Do Computer sound-cards provide phantom power for mics?

[Lithium381]

I need to know if my sound card produces phantom power for a mic, like mixers to, to provide power for microphones........

 

[incallisto]

Originally posted by: Lithium381
I need to know if my sound card produces phantom power for a mic, like mixers to, to provide power for microphones........

Most of the consumer-level audio cards do not have phantom power functionality. The good news is, I recently bought the ST Audio DSP24 MEDIA 7.1 from musician's friend for $349 shipped. It has a microphone pre-amp with gain control and phantom power (balanced mic in with 48V switchable phantom power), switchable phone pre-amp (with hardware RIAA EQ) / line level analog inputs, headphone amplifier, 8 multi channel analog outputs, and a 16ch MIDI interface. It's also the first sound card with an on-board GM/GS hardware synthesizer. The drivers are FAR superior to any other set I've seen. Imagine the TBSC drivers on steroids and there you have it.

 

[Lithium381]

hrm wow, do you know where i can get a good deal on a nice tape deck for recording stuff? either that or a 4/8 track recorder......i recently bought the berhenger mx802a mix board, as well as two pg48 mics.......(it all gets here firday).....any suggestiosn for setting up a small(SMALL) recording setup(my "garage" band)......