I recently purchased a SOUNDBOKS but am having trouble connecting it with a microphone. I purchased this pre amplifier and connected my mic to it, then connected the preamp to my speaker with an AUX cable. Unfortunately no sound is coming through, so I was wondering if anyone can help troubleshoot this problem for me or if anyone knows how I can fix it.
If not does anyone know of a portable battery powered preamplifier I can use to connect my Soundboks to a microphone?
Thanks so much
If not does anyone know of a portable battery powered preamplifier I can use to connect my Soundboks to a microphone?
Thanks so much
Which kind of microphone matters.
Condensor mikes require phantom power. The saramonic provides it. Dynamic mikes don't work properly on phantom power. USB mikes don't work with XLR sockets or 3.5 mm (1/8") phone jacks or plugs.
Once troubleshoots these problems with clip leads, 1/8" stereo phone plugs and jacks, Xlr jack, and an analog VOM or scope. Digital VOM usually produce random numbers on music and I don't recommend them for AC (music) debug except for the $180 Fluke RMS version. That one is useless for finding RF oscillation problems, so I don't recommend it at all. If your going to spend serious money, buy a portable scope and some probes. instead of the fluke RMS meter. Don't buy scopes limited to 60 vAC, some amps put out 80.
If The mike matches the saramonic, and no sound comes out, there is likely a battery problem. If the mike is dynamic, you need to buy another preamp. Usually people buy 2 input or 4 input mixers from a proper sound supplier like Peavey or Behringer. Those have an internal headphone jack that help point out if there is an input problem or not. No sound in headphone, mike or wiring is not working. They also have a "power" led that tells you if the battery or inverter is up and running.
Frequently with portable equipment, cables get stepped on or yanked and develop open circuit. In that case the Ohms function of the VOM can help you determine which part of the wiring is at fault.
I do not recommend connecting dodgy equipment to $600 cell phones. DC voltage at the input jack of faulty equipment can blow up a cell phone. A $5 FM radio provides a much cheaper sound generation device, one which can be checked with a $1 earphone on the same jack as the stereo 1/8" phone cable uses to drive the amp.
Condensor mikes require phantom power. The saramonic provides it. Dynamic mikes don't work properly on phantom power. USB mikes don't work with XLR sockets or 3.5 mm (1/8") phone jacks or plugs.
Once troubleshoots these problems with clip leads, 1/8" stereo phone plugs and jacks, Xlr jack, and an analog VOM or scope. Digital VOM usually produce random numbers on music and I don't recommend them for AC (music) debug except for the $180 Fluke RMS version. That one is useless for finding RF oscillation problems, so I don't recommend it at all. If your going to spend serious money, buy a portable scope and some probes. instead of the fluke RMS meter. Don't buy scopes limited to 60 vAC, some amps put out 80.
If The mike matches the saramonic, and no sound comes out, there is likely a battery problem. If the mike is dynamic, you need to buy another preamp. Usually people buy 2 input or 4 input mixers from a proper sound supplier like Peavey or Behringer. Those have an internal headphone jack that help point out if there is an input problem or not. No sound in headphone, mike or wiring is not working. They also have a "power" led that tells you if the battery or inverter is up and running.
Frequently with portable equipment, cables get stepped on or yanked and develop open circuit. In that case the Ohms function of the VOM can help you determine which part of the wiring is at fault.
I do not recommend connecting dodgy equipment to $600 cell phones. DC voltage at the input jack of faulty equipment can blow up a cell phone. A $5 FM radio provides a much cheaper sound generation device, one which can be checked with a $1 earphone on the same jack as the stereo 1/8" phone cable uses to drive the amp.
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> I purchased this pre amplifier
That preamp expects to get power from the iPhone.
The SOUNDBOKS does not promise power via the AUX connection.
There's not a real-simple fix.
That preamp expects to get power from the iPhone.
The SOUNDBOKS does not promise power via the AUX connection.
There's not a real-simple fix.
Hi there,
So for the long reply time, I just found this.
Alfred from SOUNDBOKS here. We normally recommend the t.bone TWS One for wireless mic use. You can hook up the mic using the line in AUX and connect with Bluetooth on your phone to play music over the mic.
It can be found here on Thomann
In regards of hooking up a wireless mic, as the other guys say, it's about mixing the mic with the right pre-amp. I'd recommend not using the iPhone enabled ones since they require you to have an app open to work.
While not being super Hi-Fi, IK Multimedia makes a device running on a 9V battery capable of powering both phatom powered mics and dynamic mics.
You can find it here
Let me know if you have any other questions
/Alfred
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