Best ACOUSTIC Direct Box?
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ericmeyer4
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Ive been using the Whirlwind IMP2 for both my electric. It hasnt given me anyproblems yet!
edm
Ive been using the Whirlwind IMP2 for both my electric. It hasnt given me anyproblems yet!
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I use the L.R. Baggs Para D.I. I found it used for $99.
I use it plugged into the P.A. It helps my old Ovation sound like an actual guitar.
Sometimes I feed the line out to the FX return of my guitar amp for a monitior.
http://www.lrbaggs.com/html/products/preamps_paradi.shtml
I have not tried any of the D-Tars, yet, but I'm sure they would work well too. Evan had one at UGD, & his Gibson J-45 sounded GREAT.
I use the L.R. Baggs Para D.I. I found it used for $99.
I use it plugged into the P.A. It helps my old Ovation sound like an actual guitar.
Sometimes I feed the line out to the FX return of my guitar amp for a monitior. http://www.lrbaggs.com/html/products/preamps_paradi.shtml
I have not tried any of the D-Tars, yet, but I'm sure they would work well too. Evan had one at UGD, & his Gibson J-45 sounded GREAT.
That90'sGuy
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Nice thread! I was just going to ask about direct boxes myself So DI boxes will help your acoustic sound better through an electric setup?
Nice thread! I was just going to ask about direct boxes myself
So DI boxes will help your acoustic sound better through an electric setup?Re: Best ACOUSTIC Direct Box?
Yes, but they sound BEST through a PA, powered monitor or acoustic combo. Electric guitar amps don't have a wide enpough frequency response.
Running my Ovation through the DI & into the FX return of my Boogie works as a monitor, & sounds better than going through the amps preamp, but by no means does it sounds like it should.
the_Chris said:Nice thread! I was just going to ask about direct boxes myself
Yes, but they sound BEST through a PA, powered monitor or acoustic combo. Electric guitar amps don't have a wide enpough frequency response.
Running my Ovation through the DI & into the FX return of my Boogie works as a monitor, & sounds better than going through the amps preamp, but by no means does it sounds like it should.
That90'sGuy
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Cool... I guess anything's better than nothing
Cool... I guess anything's better than nothing
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An active (electric) DI is gonna require a power source, either a battery, AC adapter or other power. A passive DI box will not. It typically has a signal transformer inside. A good passive DI will not negativly color your tone, but should match the impedance of your signal to the board it's plugged into, and should reduce noise by electrically isolating the signal form the board.
The active box can have more features, that's whay I like the Baggs. It's got an EQ & will supply phantom (48 vdc) power for a condensor mic. So in addition to being a DI box, it does double duty as a pre-amp. My Ovation is so old, it has no on-board EQ, so the Baggs helps me there too.
Rainmaker said:
An active (electric) DI is gonna require a power source, either a battery, AC adapter or other power. A passive DI box will not. It typically has a signal transformer inside. A good passive DI will not negativly color your tone, but should match the impedance of your signal to the board it's plugged into, and should reduce noise by electrically isolating the signal form the board.
The active box can have more features, that's whay I like the Baggs. It's got an EQ & will supply phantom (48 vdc) power for a condensor mic. So in addition to being a DI box, it does double duty as a pre-amp. My Ovation is so old, it has no on-board EQ, so the Baggs helps me there too.
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I have quite a few Behringer Ultra DI100s, which I use for recording. I use the 48 volt phantom power instead of the battery. It works very well. The Behringer Ultra DIs are very quiet comparing to other DI boxes which I had tried and compared. It includes when the batteries are used. I don't know exactly what caused the pain. May be you can explain it to me so that I can beware of it also.LesStrat said:
bluey@sunni
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Aphex 1401 exciter for passive ie. non pre-amp piezo acoustic guitars, yet to get hold of one for a play but the review in Australian Guitar was pretty positive.
Have seen/heard one used live with a high-end Taylor with great results, but that's starting out with a great base so maybe not too indicative of it's capabilities.
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Saving up the money to put a pair of Celestion G12K speakers in my 1981 vintage Acoustic G60 2-12 amp, frequency response to 5.5 KHz.)
Aphex 1401 exciter for passive ie. non pre-amp piezo acoustic guitars, yet to get hold of one for a play but the review in Australian Guitar was pretty positive.
Have seen/heard one used live with a high-end Taylor with great results, but that's starting out with a great base so maybe not too indicative of it's capabilities.
Aside
Saving up the money to put a pair of Celestion G12K speakers in my 1981 vintage Acoustic G60 2-12 amp, frequency response to 5.5 KHz.)
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the baggs para acoustic di is what i have been using for years. its great. ive been toying with it again lately and i forgot how nice it is. works well for bass also.
if i played more acoustic id probably use a equinox. ive seen/hear a few people using them and WOW really cool.
the baggs para acoustic di is what i have been using for years. its great. ive been toying with it again lately and i forgot how nice it is. works well for bass also.
if i played more acoustic id probably use a equinox. ive seen/hear a few people using them and WOW really cool.
