Topic: Cheap Pre-amp mic

[jacobs]

I'm new around here. I've read a lot of the archives but am as confused as ever. I have a ripflash pro-2 which has a line in for recording. The built in mic gets blown away when I try to record a band with it. I'd like an inexpensive pre-amp mic that will allow me to record a decent recording. It should be small also. Any suggestions would be helpful.

TIA
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[guajiro74]

Hey!  What kind of mic are you using?  I got a decent preamp on ebay.  Do a search for Church Audio and you should find their preamp.  The only problem is that the selectable gain is -20 db and +20 db....  The -20 records pretty softly though, so you have to boost the gain once your transfer it to your PC.  I've been very happy with this very inexpensive preamp ($40 or so)...

[itsmyforte]

you want a cheap mic preamp, build one yourself.  if you just want a battery box there are tons of designs on the web to build one.  if you need an actual preamp.  i would suggest using a 5532 opamp, good carbon type resistors with mylar or metallized poly caps.  many designs can be found on the net.  you can have up to about 60db of gain with a 5532.  relatively low noise, an alternative would be a TL072.