You can spend mad money on direct boxes once you catch the bug, but an
inexpensive one that I have found to be quite useful is the Rolls Red Square.
It has lots of gain, and can be used for balancing the MOTM's output -- or
amplifying a signal going into the MOTM. It's not the cleanest amp I have ever
heard. But it does also have this kind of funny exciter circuit that you can
switch on as well, which is sometimes useful when injecting something into a
VCF.
Little Labs makes some really nice DIs. Some of these are dual function "re-
amp" boxes as well, which can interface line level signals to guitar amplifiers.
Max
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Adam Schabtach <adam@s...> wrote:
>
> > Yes. While the signal levels out of each module may be adequete, not
> > every module likes to drive a wire clear across the room to a mixer. An
> > active DI helps buffer the output, and can balance a long cable run.
>
> Exactly what I was thinking. Do you have any favorite units for this task?
> Someone recently recommended to me a Groove Tubes Ditto box for this
> application, but I haven't tried one yet.