preamp?

[CTurner0013]

Been thinking about getting a preamp for my zoom h4n. Does anyone know of a good, but reasonably priced one to get?

 

[LasVegasIRA]

What are you looking for the preamp to accomplish? Are you looking to fatten up the sound? Warm it up?

ART and PreSonus both make tube preamps that do a LOT to make vocals sound better on my music recordings, and they can each be had for well under $100. How that would translate to audio for film, I don't know...

 

[CTurner0013]

Im just finding the gain on my zoom as a bit noisy, so I was thinking to get preamp, in hopes I wouldnt get said gain noise with that instead.

 

[Alcove Audio]

You would be better off investing in a decent mixer, although I'm sure you don't want to spend that kind of money; "reasonable" has different meanings to different budgets.

You may want to start here:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/292990-REG/Sound_Devices_MP_1_MP_1_Single_Channel.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...evices_MM_1_MM_1_Single_Channel_Portable.html

Either one will give a noticeable improvement to your sound and will supply phantom power for long periods to most mics.

This is a very nice budget mixer:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/300798-REG/PSC_FPSCDVMIX3_DV_PROMIX_3.html

And here's a very fine entry level mixer:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...es_MIXPRE_D_MixPre_D_Compact_Field_Mixer.html

And the real deal:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/292980-REG/Sound_Devices_302_302_Portable_3_Channel.html