UR22C + Cubase LE AI 12 + Sterling mic = no sound

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Hi.

I know this seems to be a popular question (for example), I read prior Steinberg support forum posts, watched a few YouTube videos, went through the Steinberg UR22C manual but still can’t get any sound from my mic.

Problem: Can’t get any sound from my mic. My electric guitar plugged into Steinberg works great - I see regular waveforms, can play the guitar back and hear it.

My setup: I have a brand new UR22C, a brand new mic cable, a brand new Sterling ST131 mic. I am using Cubase LE AI 12. The mic requires phantom power, so I turned it on the UR22C. I tried the mic on Inputs 1 and 2 with the inputs all the way up. The highest I could get the mic was -45.8 by speaking loudly or playing acoustic guitar into it.

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I assume that any good mic will work well with the equipment that I have, right?

This is my last option, other than dragging all of my equipment to Guitar Center and asking that they figure it out.

Thanks in advance!

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Hi,

Do you use the XLR connector on the UR22 side or do you use jack 6.3 by any chance? You need XLR on both sides.

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Hi Martin.
I updated my original post above with an image of the mic cable I’m using.

Thanks.

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Phantom power will only be provided over the XLR (3 pin) part of the input. You will need a XLR male to XLR female cable to use your mic. This will solve the problem assuming there is no issue with the cable/mic.

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Thanks! I’m new to this. I used a different mic chord that allowed me to plug the XLR (3 pin) into the UR22C. I added phantom power and everything worked!

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