So you’ve decided you want to up the stakes of your home studio and jump into the wide world of mic preamps? Perhaps you’ve outgrown those built into your audio interface and need more inputs, or ...

While the console may have its own mic preamp, this preamp may not provide the quality you need or want. Using an external preamp may provide the extra edge you seek. But if you’re going to add a ...

so all that needed is to rig up a suitable electret condenser microphone preamplifier circuit to get great audio reports. Electret condenser microphones need to be powered as they act like a variable ...

They’re therefore commonly referred to as in-line preamps; you’ll also sometimes see them called “activators”. The nifty thing about them is that they’re “fueled” by the same phantom power that would ...

Monoprice revealed a brand new piece of audio gear this past week with the release of the Stage Right Studio 2‑Channel 1073‑Style Microphone Preamp. While the preamp can be used for a number ...

Martin Keary, Head of Audacity and YouTube creator (you might know him as Tantacrul), knows these struggles well. He’s been ...

It also happens to solve one of the mic’s biggest pain points (the clue is in its name). The $499 Shure SM7dB comes with a built-in preamp that adds either 18- or 28dB of much-needed gain.

AV preamp/processors offer superior connectivity and audio/video processing for home theater systems. What exactly do they offer? We explain. Tip: An AV preamp/processor may also be referred to as AV ...

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Now Audient has revealed the EVO SP8, an eight-channel Smart Preamp with AD/DA. The SP8 has eight mic/line inputs, eight line outputs and two ADAT I/O connections. This 8-channel smart mic preamp ...

That’s because most turntables, unlike CD players, deliver an audio signal without inherently raising it to the correct level for your receiver and speakers. Phono preamps solve this problem by ...

Its internal XMAX-L mic preamp also offers 50 decibels of gain, which is plenty for powering condenser mics but slightly below the ideal specs for dynamic microphones like the Shure SM58—at ...