Behringer Eurorack UB802 question?

[TheKeith]

I just picked up one of these mixers for use with my condenser mic. I have a
few questions--maybe someone who is familiar with it can answer for me. The
first is the phantom power switch. When I turn it off, the power slowly
dissipates, as opposed to shutting right off. Is this normal? My other
question is not that important but I was just curious. The two level knobs
for the 2 mono inputs are a lot looser than the two for the stereo inputs
and they don't have that lock-in feeling when you reach the mid point. Is
this normal--is there any reason why they would make those two differently?
Help would be appreciated--thanks.

[Ty Ford]

In Article >, "TheKeith" >
wrote:
>I just picked up one of these mixers for use with my condenser mic. I have a
>few questions--maybe someone who is familiar with it can answer for me. The
>first is the phantom power switch. When I turn it off, the power slowly
>dissipates, as opposed to shutting right off. Is this normal?

Only on Behringer gear...IT'S A JOKE GEORGE (and everyone else). :)

Not they a;; pretty much just sort of fade away, some with bumps and rumbles.


My other
>question is not that important but I was just curious. The two level knobs
>for the 2 mono inputs are a lot looser than the two for the stereo inputs
>and they don't have that lock-in feeling when you reach the mid point. Is
>this normal--is there any reason why they would make those two differently?
>Help would be appreciated--thanks.

Mono pots are forbidden to be dentented in some countries. It has something
to do with the Geneva Convention.

They used detented pots for the stereo trims? Did yo RTM?

Regards,

Ty Ford

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[Troy]

Thats normal for phantom power to do that.This is why you should not unplug
your mic right away let it sit for a minute after you turn off the power.It
takes a few seconds to turn on also once you push the phantom button.

As for the knobs.....I would say 12 hail Marries before you touch them each
time you turn the board on.My buddies died a horrible slow painful death.

:-)

Good Luck




Ty Ford > wrote in message
...
> In Article >, "TheKeith" >
> wrote:
> >I just picked up one of these mixers for use with my condenser mic. I
have a
> >few questions--maybe someone who is familiar with it can answer for me.
The
> >first is the phantom power switch. When I turn it off, the power slowly
> >dissipates, as opposed to shutting right off. Is this normal?
>
> Only on Behringer gear...IT'S A JOKE GEORGE (and everyone else). :)
>
> Not they a;; pretty much just sort of fade away, some with bumps and
rumbles.
>
>
> My other
> >question is not that important but I was just curious. The two level
knobs
> >for the 2 mono inputs are a lot looser than the two for the stereo inputs
> >and they don't have that lock-in feeling when you reach the mid point. Is
> >this normal--is there any reason why they would make those two
differently?
> >Help would be appreciated--thanks.
>
> Mono pots are forbidden to be dentented in some countries. It has
something
> to do with the Geneva Convention.
>
> They used detented pots for the stereo trims? Did yo RTM?
>
> Regards,
>
> Ty Ford
>
> For Ty Ford V/O demos, audio services and equipment reviews,
> click on http://www.jagunet.com/~tford
>

[TheKeith]

"Ty Ford" > wrote in message
...
> In Article >, "TheKeith" >
> wrote:
> >I just picked up one of these mixers for use with my condenser mic. I
have a
> >few questions--maybe someone who is familiar with it can answer for me.
The
> >first is the phantom power switch. When I turn it off, the power slowly
> >dissipates, as opposed to shutting right off. Is this normal?
>
> Only on Behringer gear...IT'S A JOKE GEORGE (and everyone else). :)
>
> Not they a;; pretty much just sort of fade away, some with bumps and
rumbles.

Thanks. Mine takes a good few minutes before it finally dies out. Even after
I unplug the mixer the phantom power takes a few seconds to die out. Is this
some kind of a safety mechanism to protect the condenser mics?



> My other
> >question is not that important but I was just curious. The two level
knobs
> >for the 2 mono inputs are a lot looser than the two for the stereo inputs
> >and they don't have that lock-in feeling when you reach the mid point. Is
> >this normal--is there any reason why they would make those two
differently?
> >Help would be appreciated--thanks.
>
> Mono pots are forbidden to be dentented in some countries. It has
something
> to do with the Geneva Convention.
>
> They used detented pots for the stereo trims? Did yo RTM?

Yeah they used them for all other knobs except the mono-input level knobs
and the small gain knobs for the mic inputs. It doesn't make sense to me
that they would only use non-detented (thanks for the word--I knew there
must have been one) knobs here, but everywhere else, detented. It wouldn't
bother me so much if the non-detented ones also feel a good deal looser than
the rest. I assume your joking about some countries not being able to use
them on mono channels :-)

[TheKeith]

"Troy" > wrote in message
news:1%U0c.665340$X%5.464471@pd7tw2no...
> Thats normal for phantom power to do that.This is why you should not
unplug
> your mic right away let it sit for a minute after you turn off the
power.It
> takes a few seconds to turn on also once you push the phantom button.

after switching off the phantom power, I would say it takes a good 3-5
minutes for it to completely die out (indicated by the red phantom power
led)--this seems excessively long to me. If I just unplug the whole mixer,
it takes about 15 seconds or so for the phantom to die out completely.


> As for the knobs.....I would say 12 hail Marries before you touch them
each
> time you turn the board on.My buddies died a horrible slow painful death.

you mean your *buddy's* or your * "buddies" * --big difference in this case
? :-)

[Laurence Payne]

On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 13:53:15 -0500, "TheKeith" > wrote:

>
>Thanks. Mine takes a good few minutes before it finally dies out. Even after
>I unplug the mixer the phantom power takes a few seconds to die out. Is this
>some kind of a safety mechanism to protect the condenser mics?

More likely just the way a power rail with a big capacitor in the
circuit behaves :-)

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