Has anyone heard of this?

[OneRoomStudios]

I'm looking for a tiny portable preamp (as small as possible) that will take a mono miniplug, raise it to line level and output to stereo miniplug. Basically, I want to record some sounds on to my MD recorder which only has a line in, and the mic just isn't loud enough. I don't need a fancy or super high quality preamp, just something with low noise that's portable. If anyone knows about something that'll work, let me know. Thanks.

Oh and cheap too, being a college student puts a hamper on your spending money....

 

[boingoman]

I've seen them- most are stereo in as well, and not that cheap. There may be something inexpensive out there, if there is something expensive. Google minidisc preamp.

 

[dgatwood]

If you're going for cheap and you're into electronics, a couple of batteries, a $4.00 preamp IC from Fry's, a couple of dollars worth of breadboard, a $2.00 project case, a couple of resistors to set the gain... maybe a voltage regulator just for grins... and a cheap headphone extender cable cut in half for the connectors....

The actual values of said resistors, the circuit design, etc. are left as an exercise to the (sufficiently masochistic) reader.

 

[OneRoomStudios]

The actual values of said resistors, the circuit design, etc. are left as an exercise to the (sufficiently masochistic) reader.

Haha - well that would be my problem. I have a couple burr browns's laying around, I even have a nice new sony gold plated miniplug cable. The rest of the parts would be easy to get. But I have no idea how design the circuit or figure out the values I need....

Anyone want to design a basic preamp for me

 

[DJL]

Haha - well that would be my problem. I have a couple burr browns's laying around, I even have a nice new sony gold plated miniplug cable. The rest of the parts would be easy to get. But I have no idea how design the circuit or figure out the values I need....

Anyone want to design a basic preamp for me

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