Budget Microphone Preamp
£ 66.40 Web price, inc VAT
Ex Vat: £ 56.51, VAT at 17.50%
SRP: £ 89.00 Save:£ 22.60/25%
Euro Price: €74.06 (1 GBP = 1.1154 EUR)
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Dolphin ID: 1165
Product SKU: 9900-50461-08
If you’re looking for a whole lot of preamp on a tight budget, you’ll see where this popular product gets its name. Affordability and performance make the Audio Buddy is one of the most popular mic preamps in home recording today.
You get professional microphone support along with line inputs impedance-matched for ideal performance with electric guitar and bass. Simply put, the Audio Buddy is a workhorse mic preamp that sounds great and won’t hurt your budget.
Affordability and Performance
One of the first issues you confront when considering computer recording is the question of how to record microphone and instrument levels into your audio card. Many signals levels in your studio are too low to record, and need the help of a preamp to raise them to a level suitable for recording. The Audio Buddy is an ultra-quiet 2-channel preamp that offers the features and performance you need to track great sounding music.
Improve the quality of the audio you record
Inexpensive mic preamps are often included within products like mixers and soundcards. While convenient, they tend to be noisy and color your sound in an unpleasant way. What many people don't consider is the fact that the mic preamp is one of the most important links in your signal chain. If you cut corners there, your music will reflect it right away.
Basic connectivity tools for home recording
We created the Audio Buddy especially for computer recording. Whether you're recording vocals, guitar, or bass, the Audio Buddy will give you connectivity you need. The preamp provides phantom power for microphones that require additional power to operate. Direct Box functionality allows high impedance signals from sources such as guitars or basses recorded with optimal results.
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Jacko
April 14, 2006
Rating: 7/10
well the audio buddy works well for a low budget handy i/o and it's size and portability is a biggie, the main quality i find is the durability if this litle gem. I literally throw it in my bag and drop my bag when i get to where ever im going, it still keeps working. The line connections are pritty good and di-ing a bass through it works well. It's the jack duckworth of i/o's its gonna last till its 70 and keep on working but to be honest the best thing is the price, £60 quid,.. bargin!
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