AudioBox, Scarlett 18i6, and an M-Audio DMP3 Alternative

[indie folk guy]

have you tried a cloudlifter to get some extra clean gain with your focusrite?

You know you like the Focusrite the cloudlifter would give you more gain to work with and for a portable solution it just needs phantom power from your interface.

I'm not particularly fond of the M Audio stuff bad QC/past experiences using and selling their stuff.

[questech]

Hi,

I do love the Focusrite, and it's pretty close to the DMP3 in the clean pre-amp department, but I would like it a little cleaner.

Great suggestion as to cloudlifter... I don't know what it is, but I'll search it.

Thanks!

[questech]

Looks like the cloudlifter is designed for ribbon mics and I use all condensers.

I would like to find an all-in-one portable solution (no additional components)that has the same clean pre-amps as the DMP3.

I mean the DMP3 is almost totally transpearent... it is really awesome! and it's very reasonably priced.

I mean it is better than most of the expensive audio gear that we use in the field... but it uses 9v AC, which I can't use in an untethered scenario.

I could get a DC to AC inverter, but now we are adding weight and I'm not sure how big of a battery I would have to use.

I'm using a battery roughly the size of 2 decks of cards. An AC inverter might not be very efficient and require a much bigger/heavier battery, which would defeat my purposes.

Any other ideas guys??

Thanks!