How Do You Take Care Of A Condenser Microphone?
You bought a condenser microphone for recording vocals or instrumental music. How do you take care of it so it will last for years? Condenser microphones are relatively durable, but a few mistakes can break or damage a condenser. Never overload the condenser with extremely loud sound or feedback for long periods of time. Recording extremely loud sounds at a high volume will lead to extreme clipping and garbled noise, and potentially hurt your microphone. Never unplug your condenser from your pre-amp or powered audio recording device without turning off phantom power or making sure the device is off. Unplugging a condenser microphone with phantom power on is a common way of damaging a condenser. Never unplug the microphone without turning off the phantom power. Put your microphone away if you aren’t going to use it for a long period of time. Or at least cover it with a sock with a silica gel packet it in it. Put your microphone away in dusty, wet, or unusual conditions. For example, dur
