Show 313 – Mic Boosters Everywhere

When we first started this podcast, inline preamp mic boosters were not well known or widely available until the Cloudlifter. Now, there are countless varieties in wide ranging prices. Jon just built the MB-2 kit from DIY Recording Equipment so we thought this would be a good time to revisit the mic booster topic.

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00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Today's topic is mic boosters
02:50 - What is a cloud lifter / mic booster
03:32 - How Ryan uses a cloudlifter
04:16 - Impedance
05:53 - There are so many of these now!
07:40 - if you want to build it yourself…
08:20 - speaking of flavors
09:49 - Another use of a colored mic booster
11:35 - can be useful even with condenser mics
12:19 - I forgot about phantom power boxes

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This episode is supported by:
Brian Olsen, Doug Darrell, Stephan Gaugh, musicforgeeks, someone, John Stranovsky, Jonathan R, Michael Sedelmaier, and yinghuochong.

LINKS

HRS Episode 77 – Triton Audio BigAmp and FetHead review

HRS Episode 112 – Cloudlifter CL-1 review

HRS Episode 217 – Cloudlifter CL-Z review

DIY Recording Equipement MB-2 Mic Booster Kit

Amazon Affiliate Link – Triton FetHead

Amazon Affiliate Link – sE Electronics Dynamite

Amazon Affiliate Link – Coda Stealth

Amazon Affiliate Link – Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-1

Tierra Audio Flavours Preamp

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