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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: brucer on September 18, 2017, 03:16:16 PM

Title: DIY Mic Preamp powered at 9-12V in a 1590B/125B
Post by: brucer on September 18, 2017, 03:16:16 PM
Does anyone know of a DIY microphone pre-amp that runs at 9-12V and fits in a 1590B or 125B?  I'd like something to fit on a very small acoustic/vocal pedalboard that will bring my SM58 up to line level before the signal hits my RC-3 looper.  I've found some small mic pre's by googling, but they either don't have a PCB, are sized for racks and/or are powered at 18-48V.  Any leads would be appreciated.
Title: Re: DIY Mic Preamp powered at 9-12V in a 1590B/125B
Post by: peAk on September 18, 2017, 05:34:46 PM
maybe overkill for what you need, but I use a Pigtronix Keymaster and I believe there is a DIY schematic floating around somewhere

Title: Re: DIY Mic Preamp powered at 9-12V in a 1590B/125B
Post by: Addy Bart on September 18, 2017, 09:59:38 PM
Neil mcNasty has done vero layouts for various preamps here:

http://guitar-fx-layouts.42897.x6.nabble.com/Preamps-f24089.html
Title: Re: DIY Mic Preamp powered at 9-12V in a 1590B/125B
Post by: Freppo on September 20, 2017, 01:29:01 PM
This mic preamp should fit the bill
http://www.parasitstudio.se/uploads/2/4/4/9/2449159/ina217_preamp.gif (http://www.parasitstudio.se/uploads/2/4/4/9/2449159/ina217_preamp.gif)
It works well with +/- 9volts aswell, so you can use a simple voltage inverter (7660, 1054 ect.) for the negative voltage. If you don't need the balanced outputs you can omit everything in the 5 bottom rows and take the output from C4 (cathode).

It's a variation of the "5$ mic preamp" and follows the INA217 datasheet with only a few minor changes