THIS is a great stereo mic with preamp and gain control. I usually just stick in front of my PA (Bose PAS) and run it into an old MP3 Player (Creative Nomad which has Line in and 20 GB hard drive). It will record in CD quality up to 9 hours! I run the file into my PC and use Cool Edit to chop it into tracks, add effects, clean up, etc.

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