Line 6 Backtrack question

[spinynorman]

Question for anyone who has a Line 6 BackTrack, either version. Can you connect a microphone to the guitar input? I've got a couple of dual impedance condenser boundary mics and I wondered if I could use them for recording into a Backtrack, rather than buying the more expensive version with the mic built in?

[cheddatom]

Won't your condensers require phantom power?

I reckon a mic would work but i've not tried it as I have the mic version sorry.

[spinynorman]

The mics have batteries, so I guess power isn't a problem.

[cheddatom]

ahh, it should work fine then, but I could test it tomorrow for you (if I remember).

[spinynorman]

[quote name='cheddatom' post='912967' date='Aug 2 2010, 04:44 PM']ahh, it should work fine then, but I could test it tomorrow for you (if I remember).[/quote]

If there's a problem I would think it would be impedance. I tried using the mics plugged straight into my laptop with Audacity and there's no volume, whereas a bass plugged straight in works fine.

We're talking £25 difference, I should stop being a cheapskate and buy the +mic one.

[cheddatom]

yeh you'll be impressed with the mic - it can take some pretty loud sources and sounds great. I've used it a lot for capturing random samples to use on our album - the sounds of pots and pans and stuff like that. It's really useful.