![]() ![]() ![]() You'll see DI boxes in both studio and live situations, and they are used to convert a high-output impedance, line-level signal into a low-impedance, microphone-level signal. So, what is a DI box? Well, DI stands for direct input or direct injection, and they are used to resolve the issue of mismatched impedance. It's not a necessity for synths.(Image credit: Rupert Neve) What is a DI box?ĭI boxes are often misunderstood, with many musicians not knowing if they even need one. That's a night & day difference, and a necessity for those instruments. And sometimes, the people that claim to hear a difference are just hearing a difference in volume, not tone (sometimes.I said sometimes, golden ears out there don't get mad at me).ĭI boxes are mainly for guitarists and bassists because those are high impedance instruments, and plugging them into a line-level input simply won't work at all. You're not missing much at all until you have tens of thousands of dollars to invest in a pro level studio and you need to worry about that "extra" 5% that most people can't even hear. If you're on a budget and this is a hobby, don't worry at all about what people say regarding sound quality when talking about DI boxes and synths. But most of my pedals work fine without it. I've found a few that are very touchy about input signal, so I did by a cheap reamp box to go into them. Then just plug the pedal's output back into your mixer or recorder. You might have to attenuate the signal going into them to prevent unwanted distortion. Most guitar pedals can take a line-level signal just fine. I used the Behringer with the Subharmonicon to record this last night with my Tektronix 545A Oscilloscope from 1960:Īfter more research I think i might neet a reamp between the aux send and the pedal and a di box between the pedal and the line in?ĩ0% of the time you are fine to just plug in. Also, the SSL 2+ USB looks kind of sweet and its obviously +4 dbu out, SSL for under 300 is kind of outrageous. Other options: Pittsburgh Modular look from their recent live patches like they'll be releasing a module designed to address this mixing issue (no doubt more expensive than the Behringer). There's just an insane amount of connectivity for such a compact box plus four preamps. Plus you can blend the in of, say, insert one with the Line IN for line one. Other synths, not so much, but the Moogs like the inserts that are built for effects pedals, strange as it sounds. Second (and this is great for synths that only take TRS and not TR cables) the UMC404HD has four 1/4 inserts (they're just called inserts 1, 2, 3, 4) for effects in the back, and I find that a mono TS into the inserts give me a better range of control that using the line ins for my Moogs. So, you can have four systems going stereo out to anything, amp, computer, pa, midi, etc. First, there are four INs to really nice Midas preamps (their +3 dbu out, not industry +4, but it's super close, and, again.less than 200 bucks). This is massively underrated for a multiple-semi-modular set up like you are talking about for two reasons. I actually found luck with the Behringer UMC404HD for less than 200 bucks. Yeah, I'm also new and hooked to this modular stuff - bought my Subharmonicon in April and got hung up on this exact same question for a while right after I added a DFAM. I am new to a lot of this and there is a lot to learn! I may just start building my modular and get a mixer and audio interface and some modular effects modules instead and then plug the VCA outs of the moogs to it.Īny help would be appreciated. If so I think this is starting to get too expensive. However, after more research I think i might neet a reamp between the aux send and the pedal and a di box between the pedal and the line in? Is this the case? I was planning on connecting the pedal to the aux send on the mixer and bringing it back to one of the line ins. My original plan was to get a mixer to connect them all to, and to get a guitar pedal for effects. Now I have a dfam and subharmonicon on the way. I originally had a mother 32, plugged my headphones into the back, and I was good to go. So things have become a little more confusing for me the more research I do and I am hoping you guys could help me out: ![]()
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