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What's a good, simple, but decent mic pre that will work with stereo panasonic electret capsules? I need to feed the signal to line level portable dat or minidisc, but the on-board pre is less than stellar.
It must be operated by battery (2 9v would be 18 volts right?) operated, and it must be able to provide at least 9vdc to the mics themselves.
I have been mounting panasonic electrets in Jabra cell phone ear-gels, and the binaural recordings I am getting are amazing. far more realistic than those made in the Nuemann dummy head.
In fact, with the right headphone levels, if you sit in the exact position the recording was made in you can't tell what is real and what has been recorded. Even a knock on the door in the other room is processed by your brain as such!
the only thing keeping me from using these babies to make some seriously cool music effects is the fact that the recorders preamp sucks, and I can't think of a decent enough cheap and portable battery operated pre (except for spending $600+ on the Sound Deviced Mix Pre).
Any ideas?
Shane
How about a modified green pre. Since I don't need 48v maybe I could get away with using 2 9v batteries.
It must be operated by battery (2 9v would be 18 volts right?) operated, and it must be able to provide at least 9vdc to the mics themselves.
I have been mounting panasonic electrets in Jabra cell phone ear-gels, and the binaural recordings I am getting are amazing. far more realistic than those made in the Nuemann dummy head.
In fact, with the right headphone levels, if you sit in the exact position the recording was made in you can't tell what is real and what has been recorded. Even a knock on the door in the other room is processed by your brain as such!
the only thing keeping me from using these babies to make some seriously cool music effects is the fact that the recorders preamp sucks, and I can't think of a decent enough cheap and portable battery operated pre (except for spending $600+ on the Sound Deviced Mix Pre).
Any ideas?
Shane
How about a modified green pre. Since I don't need 48v maybe I could get away with using 2 9v batteries.