![]() I'm not sure you will get the best out of it if you insist on using a Zoom H5 to record. This pdf of the USBpre2 users manual : suggests its' a pretty impressive device.I'd love to try one! I suspect the Sound Devices preamp is lower noise than either the FET-head phantom or the Cloudlifter. Go for Dynamic mic ( Shure-SM7B) + external mic preamp fethead-phantom or Cloudlifter + Focusrite/zoom h5?ĭo you know any good external mic preamp other then fethead-phantom/Cloudlifter? You shouldn't need a separate mic preamp with the USBpre2. What I understand is, if I add external mic preamp like fethead-phantom or Cloudlifter and set the low gain on focusrite/zoom h5 then I will be able to get very low noise and improved sound quality. Do I need external mic preamp with USBPre2 as well? Or, you could go the whole hog and buy the Sound Devices USBPre2. You should be able to get a significantly improved noise floor by just adding a mic preamp to your set up - even cheap Behringer units will help! - and recording the output to the line input of your Zoom. I've attached a short sample of the M10 used with a Shure SM58 dynamic mic (I don't have any low noise condensers like the Rode) which shows the noise floor of the M10 mic preamp, and then compares that with an external preamp, connected to the M10 line input.Įven though it's only a cheap Behringer Xenyx external mic preamp, you will notice the improvement in the noise floor over the internal Sony preamp. ![]() It is not easy to make low noise mic preamps - especially using low voltage (battery) power supplies. The (now discontinued) Sony M10 was considered to be the quietest in this class of recorder, but is not significantly better than the Zoom. although it has other features and a build quality that is probably significantly better than the Focusrite - but with a price to match!Īs I mentioned before, the Zoom H5 has a mic preamp noise floor typical of many (most?) mid priced recorders. The USBPre2 seems to have a similar noise floor to the Focusrite you mentioned earlier. The Sound Devices range of equipment has an excellent reputation - some say it's the best in the world - and it is known for low noise levels.
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