Hi All, I have a concern here regarding phantom power and patch bays.
I have a Samson S-Patch Plus 48pt Patch Bay and an A.R.T. P48 Patch Bay. Both are 1/4" TRS Balanced.
I have all of my inputs and outputs from my Scarlett 18i20 and the related ADA8200 (adat expansion) fed into these patch bays. All of my ins and outs are on the Samson and the outboard gear is on the A.R.T. P48 (such as compressors, EQ's, FX).
I also have other outboard gear consisting of mic preamps (dbx 286, Behringer mic2200, A.R.T. Pro Channel) which I do NOT feed into the patch bays.
So now that is all laid out, my scenario and questions are the following:
If I use dedicated cables coming from the IN's of my mic preamps via their XLR ports and need to use +48v phantom power on the mics, can I safely use TRS 1/4" cables coming from the preamp outs to patch into my inputs on the Samson patch bay?
I don't want to fry any electronics connected to either patch bay and I realize normally 1/4" is not going to carry electricity properly to power a mic which needs it. But is this a safe way to do so without worrying about transferring power from the outputs of my preamps to the I/O's?
My apologies in advance if this is a simple or dumb question. I just don't want to lose gear over trying it out first!
Thanks in advance for ANY and all comments on this