Hello all. I've been browsing through many forums. By far, this one is the best! I did some searching on the forum for something similar, but I haven't quite found what I was looking for.
I'm a videographer who is always on the go, I shoot documentaries. I need to be able to set up and tear down quickly. The reason I am waiting a small preamp is because my inbuilt one in my video camera is terrible. I get quite a lot of hiss (white noise) at the 5k range and increases in volume as the frequencies get higher. I want to be able to kick down the gain in the camera as low as possible and have more input.
I would prefer to run this on a single 9volt, if possible. It needs to be very clear, no humming, buzzing, or noise (or at least keep the noise very low). I tend to compress my audio, so when that dynamic range is crushed, I really don't want that noise to come back. I'd love to have a headphone output also to monitor audio and maybe a primitive UV meter with some LED's or maybe a single LED to let me know when my audio is clipping.
I know some basic electronics and have plenty of components lying around the house. I'm just not at a point yet where I can calculate values and such (I was in algebra 1B in my senior HS year last year). I do know basic Ohm's law and stuff.
TLDR; I need a small, low noise, compact preamp with 2 headphone outs, output to the cameras audio input, 1/8inch mic input and an XLR input.
I would really appreciate some help with this. I know I'll learn a lot in the process. I really want to learn, ask questions, etc. Working with electronics is so fun!
Tomorrow I'm going to an electronic store, so maybe I can luck out and have some prototype to tweak and test from parts I get there. No rush though.
Is it possible to add phantom power using a 9volt bettery? Reason I'm asking is because I know microphone batteries tend to cause interference, is there anyway to clean up the signal? Some way to balance it?
Thank you! I'm really excited about this!
I'm a videographer who is always on the go, I shoot documentaries. I need to be able to set up and tear down quickly. The reason I am waiting a small preamp is because my inbuilt one in my video camera is terrible. I get quite a lot of hiss (white noise) at the 5k range and increases in volume as the frequencies get higher. I want to be able to kick down the gain in the camera as low as possible and have more input.
I would prefer to run this on a single 9volt, if possible. It needs to be very clear, no humming, buzzing, or noise (or at least keep the noise very low). I tend to compress my audio, so when that dynamic range is crushed, I really don't want that noise to come back. I'd love to have a headphone output also to monitor audio and maybe a primitive UV meter with some LED's or maybe a single LED to let me know when my audio is clipping.
I know some basic electronics and have plenty of components lying around the house. I'm just not at a point yet where I can calculate values and such (I was in algebra 1B in my senior HS year last year). I do know basic Ohm's law and stuff.
TLDR; I need a small, low noise, compact preamp with 2 headphone outs, output to the cameras audio input, 1/8inch mic input and an XLR input.
I would really appreciate some help with this. I know I'll learn a lot in the process. I really want to learn, ask questions, etc. Working with electronics is so fun!
Tomorrow I'm going to an electronic store, so maybe I can luck out and have some prototype to tweak and test from parts I get there. No rush though.
Is it possible to add phantom power using a 9volt bettery? Reason I'm asking is because I know microphone batteries tend to cause interference, is there anyway to clean up the signal? Some way to balance it?
Thank you! I'm really excited about this!
