These devices were handy things to have around a studio, especially back in the dark ages before everything came with combination mic/inst connections. The DI box was basically just an adapter, as calaverasgrandes puts it, to match high-z and low-z and connection types. The original purpose of the DI box was to match impedance levels (and connection types) so that you could connect a 1/4" high-impedance signal (aka "High Z," or "instrument-level") into a mic-level (aka "Low Z") XLR preamp input, or vice-versa. Why would you do something like this? Well, technically, there's no good reason, if your Eureka preamp has an instrument input that you're happy with. If you had a DI box you wanted to use, you would plug your bass into the DI box and then plug the DI box into your preamp. However, recording direct you had better like the sound of your guitar because it won't do much to "change" it like a amp or amp emulator would.Īt the risk of flogging a dead horse: yeah, what everybody else said. My Grace 101 has the same type input that is also 1meg ohm and it gives me the best bass sound I've ever been able to get, sounds just like the guitar. The Eureka does not require a direct box because it already has one built in and at 1meg ohm the input should not load down your pickups so you should get all the tone and sustain your bass can put out. However, some of the new ones are doing both but still are called direct boxes for lack of a better word. Most direct boxes don't have any gain to add, they just convert the guitar output to more of a mic output and that would go on to a preamp in the mixer. But aren't I achieving the same basic results plugging my bass into my Eureka preamp? I see these reviews on the SansAmp Bass driver, and the Aguilar Bass DI, etc. Studio will go up another level by putting Millennia Media into the scene.IS there a difference between a Preamp and a DI Box? So you'll get that exact reamping you want, and it will be done right. "all over the place" will take your sonics to a whole new level. If all you have been doing is using the 1820m without world class preamps, you literallyĭon't even know just yet how good those converters on the 1820m are. If your converters are bad, you're always stuck with inferior sound. So they gave you "good" analogĪccess points rather than world class. They are insane! And the company did a great job with the overallĬircuitry too. Not bad, but the real gem of the 1820m are Need to buy a D-A! You may not be aware of this, but the preamps/line-in on the 1820m To get better you have to go to a dedicated $2000 box like a Lavry.Īnd that would be only for 2 channels of conversion, one way A-D. The best part of the 1820m is the converters. Millennia Media is known to produce world-class solid state preamps, and you get The amp think it's getting a signal from the guitar pickups, just the way it's The signal to a high-impedance output, just like your amp is expecting to see. ![]() Your 1820M (a GREAT box) sends out a line level signal. Tube/solid-state direct-in for your guitar and a bypassible hi/lo shaping eq. You will get the best reamping on the planet, a world class preamp, a top-quality It's the best bang for the buck on the planet. Adding some air between a very dry synth signal and the input to a track can really help. Some synth sounds benefit being fed into guitar amps and re recording. I have found sometimes you can solve a difficult tone issue by doing this. No reason why you cannot mike a guitar cab to start with and then send that out for further re amping. The guitar tracks that can be sent out for reamping don't have to be dry input DI signals either. If you are someone who does a lot of re amp re recording of guitar tracks then a re amp box would be a good investment. ![]() Both miked and then combined during the mix in varying levels for wide tonal variations. Some re amp boxes have more than one output so two guitar amps could be used. ![]() This will have a bearing on the tone you will get from the guitar amp. The re amp box also sets up a similar equivalent output circuit to a guitar with a similar reistance and inductance. Guitar signals can be down as low as -40 dbu. A +4 dbu signal and even a -10 dbv signal is still very loud for a guitar amp. The re amp box sets up the right level for the guitar amp. One might be the level coming in and also the output impedance of your interface which will be low. When connecting the output from your audio interface direct to a guitar amp for example, it will work but there are a few things that are foreign to the guitar amp.
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