Sorry, but you are
wrong!
DI boxes take an instrument
level signal and turn it into a mic level signal. They do not amplify a signal
to line level (usually, some newer DIs do have a line level output as
well)
They were originally designed to send
instrument level signals from stage, through the multicore, and into the mic
channels of the mixing desk, so that the instrument level signal appears at the
input of the mixer as if it was a mic input.
They do not amplify the
signal.
It is usual for the XLR out of a DI to be
mic level, and if not then it is usually has a second output marked as line
level.
Simon
Canberra
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
From: motm@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Jonathan
Snipes
Sent: Thu 3/30/2006 6:46 AM
On Mar 29, 2006, at 12:36 PM, ivancu@... wrote:
> Don't use a direct box. Most direct boxes will take a line-level
> input
> and attenuate it to mic level. You WANT a high-level line input going
> to the MOTM.
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.
Just because there's an XLR output from a DI Box, doesn't mean that
it's mic-level.
Sent: Thu 3/30/2006 6:46 AM
On Mar 29, 2006, at 12:36 PM, ivancu@... wrote:
> Don't use a direct box. Most direct boxes will take a line-level
> input
> and attenuate it to mic level. You WANT a high-level line input going
> to the MOTM.
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.
Just because there's an XLR output from a DI Box, doesn't mean that
it's mic-level.
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