#Whats my sound card portable#
#Whats my sound card Pc#

Left: how it used to be in the soundblaster cards, Right: what you will find in today's cards (especially small USB sound cards)ДЄ USB sound card that provides 5V DC to the mic Today's sound cards continued the idea of bias power but they work with only 2 wires (still same connector) and about 3V bias voltage. Had 3 connections for a single Mono Mic: 1(tip)=signal, 2(ring)=5V bias voltage, 3(sleeve)=Ground. The idea of a small bias voltage to power the microphones.

The soundblaster cards and today's sound cardsД¬reative Labs soundblaster cards were very popular cards in 1990's and they came up with If you read the data-sheet of the NW-700 then you will find that it can actually already Power supplies but there is a much better solution: Modify a small USB sound card.

#Whats my sound card portable#

It's possible to buy overpriced portable battery powered phantom Permanently but it does not work well if you want to carry a NW-700 together with your It's OK for a studio setting where things are installed It's the sameД¬oncept as the 3V from the sound card just much more juice. With it's own power supply and you put it in line with the microphone. Studio condenser microphones are powered by a 48V DC phantom power supply. NW-700 will work a bit with the 3V but the volume will be very low. The problem is that the Neewer NW-700 needs a higher voltage. Those 3V are good enough for the typical small headset microphones and otherД¬omputer gadgets.

#Whats my sound card Pc#

Almost all computer microphonesДЄre condenser microphones and your PC provides about 2.5V to 3V DC via a 3KOhm resistor on it's It's possible to get this microphone to work really well with a simple USB sound card.Д¬ondenser microphones need a power supply to function. Microphones with a wide dynamic range and they can compete in sound quality with NW-700 and NW-800 are reasonably priced and really good. Neewer is a Chinese brand for good quality affordable audio equipment. Adapting a USB sound card to work with a studio condenser mic