Do I have to buy a new mic for Audio Buddy?!?

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I bought mic amplifier but it doesn't amplify my mic enough. Mic is Creative's SD-50, not a very high quality, but it fills my needs. Can u guys help me out? I'm newbie in microfones. Does Audio Buddy need different mic?

Any new mic tips? I'm recording acoustic guitar and vocals via amplifier. V-amp2 deals electric guitars.

Thanks again.
 
The SD-50 is an electret condenser intended for use with a computer soundcard it needs 1.5-10 volts of power to function.

The Audio Buddy offers 48v (well actually about 40v) on it's XLR inputs while it's 1/4" instrument inputs are unpowered. What this means is that you should probably move the SD-50 along to someone who is using a Soundblaster or other computer card that has the proper voltage and 3.5mm plug for it.

The Audio Buddy is a good micpreamp and will pair up well with any XLR mic, some good but low cost choices would be the Behringer ECM8000 ($35), the Shure SM57($79), and the Marshall 603s ($79)
 
The Audio Buddy I think from last time I measured is about 41.4v of phantom power.

Two good mic options are the SM57, as JM350 suggests, or the Studio Projects B1, which is also about $79.

For $199, there is the Audio Technica 3035 and, for $230, there is the Studio Projects C1. I recommend both of these mics.

Steve
http://www.piemusic.com
 
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