line in (optical)

[wesmontegomery]

I buy a sony MZ-R500. It Only have a line in input, I want to record with a mic. Can I do it? If I use a Active Microphone it could it be possible? Or could I damage de MD?

Takx fr information

[A440]

I don't know exactly what you mean by an Active Microphone. If that's a microphone with a little battery, it's hard to say until you try it. It won't hurt the MD.

The Line-in jack needs a strong signal. If you are recording loud amplified music, you might be able to get a strong enough signal by running a mic through a battery module like this

http://www.microphonemadness.com/products/mmcbmminminc.htm

or these:

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/...tegory/310/mics

But that will not be strong enough to record speech, quieter music, etc. For that you would need a preamp, for which the cheapest would probably be here:

http://stores.ebay.com/CHURCH-AUDIO

You can also look at the Microphone Madness and Sound Professionals sites above.

Many other preamps are so expensive that you'd be better off starting again and getting a mindisc unit with a mic-in jack. There is a built-in preamp behind the mic-in jack.

[greenmachine]

Am i the only one to get javascript error messages on each and every microphone madness page?

[A440]

Am i the only one to get javascript error messages on each and every microphone madness page?

Yes. javascript:emoticon('', 'smid_9')

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