Hosa DIB-443 1/4" TS to XLR3M Sidekick Passive DI Box
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You can split yours however you want, I use mine to connect a keyboard to a mixer and to an onstage amp, so yes, you can split it however you want.
It would be nice if you had a splitter for your drum machine and guitar. Once that splitter is in DI, it goes to the DAC. Since they are on the same line, you might have some distortion from both instruments since they are moving at the same time. But this is technically
don't know the answer, but I think a 50' mic cable and a 10' guitar cable are easier to obtain and use Buy a 50' Mogami Gold series mic cable for great sound quality if you want to go all out.
As a result, it is not an A/D/A converter, as would be the case with a computer interface. used exclusively to convert 1/4" inputs like guitars, bass guitars, keyboards, and so on into an XLR output like the one found on microphone cables. A direct box instead of a computer interface is what it is.
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This is a very affordable product, so consider that. Certainly it can be made to work, but it does not possess the build quality, connection options or sound quality of the Radial brand or the Ebtech HE2XLR hum eliminator (also available I think it's fine for 1 mono channel with optimal IF, for the price. The description states that the transformer is an audio isolation transformer, which is accurate. It kind of works. A single, tiny transformer is located inside the box with no circuitry to support it. The Ebtech version uses dual stereo audio grade transformers, a sturdy circuit board, filtering caps, 8 audio-in jacks, as well as supports circuits, but it remains passive.
That one was impressive. This one is cheap but not great. My disappointment was that I could not use the 1/4" IN routed to the 1/4" OUTPUT jack as it added too much hum for it to be any use. Despite the fact it is designed for that purpose, I found no equipment combination that will let me use it without picking up a lot of noise. I connected it between my guitar and mixer (which normally works fine) and a lot of hum resulted. That would be where a DI Box would normally be placed. Additionally, I tried the active output of the effects pedals, and from the pre-amps I was able to hear the effects pedals Connect a mixer to the output of a guitar amplifier. It was impossible for me to find a combination of anything that worked with a 1/4" OUT. The audio passed but there was far too much hum at 60 and 120 Hz. There's nothing special about the Line/Inst switch it's basically a bunch of +'s It has a 40dB attenuator resistor, so it has to be left off, otherwise there will not be much signal transmission. It was unclear where the buttons were and their labels did not make Lift's ground floor says 1 and 11, instead of on and off. Can 1 be turned off or can 2 be turned on? Besides the Line/Instrument button, there is also a F and I button. The definition of that is whatever you want it to be. Can II stand alone or can it be used as an Since it can be made to work for a mono instrument if it came out of the XLR jack, I'll keep it.
But at 1/4th the price of the Ebtech, it also has about 1/4 the features, so it works out to be My recommendation is to get something better if you care about audio frequency response and phase. In Ebtech's version, you can mix the OUT and IN of 1/4" and it still works, or even swap out of and in with it. It filters out ground hum in every connection I made on this device, whether it's an XLR/ 1/4" combination or a mixture of the two. On this one, however, not so. I found no combination of settings that worked without adding at least 12dB of hum to the 1/4" output.
Let me tell you what I can say. Whenever I recorded my live amp, I needed a good di box to get the di signal into the daw. As a result of the ground loop switches, I have no noise in my daw and the signal is loud enough for reamping.
Since I bought it a year ago, maybe closer to that, I use it for live performances and So far, the process has been flawless. This direct box is a little larger than the more expensive ones, but that is perfectly acceptable. Since we don't have a wireless system for instruments, we have to run a lot of cables. The cables are connected using a guitar pedal 1/4" connector to the last pedal in the chain and then an XLR straight into our PC board. This produces a clean, quiet operation, with I like it a lot!.
The price is very reasonable and it works as it should. The one I have is used to connect my laptop to the stage sound system when we do Trivia Nights at our business, and we have let artists borrow it to use their equipment with I have had no problems so far. It has always worked. It has arrived well packed and.
The new one is the same as the one we had been using over ten Compared to some alternatives, it's a few bucks more expensive, but we use the rocker switches, and I can.
When I received mine, it worked immediately at the church I work at. We use it in our contemporary worship band and love it, and the quality is just as good as the $200 models.
A direct box does everything a direct box should do, such as allowing an acoustic guitar to be sent to the board. I had no issues with noise or strange.
Using this service for the first time, I was not certain what to expect. The low price was the primary reason I purchased it, but I had never heard of the brand. Since I am used to using Countryman brand direct boxes for our church, I was not sure that it would work for me. Last weekend, I used it with my electric bass and was extremely happy with it! The buzz, the hiss, and the problems are gone. Perfectly suited my needs. That is the best purchase I have ever made!.
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