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I bought a di-box in the store and I am very pleased with the guitar recordings.
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10-09-2024 01:48 PM
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What is a "di-box"?
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Originally Posted by jazzshrink
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DI = direct injection. More info:
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What brand and model did you by? Active or passive?
Thomann lists 179 models in the PA department ranging from 14 EUR to 2000+ EUR for a Rupert Neve design 8-channel 19" rack model.
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What are you direct injecting it in to?
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I put this DI box together a few years ago, and it's frickin' awesome! The transformer on top is a UTC A-11, which I pulled off the back of some discarded film equipment. I looked it up and it is the transformer used by Motown detroit. The guitars and bass would all plug into a mixer with an A-11 on each channel. Everything was all direct, except for the drums and singing.
I took a cheap DI and exchanged the little transformer inside with the A-11, which had to be mounted on top because it wouldn't fit inside. But it looks cooler that way.
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Lovely. Really.
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Originally Posted by supersoul
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Xdirect Profesional Active direct Box.
Straight recording to Scarlett 2/2 interface.
Thanks
Kris
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Originally Posted by kris
EDIT: ART's Tube MP mic pre-amp was quite famous as a budget way to get a tube sound in home-studios in the 90ies.Last edited by Boss Man Zwiebelsohn; 10-10-2024 at 03:18 PM.
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Originally Posted by Bop Head
Best
Kris
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This is what I use since 2009:
Para DI Acoustic Guitar Preamp + DI — LR Baggs
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Originally Posted by Bop Head
I still use the Art MP tube preamp that I bought when they first came out in about 1995. It gives guitars and mics a clean, warm sound that’s accurate and very pleasing. With both input and output level pots, it’s great as a DI as well as a simple preamp. It also fattens up dry SS amps when used between guitar and amp input. We have a Reddi Box at the club in which I’ve played regularly for years. The Reddi is a $1k tube DI that’s widely regarded as one of the best sounding DIs in the world. I’ve tried my ART MP side by side with it, and they’re so close I couldn’t reliably tell one from the other.
It has one each I & O balanced XLRs, plus unbalanced single I/O 1/4” jacks. They’re still readily available new at about $110 US.
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I have the ART Tube MP, very reliable unit with a nice warm sound. I have the Baggs, I preferred that with instruments with a piezo pickup due to the effective EQ. And I have a SansAmp Para Driver DI which is very good, particularly plugging straight into a powered speaker; the advantage of this and the Baggs is that it has EQ options compared to the ART; I usually used the ART in front of my AI Clarus 2r just to warm things up a little bit (I also use it in the effect loop and was never sure which I preferred), so I was able to use the onboard EQ with the amp.
Dutchbopper used an ART directly to the digital interface to his computer for sound in his videos, and sounded great. I think the only EQ that he used was within the DAW, sending the full and basically unadulterated signal of the guitar into the computer.
Nowadays, I just plug straight into my tweed Deluxe style amp, not even any reverb. I have become allergic to all the farting around with pedals and what have you. Even more, I prefer to play acoustically when at home. Amplification is necessary when playing out.
Building a new rig. All that's left is an FRFR...
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