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MicPort Pro USB Mic Preamp

(5 customer reviews)

List Price:	$199.95
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Features

Perfect for Voice Over and Vocals, podcastinng and interviewing
Maximum audio fidelity ... Minimal computer configuration
Encased in a rugged anodized aluminum chassis
Provides 48V phantom power for condenser microphones

Description

Now, any mic you own or purchase in the future can be a USB mic. The preamp is clean, clear and natural sounding, and the A/D audio interface is quiet so you record your voice, not the electronics. This is one amazingly handy device at an equally amazing low price. MicPort Pro is perfect for recording vocals and overdubs, miking instruments and amplifiers, podcasting, broadcasting and interviewing (including stereo). Recording is easy at home or on the road. MicPort Pro uses a low-noise, Class A microphone preamp that features a truly balanced signal path, fully shielded design, and an ultra-fast transient response all of which places it in a professional class of preamps. The headphone output is designed to be loud across a variety of headphones. Conveniently located microphone gain and volume control knobs make precise adjustment a breeze.

Product Details

Product Weight:	1.2 pounds
Package Length:	8.9 inches
Package Width:	6.7 inches
Package Height:	2.8 inches
Package Weight:	0.8 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 5 reviews

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review: 4.0

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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:

Centrance MicPort Pro review Feb 01, 2010
This preamp really is nice; its compact, setup is a no brainer, and sound quality is top notch, even with the gain turned all the way up, its whisper quite, very nice.

0 of 1 found the following review helpful:

awesome sound, issues involved Jan 06, 2010
Hi all--
I'd spent some time surfing around for a highly portable two channel USB microphone adapter to hook up to my laptop and record my band's rehearsals. I quickly arrived at a preference to get one of the marker pen-shaped interfaces that you can plug your mic into eliminating the need for a mic cable. Out of the obvious suspects on the market the specifications seemed to indicate the MPP offers audio quality superior to the other units so I decided to give it a shot plus I wanted to record stereo so I purchased 2 units.
My initial portability demands had been met - I can fit two NT55s incl. stand adapters and the extra capsules, two USB cables (supplied with MPP), and the two MPPs in one standard size mic pouch and put the whole thing into my gig bag's front pocket (I'm a guitar player) - I'm pretty sure this would have been impossible in the 2008 world and it feels fantastic!
The units look fairly sturdy. I guess the XLR could be better quality. The circuit board is lodged in the metal body very tight to avoid any parts rumbling inside (read on to see why I had to open the unit up). Knobs are made of rubber, have a soft feel to them and again fit very nicely. The phantom power switch is a low action micro switch that is kind of difficult to get to, which I class as a good thing as long as you don't deactivate it while trying to insert headphones in the 3.5mm stereo jack that's just next to it.
Sound quality indeed turned out to be this product's strength. Noise level of both recording and playback is very low, I had no problem with any kind of distortion, hum, hiss... Obviously it's always a question of what is it that you're comparing it to. As far as the built-in sound adapter in most/all laptops I can't even begin to describe the difference. I'm sure there are better laptops in that respect than my Compaq but seriously it would be comparing two different worlds.
Reliability - on the first session I noticed that the first unit I tried kept losing signal from the mic while recording. This was magnified when I was moving the mic around and indicated a connection issue between the mic and the MPP. Initially I thought it would be loose XLR contacts on the MPP. Now, live too far and I'm too impatient to send the unit back so being fairly skilled and being an electrical guy I went through the hassle of taking the XLR apart to respring the contacts to later find out the exercise didn't fix the problem. You can imagine the internal PCB is a pretty busy one so I still hoped the lost/unstable connection would be between the small board that the XLR is soldered to and the unit's main board - and it was - I quickly found the main board kept losing connection to pin 3 of the XLR. As the internal electronics uses multi layer circuit boards I was unable to track where the path goes and where it's broken so I just ran a piece of fine wire from the XLR to the main board on which it was obvious enough where it needs to go. No problem from there. The other unit was OK.
Next thing was to try both MPPs at the same time to record a stereo track. The Centrance website does make sure their users understand they need to plug both units into the same USB hub to achieve a sample-accurate stereo track so that's what I did (my laptop has two USB ports on either side and I plugged both in one side). In Cool Edit I assigned the inputs to the tracks and pressed rec. After a second or two of the cursor still stuck in one spot a Win error message pops up saying I'm exceeding the USB's bandwidth. This was in a 44.1kHz and 16bit recording session. Out of curiosity, I replugged one unit to one of the USB ports on other side of my laptop reassigned inputs and tried again. This time the recording started successfully and carried on with no apparent problem. After it was done I listened to the tracks and confirmed what Centrance warned about. The two tracks were off from beat one and their offset was getting worse as the track progressed to reach over one second over two and a half minutes. I later even tried to adjust sample rate of one of the tracks to compensate and realized the two clocks were not only different but were very unstable during the course of the track too. So again, Centrance is right, no way to go!
I'm currently trying different setups to make the units work in stereo, if I don't I'll be stuck with two MicPortPros both of them for sale as one is obviously not going to give me stereo. I paid $300 for the two units and was ready to take off three stars in this review but I just noticed here that the price has recently dropped to something a lot more reasonable so I'm only taking two stars off.
All in all, mono operation is flawless as long as your MPP isn't faulty and sound quality is stunning for what it is. Much worth considering especially now at the new price.

1 of 2 found the following review helpful:

Acoustic Guitar recording made easy Mar 13, 2009
I bought the CEntrance MicPort Pro to record my acoustic guitar. While I wasn't able to that right out of the box - it didn't take long to achieve. My Martin guitar has a port to plug it in and amp it - so I wanted to record my guitar through that system. I had to get an adapter that went from 1/4 to XLR male then I hooked it up. I plugged it into Garage Band on my Mac Pro and it was smooth sailing. Clear clean sound - the MicPort works well. - Now I can hook a mic up to it as well and record vocals as well.

2 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Really good sound! Oct 27, 2008
This device is excellent!

I used it with a Rode NT1-a as well as a Sennheiser wireless lavalier mic and it sounds awesome!

It would have 5 stars except for poor documentation, no apparent instructions for getting the driver needed to be recognized by three machines (a MacBook Pro, a Sony Vaio and a desktop).

Quality of construction and sound is excellent. Highly recommend if you're looking for a portable studio solution.

11 of 11 found the following review helpful:

The perfect solution on the road and at home Feb 02, 2008
The Voice Actor's Guide to Home Recording

This amazingly tiny device solves the dilemma when traveling of having a professional-level audio interface that doesn't weigh a lot or take a lot of space. The quality blew me away. Now every professional microphone can instantly become a USB microphone - best of all you can monitor your work through the built-in headphone jack.

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