Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter Zi 1-channel DI and Mic Activator with Variable Impedance

DI or mic: your Cloudlifter for all seasons

The forums are full of love letters from satisfied engineers who've used their Cloudlifters to get new life and energy from their low-output broadcast mics. However, the amazing Cloudlifter can make even cheap handhelds sound like studio standard mics by bringing out those frequencies that are normally too quiet to notice. And now with the Cloudlifter Zi DI box/mic booster, you've got an indispensable Swiss army knife for your direct as well as microphone sources. Your engineer's toolkit isn't complete without it.

Dial in character with variable input impedance loading

The Cloudlifter Zi provides up to 25dB of clean gain, variable input impedance, and a variable highpass filter. Cloud's patented Vari-Z impedance control is sweepable from 150 ohms to 15k ohms and allows you to creatively load a mic's output transformer, opening up a broad range of tonal variations for each microphone.

Instant ribbon pre mod

Ribbon mics are wonderful, but many microphone preamplifiers are simply too weak to get enough signal out of them. A Cloudlifter Mic Activator will turn your preamp's harmful phantom power into as much as +25dB of extra gain, transforming even a budget model pre into an effective ribbon preamp.

Totally transparent boost

Cloud Microphones designed their Cloudlifter series around direct-coupled, discrete JFET circuitry, engineered to preserve the natural sound of your mics. So, no matter how dramatic of an impact this transparent technology may have on your recordings, you can be sure you're really just hearing your mic at its best.

Essential for long cable runs

If you work in a large, multi-room studio or an auditorium like the Sweetwater Performance Theater, then you won't believe what a difference a Cloudlifter will make. With its extra gain boost driving your signal, even cable runs over hundreds of feet won't drain the life out of your sound. The result is nothing short of remarkable.

Noise-free amplification

Many preamps sound great until you push them, resulting in all the hiss and crackle produced by the amplifier itself ending up in the mix. The gain boost provided by your Cloudlifter Zi lets your mic pre work more efficiently, giving you the levels you need, without the noise.

Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter Zi Features:

• Variable impedance loading, sweepable from 150 ohms to 15k ohms
• Highpass filter, variable from 20Hz to over 4kHz
• 3 gain settings deliver up to +25dB, 12dB, or 6dB with mics and up to +12dB, 6dB, or 3dB with instruments
• Compatible with XLR mics and 1/4" instrument inputs
• Hi-Z input of greater than 1M ohm primary impedance (prior to secondary loading via Cloudlifter's Vari-Z interface)
• Improves mic gain-before-feedback ratio in live/PA applications
• Easy-to-use; requires only phantom power
• Compatible with dynamic, ribbon, tube, battery, or power-supply driven microphones
• Discrete, Class A JFET circuitry and Cloud's patented Vari-Z user interface
• Portable and roadworthy for studio, onstage, and broadcast use
• Free lifetime limited warranty for parts and labor with product registration
• Manufactured responsibly in Cloud Microphones' Tucson Arizona factory