Been searching around for a while for a mic appropriately portable, with its own power. As many of us know, plugging a dynamic mic into the op-1 gets you nada.
Realised that I had it all along!
I have a microcassette Sony recorder which runs on AAAs… Hit pause, then record, and you get the throughput. Three gain settings on the mic are handy… Plus, I tried running it through my new u-create… VERY cool gritty, dirty FX / mic combo. All battery powered. Using the delay or the slicer or even the flanger on the u-create along with the hold button gives you some beautifully glitchy tones… Plus the mic compresses well. This won’t be for everyone, cause it’s dirty AF, but I know some of y’all love dat grime.
By the by, I’m buying a focusrite itrack pocket, so that will hopefully give me a nice clean portable option for mic input. Albeit, requiring a charged iPhone to function.
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