I forgot about the pictures. I made two pictures with the mic and what i did with it. I put them online here : http://electronica.asm.ro/electret/ OL> Dumitru Stama wrote: >> I am trying to implement an aquisition system for a voice recording >> project and i decided to go ahead using the attached schematics. >> It is from a project found on the internet OL> Looks like you got about what you paid for it. This circuit only has a gain OL> of 500 if the mic has 0 output impedence, 250 at 500ohms, and it goes down OL> from there. I haven't used an electret microphone before, but for most OL> microphones that is way too little. OL> I also don't like how the stages are DC coupled. This will multiply the DC OL> offset of the first stage by 100. That may be OK in this case since the OL> gain is so low. If you increase gain the output offset will also increase. OL> ****************************************************************** OL> Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, (978) 742-9014. #1 PIC OL> consultant in 2004 program year. http://www.embedinc.com/products -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist