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Re: Pre-amps for binaural microphones

Subject: Re: Pre-amps for binaural microphones
From: Dan Dugan <>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:31:03 -0800
David Shepherd wrote:

>I am an electroacoustic composer living in
>Vienna and almost exclusively use environmental
>recordings for my compositions.  For the past
>three years I have been using OKM studio
>microphones, an A-3 adapter with a mini-disc.
>This is ideal for me as I like to travel around
>the world when I can afford it!!! And I always
>travel light.

I looked at the OKM site.
http://www.soundman.de/englisch Apparently the
A-3 adaptor supplies a higher power voltage for
recording higher levels. It isn't clear from the
web site whether it has any gain.

>My compositions are predominately site-specific
>and I=92m keen to continue with this format.  I am
>interested in environmental/urban noise and
>believe I have only just scratched the surface
>as to where I can take this.

Sounds promising.

>I am having some problems with the A-3 adapter
>and am interested to know of other cheap
>alternatives that I could use as I have no idea
>how I can fix the problem.

What is going wrong? Have you contacted OKM?

-Dan Dugan


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