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MixtecaMike · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:43 pm Post subject: Mic-to-line preamp

Hi there, anyone know where I could get a CHEAP microphone preamp so I can use my dynamic mic with my computer? It is only for spoken voice, so I don't need anything professional.

Or even better, any electronics handyperson that could make me one on the cheap?

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

You're sure to get that kind of thing at Yongsan, Seoul.

Problem is...you may have to walk around quite a bit before you find it. Yongsan is very, very big and confusing.

Gollum · Joined: 04 Sep 2003 Location: Japan

So you've been trying to record from a dynamic mic, and your computer's audio input isn't powerful enough to boost it, right?

I had this same problem, and solved it buy purchasing a Maya EX USB device at Youngsan that my mic plugs into via adapter -- 1/4 phono plug to the smaller size. Oh, before I forget, the mic input plug on the Maya is one of those with 2 possibilities (pushed in and pushed part-way in). I have to push it in and then pull it out a hair to record the Mic, which is mono. It boosts the power just right, and sounds good. I also use my Maya EX to output optical to my stereo system so I can listen to internet music. It's been a handy unit!

http://www.audiotrak.net/mayaex.htm

I looked around at small audio boards to do what I wanted, and I couldn't find anything cheaper that worked well or didn't add some really bad S/N ratio issues (hissing).

Trust me, the Maya is the way to go. I think I paid around $80 US for mine.

They have some other products too, so look through the menus of that site. They have sounds cards like this, too, if you can find 'em: http://www.audiotrak.net/prodigy192.htm