Most PC “mic” inputs are pretty average for noise and distortion, and they’re usually mono. Plus, they can’t properly take balanced, pro microphones that often need 48-V phantom power. This ...

Part of the best microphone for gaming chorus, the Steelseries Alias Pro is now at its lowest ever price. My trusty price ...

An electronic circuit or stand-alone device that boosts microphone input. A mic preamp is used to adjust the volume of the signal sent to powered speakers or an amplifier. Unlike a phono preamp, there ...

So you’ve decided you want to up the stakes of your home studio and jump into the wide world of mic preamps? Perhaps you’ve outgrown those built into your audio interface and need more inputs, or ...

It’s been 50 years since the iconic Shure SM7B was first unleashed upon the music world. Since then, this microphone has gone on to be used on countless million-selling albums and seems to be the ...

This little project came about as a result of a design job for a client. One of the items needed was a mic preamp, and the project didn’t warrant a design such as the P66 preamp, since it is intended ...

Before the invention of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphones, almost all microphones in cell phones and other electronics were a type of condenser microphone called the electret microphone ...

Even if you’ve never heard of Shure’s SM7B, you’ve almost certainly heard the SM7B. From live radio to podcasting and streaming, the sleek, black microphone can be found hanging in front of mouths, ...

Best known for its microphones - the U47 is one of the most prized in history, for example - Neumann has now returned to preamp design with the dual-channel V402. Teased last month and now revealed in ...

Last November, within a “microphone fundamentals” writeup of mine, I mentioned that an Audio-Technica AT2040 dynamic microphone I’d recently acquired had required additional signal boosting ahead of ...