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Thanks. With +45db gain and max volume in the OS I can barely hear anything in a recording. Annoyingly it sounds great if I pass it through to the headphones with the input monitor. I did a bit more reading last night and came to the same conclusion, that with that particular microphone I'd have to go for the streamer approach with the mic right in front of my face to hear anything
The Onyx has phantom power so I'm going to buy a really cheap condenser (another Behringer from CeX) and see if that works any better. For £20 I don't really mind experimenting a bit and selling off the stuff that doesn't work
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That particular mic doesn't need phantom power (i.e. does not need a Fethead or Cloudlifter)... but... all mics need to be lifted from mic-level (low) to line-level (high). On non-dynamic mics that's done using a Fethead or equivalent with phantom power, but with dynamic mics typically you pre-amp.
I looked, and this Behringer audio interface https://www.behringer.com/series.html?category=R-BEHRINGER-UPHORIASERIES does include a pre-amp. So it seems that's what they expect you to be doing here.
What you have in the Onyx is also a pre-amp... so yup, that should be lifting it to line level. It may feel weird to be amplifying that much, but so long as your software thinks it is in normal range than you're good.
You may need to push gain to max, and the OS to max for it to be the right volume... but that is OK.
If that is still lacking then frankly you're going to have to re-assess this line:
Because if you read the website for it https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=P0120 :
That mic is designed to only pic up things directly in front of it.
By which... barely inches from it at most.
If you ever see a vocalist... the mic is virtually touching their lips.
If you've seen drum kits mic'd up... the mic is barely above the skin of the drum, or is totally inside the kick drum.
Dynamic mics are brilliant... but they really do need proximity.