Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-1 Mic Activator

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Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-1 Mic Activator
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Clean "gain" every time
Steve Galloway 06.04.2020
My Cloudlifter CL-1 helps me get clean gain for dynamic microphones which I use in a demanding office/studio environment.

I use dynamic microphones like the Shure SM7B and RE20 to cope better with unavoidable equipment noise and outside/traffic noise that I otherwise need a sound booth to eliminate. I use prosumer audio interfaces which can "just" bring the signal in from my dynamic microphones, but even though I use a dbx 286 S microphone processor which can arguably power something like a Shure SM7B, I know that my Cloudlifter can reduce the load on either of my audio interfaces and this eliminates the risk of hiss which comes with maximum gain when using any audio interface. Using a Cloudlifter, my signal is clean every time.

The Cloudlifter is a plug and "forget" device which does its job invisibly without any configuration in the background. Sometimes the best equipment is the hardware you have to remind yourself that you own, and a Cloudlifter is definitely a silent hero.

Occasionally, I have used the Cloudlifter with my Zoom H5 portable recorder when I have been on the road with my dynamic microphones, and the Cloudlifter has done everything I would hope for. I had not anticipated this functionality, and I am glad to have it.

There are alternatives to Cloudlifter, some of which are less cumbersome and really are not much more intrusive than the XLR cables they interface. The hardest thing about the Cloudlifter is deciding on your cable length/configuration to figure out where to put the device.

Cloudlifters seem a little expensive and you have to add that to the cost of a dynamic microphone. There are less expensive alternatives in the market though, and if Cloudlifter is the standard you want, then the price is something you live with.
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Elevated Activation
Nonameguy 07.04.2022
Bought specifically for a Shure SM7B. To boast going into Focusrite Clarett

Pros: Excellent Quality, Does exactly what it's meant to really well. Above combination produced Excellent Vocal recordings into Pro Tools. Highly recommend.

Cons: Maybe expensive given the limited features, but I guess you pay for quality Regardless would purchase again for definite.
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Scotland rises 17.07.2020
Using a Komplete Audio 6 soundcard/audio box and Shure SM7B mic.
Up at full gain (100%) the mic was still showing a relatively low level (about 40%), meaning at lot of post recording boost and then mastering work to sort out the hiss and extra 'air' created.......
this thing just plugs straight into the line between mic and box, with XLR at each end and now the input level is approx 70% and a beautiful clear and crisp signal.
Great, and particularly for the price, it just saved me a lot of work in post-processing.
Highly recommended to just give those vocals a lift.
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It's just as good as everyone says
lapsio 08.06.2020
There's not much to say about this activator. It's just as good as everyone says it is. The only disadvantage is price but considering it's usually needed for more expensive mics I don't think it's that bad.

Another bonus is that it makes dynamic mic not work when phantom power is turned off. And I know it sounds ridiculous to mention it as advantage but really - from privacy and security standpoint microphone that constantly captures all sounds no matter if you actually use it or not is terrible concept. And many people have mics permanently plugged into interfaces. So it just makes me feel better when I know my mic really doesn't work when phantom power is off.
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Great quality sound, built like a tank.
Creation Recording Studio 02.09.2021
No complaints at all for this product, only praises, although this cloud lifter is pretty expensive for what it is, but it is well worth the price, just for it's sound quality alone. I've put this one through its paces in a recording studio, and I am a perfectionist when it comes to sound, and I am extremely satisfied with the transparency and sound quality of this product. anyone thinking of buying this, you will need phantom power to use it. I highly recommend this product, as I said in the title, it is also built like a tank.
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Does exactly what you need it to do
iamphilipholm 18.03.2024
No complains, it just works the way it's intended too. Gives my SM7B a lot more juice.
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Literally free gain
Axlt 04.11.2021
This little blue buddy is reliable and has been in my kit for years, a great combo with the Shure sm7b
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Great addition for my Shure SM7B
Anonymous 01.10.2021
Shure SM7B is a low gain Microphone, and Cloudlifter CL-1 add 20db that makes the Mic being much easier to handle, and use the audio interface gain around 50% - 75% of it's own gain.
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Works very well
Briguli 27.01.2023
Needed this for my Shure SM7B and it works very well. Not much more to say about it.

You need to be able to provide this with Phantom power, but I guess most audio interfaces are able to.
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Gives my dynamic mics tat extra boost
MoGreen 19.10.2019
Built like a tank this is my first encounter with Cloud products. They deliver that extra punch and are their money worth. These little guys really lift the clouds.
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Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-1 Mic Activator