten a pair of 57s with that cash. And we can all use more 57s.

Im new with this stuff. How would I hook the Nady PRA-8 Mic Preamp up to my PC?

Hello, I'm very new to recording.org, but I love the family sense that I see around the site so I already feel at home.

This is the problem I'm having. I bought a Nady RSM-1 ribbon mic a couple of months ago and I'm working on starting up a home studio. Well, home studio is putting it loosely. It's more like a hole in the wall...almost.

The singer in my band is a little hard to record.He has kind of a high voice (Robert Plant/Bon Scott,etc.)All my mics hate his voice (NTK,a couple of AT's,MXL's,etc.).They're all pretty bright,and they seem to over accentuate the treble content of his voice.

Has anybody tried these, i have one on layaway to try out, any thoughts ? a NADY PR8

This is my first post ever (Aloha from HI) and this will also be my first condenser mic purchase ever. I am on a strict budget and am trying to do as much research as possible on my 6 day a week work schedule.

I saw these two mics all over EBAY:
CAD GXL2200/2400 & Nady SCM800