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M Audio Audio Buddy Budget Microphone Preamp The M Audio Audio Buddy is an extremely quiet, phantom powered dual mic preamp and direct box, designed to accurately interface mics and guitar to line level PC sound cards. If you’re looking for a whole lot of preamp on a tight budget, you’ll see where the popular Audio Buddy gets its name. Affordability and performance make the Audio Buddy one of the most popular mic preamps in home recording today. You get professional microphone support along with line inputs impedance-matched for ideal performance with electric guitar and bass. Simply put, the Audio Buddy is a workhorse mic preamp that sounds great and won’t hurt your budget. Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 3-3/8 x 1-3/4 inches. With the tremendous proliferation of PC based recording systems there has arisen a new need to interface mics and guitar to line level PC sound cards. Introducing Audio Buddy, the ultra quiet, phantom powered dual mic preamp and direct box. Audio Buddy is the perfect companion piece for any digital audio system. It’s the ideal audio gateway for recording the two most significant, non-line level instruments: microphones and electric guitars.
M Audio Audio Buddy Features
- 2 independent XLR, fully balanced inputs.
- 2 alternate, independent 1/4" unbalanced, high impedance inputs. These alternate 1/4" inputs are impedance matched for ideal performance with typical electric guitars
- Separate gain controls for each of the two preamplifiers
- Individual signal and clipping LEDs for each of the preamplifiers
- XLR phantom power can be switched on and off for both of the Mic preamps
- Phantom power LED indicator
- Dual purpose independent 1/4" outputs which accept either TRS plugs for balanced signal or TS plug for unbalanced signal
- Super-small size: 5.5" x 3.3" x 1.7"
- Extremely quiet preamp
M Audio Audio Buddy Specifications
- Frequency Response: 5 Hz to 50 kHz, +0, -3 dB
- Mic Gain: 60 dB max.
- Mic Input Impedance: 1 K ohm
- Guitar Gain: 40 dB max
- Guitar Input Impedance: 100 K ohms
- Approximate weight: under 1/2 lb
- Power supply: 9 volts ac 300 milliamps
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| | 4 people wrote reviews | |
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QUALITY:
Solid and dependable.
FEATURES:
Not many features - does not need them. It does its quite simple job well.
EASE OF USE:
Could not be easier.
VALUE:
Good value for the money. Cannot find a better one for any less.
SOUND:
sounds good. Clean, uncolored throughput. I use it with a computer/digital audio card.
STYLE:
country -bluegrass
MUSIC EXPERIENCE:
country-bluegrass-rockabilly-classical
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Does a simple job well. | |
| | AMS Customer from USA | | Overall Ranking: | | Quality:
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| I've been using the older audiobuddy for more than a year now in my project stuido at home. I use it for guitars, bass, and mic (xlr imputs are on the back). There is always some tweaking of the signal level knob involved before getting down to business, but, for the price, it is great. Small, doesn't generate much heat, is a clean throughput, and simple to use. I don't need any extra features so I gave it a four. Quality, is pretty good, I wouldn't get too rough with the imputs though, they don't seem too tough, but the outer shell is solid. For the price, I'd say its a great deal. | |
| | MustardBoy from Bluesville | | Overall Ranking: | | Ease of Use:
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| | | Subject: | Audio Buddy Is The Best | | Quality:
| Rugged as a brick. | | Features:
| Simple up and down, in and out. | | Ease of Use:
| Up and running in 2 seconds. | | Sound:
| HOT, HOT, HOT........and CLEAN!!!!! | | Reliability:
| 5 years plus, it's a monster. It's been dropped, bonked, and exposed to cold and it's fine. | | Overall:
| 65 bucks? It should cost 300. What a deal. | |
| | Andrew Sisneros from 1212 North Main Street Portales,New Mexico USA | | Overall Ranking: | | Ease of Use:
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| Probably,the most dependable piece of equipment in our Studio. | | Features:
| Probably the case and the way it is constructed. Also the way the Xlrs are put in the rear of the CASE. | | Ease of Use:
| Ease of use is what sold me in the first place. Takes longer to get it out of the box than to learn to use it. Its that simple. | | Sound:
| AMAZING!!!!! | | Reliability:
| Great. Has not failed me yet. | | Overall:
| It is what the people at M-Audio say it is and more.My clients are so impressed with it that they are bringing in more clients I have ordered 2 more audio buddies to have a lot more flexability. |
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