Bill, Thanks for the pointers and the reply. I think the software solution will work, I have done some testing. I will still investigate those URLs you provided. I will keep you posted. ps All options are relative. That's way I ask for them. William Estrada MrUmunhum@xxxxxxxxxxx Mt-Umunhum-Wireless.net ( http://Mt-Umunhum-Wireless.net ) Ymessenger: MrUmunhum Bill White wrote: > william estrada wrote: >> I'm writing a suite of programs to be used for a 'Voice Messaging >> System'. The system will be used during field events where communication >> from PC to PC will take place. There by the need for inexpensive >> hardware. >> We are dealing with cheap HAMs here after all! So supplying everyone >> with >> a mic is going to be costly to begin with. A preamp, which is the best >> solution, will be too costly. So I need to build a software fix. > > It's been a long time since I was at all active in Amateur Radio. > But from my memory, which is mostly washed away by gin and vermouth, > some, if not all, Hams are avid electronic tinkerers. The web is filled > with little preamp circuits you can build with three transistors and > a 9v battery, and can put in an Altoids tin. Wouldn't this be a better > solution than fooling with software. How many of them to you need, > after all? > > Here's a list of some you might look at: > > http://www.till.com/articles/GuitarPreamp/ > http://www.passdiy.com/ > http://www.record-producer.com/learn.cfm?a=3062 > ($5 mic preamp, which the article claims competes > favorably with a $1500 preamp. I have no idea > if it is smoke or mirrors or both.) > http://www.record-producer.com/learn.cfm?a=3080 > (Related to the previous) > > I got these by searching for "preamp" on digg. > > P.S. After I wrote this reply I actually looked at the > other replies, so this is not completely relevant. > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
