Cloud Microphones CL-1 Cloudlifter 1-channel Mic Activator In-line Microphone Preamplifier

In short, the Cloud Microphones CL-1 Cloudlifter powers your dynamic mic properly without forcing you to throw out your USB interface—it’s what’s called a preamp: something that boosts the microphone’s signal before it gets to the interface (literally, “pre” + “amplifier”). If you’ve noticed your recordings are very quiet or that turning the gain up makes them very noisy, you need a preamp like the CL-1 Cloudlifter.