Actually, this is factually incorrect as well.
A true passive direct box simply changes the impedance of a signal
from low to high (or vice-versa), and does not amplify the signal in
doing so.
An active direct box may amplify the signal as well, but this has
absolutely nothing to do with its primary function, which is to
change the impedance of the signal.
-Henry
On Mar 29, 2006, at 3:46 PM, Jonathan Snipes wrote:
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>> Don't use a direct box. Most direct boxes will take a line-level
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>> and attenuate it to mic level. You WANT a high-level line input
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>> to the MOTM.
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> I'm sorry to chime in, but this just isn't true. DI boxes take an
> unbalanced signal and AMPLIFY it to a balanced line-level signal.
> Useful when you're plugging an unbalanced instrument in on-stage,
> then running in 200 feet back to the console, and don't want to add
> ground hum & lose signal.
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> Just because there's an XLR output from a DI Box, doesn't mean that
> it's mic-level.
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