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No, phantom power is too much... I think it can only sustain (safely) like 3-5V.

Check out this for an idea of making a power supply...

http://www.prosoundweb.com/recording/ta ... 16_1.shtml

Those mics need to be powered.
They normally recieve this power from the mic input
Of a computer soundcard.

The TapeOp Omni DIY mic, is based on the same mic, basically...
You could mod this mic to include the power supply from that project.

my main concern is just getting a mic that i can just set there, and it will be able to pick up me and my acoustic from a couple of feet away without any real need for a gain increase. and i guess i'd like it to have a 1/4 inch jack, but i can just use an adapter, i suppose. i just want to record m...

Well... I had a go... Tried recording a kick drum using one mic running through my mixer and out to both the Porta and the Computer at the same time and recorded them both. I then dumped the Porta track onto the computer and sure enough, sync issues. I was able to get the first hit lined up, but aft...

Awesome thanks for the additional tips.
I've done very little in the analog world... Digital is so much faster.
So I need any tips I can get for using the Porta.
So please keep them coming.

So shall I try this?

424
Input 1 - Kick
Input 2 - Snare
Input 3 - OH Left
Input 4 - OH Right

Delta 44
Input 1 - Kick

And use the other 3 Delta inputs for anything else I choose...
Or might it be better to use the Delta for the OH mics for better clarity?

Hehe... What is it? Just the housing?
Up to over $200...

Cool... Thanks for the tip. I'd imagine 7 tracks would be fine for drums.. I usually only use 4... Well 5 mics but I group the overheads (I use three.) So usually I do... 1 - Kick 2 - Snare 3 - OH Left + OH Center 4 - OH Right + OH Center So having 3 Extra tracks would help a lot, I think. Looks fun...

uh...duh, he said he doesn't mind manually syncing the tracks afterward. I think this will work just fine for you, though your tracks will sound slightly different (though you may like that). If I were you, I'd use the 424 to record drums, but that's just me. Yeah I was intending on using the 424 o...

I've got a Tascam Portastudio 424 - original version, and a Delta 44. What I'd like to do is this... Record to both the Tascam and the computer at the same time, For up to 8 tracks at once. Then tranfer the Tascam tracks to the computer. I don't mind manually syncing them up once on the computer... ...

supafuzz wrote:

nestle wrote:why was he called dimebag?
besides the obvious

I think it was just the obvious..after reading an interview with that moron
he was a drink till you puke party guy...

Actually...

It used to be Diamond Darrell, but evidently folks just called him Dime...
Somehow that evolved into Dimebag.

I made a suggestion... but it was ignored.

..and i sir, have no time for oiks and their kind. I would suppose you would prefer it if i were a beer-drinking texan cowboy with little to finance his way and holes in his shirts would you? You are not invited to post on this thread again in that manner. you new name is Pip. hi Pip! cheerio!! jee...

I suggest you try out a Behringer MXB1002?
I get excellent results with the pres.
And best of all? I got 5 pres for $100.

Now now... What do texans have to with any of this?