pucho812
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Trying to find a pattern or something but here is the story. Got a newier 414(one with pattern button vs switch) that hit the repair bench a few weeks ago with a rattle. Drummer hit it hard and the rattle was a screw terminal loose/off from the capsule. Reattached the ground terminal for one side of the capsule, the mic tested o.k. on all patterns, and went back into service. Fast forward to now. The mic is in a studio with an api 500 rack, avalon 2022 pre and a neve vr. The 414 wil work with any pre on console or outboard except either of the 2 x 512 in the api rack. When patched to the 512 it appears to not get enough phantom power, will not switch patterns and souns weak. Now if i use any other condenser mic with the 512 like a neumann 87, it works just fine as well as works with other pre's in the room. More over if i bypass the studio wiring and go right into back of the 512 in the 500 rack it will work just fine.