Among it's included accessories is a foam cap to help reduce noise while the microphone is recording while the metal shock mount is for protecting the mic.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The plug-in-power on my DR-70D puts out a little under 3V, and my battery box from Church Audio puts out a little over 9V with a fresh battery. Note that the microphone has no onboard adjustments – no power, volume, impedance adjustments – nothing. What is the interface, are you using an XLR to XLR cable, and do you have the phantom power enabled to power the mic? For the average person, the BM-800 is a great choice, however if you are looking for something that is crystal clear, you may want to save up more.Most of the body is one cast piece - from the XLR connector "neck", all the way to the top plate to which the capsule mount is fixed. cable with the BM800, the power for the electronics comes from the 'plugin power' (around 5vdc) of the computers mic jack. They also marked all of my photos as private-only, so even once I fix the code I need to go back and change the permissions on each photo one at a time. Still leery of running such a wide range of voltages through it, I tried all three configurations anyway. These are condensor electret element mics that either need 'plugin power (bias voltage)' from a computers 3.

One example of a capacitor/condenser mic with an electret element is an AT2020 and there are other as well.

The circuit does not supply polarization voltage to the capsule; would-be DIY upgrade enthusiasts are limited to other electret choices, unless the mic’s circuit is replaced too. Anti-shock mount, clip holder mount, arm stand, these can provide stable and adjustable support for microphone. If you were looking at getting a really cheap BM series model and wondered if you should even bother with one, let’s compare them against the AT2020. The BM-800 looks good – it has metal housing, made out of weaves of steel net with the microphone in the middle. At some point I’ll draw it in 3D, but for now a 2D representation is plenty for me to design the new board outlines.

I'll have a batch of 10 of each of the 4 pcb's manufactured in China (hey, it's CHEAP ;D ), so it might take a good few weeks for actual physical results. However, note that performance will vary on setup - you may also want to invest in a microphone pre-amp. People rip that out and put in a large diaphragm capsule that is non-electret, copying the legendary Neumann microphone designs U47, U87 etc. There are a few BM800 variants, some with only basic electronics inside as a "5V" or "Doesn’t need phantom power" specs, so it works when connected directly to your PC soundcard. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited.Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Tom Benedict and The View Up Here with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Generally speaking, a lot of desktop and portable machines needs a 3V voltage, while our microphone's voltage should be above 5V.

Haven't yet put those to use Aside from work, i've been messing around with the real life version of a 2-transistor buck converter, that's a part of the circuitry on that class-D amp board. A 'phantom box' or other source of phantom is needed for the BM800 when used as a conventional XLR-XLR connected mic.A cheap interface isn't much more than your mic (I didn't even know they could make mics that cheap. I noticed a gain difference between the PiP and battery box, but because of the different gains on the XLR vs. Connecting with desktop computer, it can be used separately; But if with laptop computer, please connect to electrical outlet or use a 48V phantom power supply to make the sound much clearer and higher. But the weird thing is that when I plug the microphone into the power supply and I check the voltage on the other side of the XLR input, the voltage drops to like 4. which had an (for the time being) impressive s/n ratio and it even shipped with a mic (so I thought I could save on that).