Help with DMP3 portable rig

[Brit Albritton]

Hi everyone,

I've lurked here for quite some time, and found your discussions very helpful. Thank you.

I record concert videos on location - mostly classical & a cappella music or theater events. I use an M-Audio DMP3 & a pair of studio projects c4s or cad m179s either into XLR inputs in my camera or into an indigo io card in my laptop. For a more portable setup I use a zoom h2 or an iRiver H120. Obviously I'm no match for most of the setups here, but it's OK for video.

Consumer HD cameras are good enough these days that I don't always want to bring my prosumer camera with me. It would be nice to have a more compact and portable option than my laptop. (The H2 is definitely not everything I'd hoped - I bought it soon after it came out, not knowing about the line in issues & the annoying sync problems.)

I have a few questions:

1) Is it possible to order or build a battery box for the DMP3? For a popular and cheap preamp, there's very little information about this on line. Does it draw too much power to be practical? Where would I begin?

2) Is there another setup that would be reasonably inexpensive but still allow me to use my C4s/179s, with comparable quality to my laptop/indigo io/dmp3 combination? (Maybe a preamp + a Sony PCM-M10?)

I'm curious to hear what you think. Thanks again.

[Tomer1]

http://www.naiant.com/studiostore/mi...mplifiers.html

A battery powered 2 ch pre can be had for 300$.

The DMP3 was not designed for DC powering hense it will not run on batteries as is.
You should talk to Owel from fivefish studios,
He designed a battery powered version of his great preamp, perhaps he can assist you with moding.

[Brit Albritton]

Thanks, Tomer. I appreciate your response.

I take it, then, that the Naiant is the best value for a battery powered XLR preamp?

[Tomer1]

There are thos digital handheld recorders with XLR inputs but im sure the naiant pre quality is better.