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marc
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:26 am    Post subject: building your own mic preamp and a/d converter Reply with quote

I just bought a creative nomad jukebox3 from ebay:
http://www.nomadworld.com/products/Jukebox3/
Bought it to do some field recording, sounds, concerts.

Ideally I'd like something like this:
http://www.sounddevices.com/products/302master.htm
I can't afford it though.

I was wondering if there are any do it yourself plans I can use to make my
own mic preamp and a/d converter. I would like to have professional quality
and it has to
be portable. What parts are recommended? How difficult is this to build
and how much would it cost?

I'd also like to have a meter for understanding the levels going out of/into
a
device so I can correctly set the input levels on the next stage, in my
case,
the NJB3 [which has input metering].
Any do it yourself plans for this?

Btw, I also own earthworks m30bx battery operated microphone:
(http://earthworksaudio.com/m30bx.html)
which I intend to use for the recordings; I was wondering if anyone knows
how to convert it
into a directional boom mic? Any advice on how to do this?

Thanks,
Marc

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mc
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:10 am    Post subject: Re: building your own mic preamp and a/d converter Reply with quote

For a very simple preamp that will let you use a tape recorder or PA type
microphone (with no internal transistor) with a device that expects a
soundcard microphone, look at back issues of QST magazine around 1999. I'm
the author.

"marc" <marc75D@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:C7k%d.10616$cQ3.229530@weber.videotron.net...
Quote:
I just bought a creative nomad jukebox3 from ebay:
http://www.nomadworld.com/products/Jukebox3/
Bought it to do some field recording, sounds, concerts.

Ideally I'd like something like this:
http://www.sounddevices.com/products/302master.htm
I can't afford it though.

I was wondering if there are any do it yourself plans I can use to make my
own mic preamp and a/d converter. I would like to have professional
quality
and it has to
be portable. What parts are recommended? How difficult is this to build
and how much would it cost?

I'd also like to have a meter for understanding the levels going out
of/into
a
device so I can correctly set the input levels on the next stage, in my
case,
the NJB3 [which has input metering].
Any do it yourself plans for this?

Btw, I also own earthworks m30bx battery operated microphone:
(http://earthworksaudio.com/m30bx.html)
which I intend to use for the recordings; I was wondering if anyone knows
how to convert it
into a directional boom mic? Any advice on how to do this?

Thanks,
Marc


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jim dorey
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:10 am    Post subject: Re: building your own mic preamp and a/d converter Reply with quote

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:26:31 -0500, marc <marc75D@nospam.net> wrote:

Quote:
I was wondering if there are any do it yourself plans I can use to make
my
own mic preamp and a/d converter.

you really need an adc?

Quote:
I would like to have professional quality and it has to
be portable. What parts are recommended? How difficult is this to build
and how much would it cost?

http://sound.westhost.com/project94.htm
http://sound.westhost.com/project66.htm

Quote:
I'd also like to have a meter for understanding the levels going out
of/into a
device so I can correctly set the input levels on the next stage, in my
case,
the NJB3 [which has input metering]. Any do it yourself plans for this?

http://sound.westhost.com/project60.htm

Quote:
Btw, I also own earthworks m30bx battery operated microphone:
(http://earthworksaudio.com/m30bx.html)
which I intend to use for the recordings; I was wondering if anyone knows
how to convert it into a directional boom mic? Any advice on how to do
this?

tp tube, tape, long stick?

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marc
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:07 pm    Post subject: Re: building your own mic preamp and a/d converter Reply with quote

Thanks for the links Jim. Greatly appreciated.
The attaching a tube thing to my mic sounds kind of trial and error like.I
guess I can experiment
fastening a tube to my mic to convert it to a directional mic.
marc

"jim dorey" <skaar@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:26:31 -0500, marc <marc75D@nospam.net> wrote:

I was wondering if there are any do it yourself plans I can use to make
my
own mic preamp and a/d converter.

you really need an adc?

I would like to have professional quality and it has to
be portable. What parts are recommended? How difficult is this to build
and how much would it cost?

http://sound.westhost.com/project94.htm
http://sound.westhost.com/project66.htm

I'd also like to have a meter for understanding the levels going out
of/into a
device so I can correctly set the input levels on the next stage, in my
case,
the NJB3 [which has input metering]. Any do it yourself plans for this?

http://sound.westhost.com/project60.htm

Btw, I also own earthworks m30bx battery operated microphone:
(http://earthworksaudio.com/m30bx.html)
which I intend to use for the recordings; I was wondering if anyone knows
how to convert it into a directional boom mic? Any advice on how to do
this?

tp tube, tape, long stick?

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