andymac63

Thank you very for all your helpful responses. Something like the Sound Professionals and Battery Box suggested in the previous post is within my budget and presumably gets good results (for live/rock concerts).

Hi i've been given a Sony MZ-R501 recording minidisc. It only has a LINE in not a MIC in and so records fine from line sources. Is it possible to have some microphone set up to use it to, say, to record live music? I've plugged a Electret tie-clip microphone into it and I get a very weak signal through. Obviously if I should probably just go out and buy a minidisc with a MIC in socket - but given what I've got, is there any way it is possible to get a reasonable signal from a microphone - and if so , how?