Re: Looking to buy instrument mike for outdoor gigs
Many ways you can do this...
Certainly the P170 and ATPRO37 both require +48v phantom power. A dynamic mic such as the venerable SM-57 does not.
A third option: use a self-powered condenser (back-electret) mic such at the Rode M3, Shure SM-94 or AKG C-1000. Of these, The SM-94 is particularly good on mandolin, with the M3 a close second. The new (latest) version of the C-1000 is an improvement over the earlier versions which I never liked too much... all these will run fine from an internal battery if regular phantom is not available.
As also suggested, adding a small, but good, mixer to your rig will widen your options and give you 'extras' such as independent channel gain, EQ, multiple inputs, etc. The only issue can be that some acoustic amps lack a line-level input to handle the mixer output... The KX-50 will handle line-level inputs so would be OK. Ideally, a balanced-line level input woulds be nice, but in this application, with the correct cable from mixer-amp it will be fine.
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