Hello again
so ive got a big job coming up where the main parts are going to be done on 3 different analog Korgs synths. my client is also going to be using an analog drum machine and a light sensitive therum. my question is, should i be using direct boxes on all of these?

thanks
Tuck

I'm very much a rookie when it comes to home recording, but would the use of a preamp and/or DI box in between the instrument and device its being recorded directly into increase the overall results of the recording? or would it only make a real difference if it was recording via a mic then into the DI/preamp then recording gear?

thanks alot

Any Favourites as far as budget boxes go, I have a couple of active and passive yorkville boxes that seem to very clean, also a Behringer one, which seems clean enough.

I have been seeing a lot of instrument specific boxes lately, for example, an acoustic DI, with built in exciter and eq, and a bass one with the same type of eqs.

Wondering if anyone has any tips on mic preamp's and direct boxes. specifically, if i can use a good mic preamp (tube perhaps) to function as a direct box as well, and vice versa.

recording analog to tape.

Thanks!

Recording bass guitar at a concert the other day, the bass player’s amplifier gave off a suspicious whine when the bass was plugged into my Whirlwind IMP-2 passive direct box. The ground lift switch on the DI did not get rid of the noise. I suspect that my DI is not blocking the phantom power that my PreSonus Firepod is sending down the line.

I'm new to the game, and have a question about low end bass recording. My set up now, I have the bass amp mic'ed and running to my Yamaha AW1600 workstation. The hi end bass sounds great, the low end sounds muddy and basically drones on and on when i mix it down. EQ'ing has helped some. The sales guy at the local Guitar shop recommended using a DI box to get a better sound?

Okay, I have one of those new BehringerDI and I LOVE the sound, esspecially on bass, it is active, Now I also have a few yorkville DI;s that arent bad and are very clean sounding, In the past I have heard the Avalon DI that my buddy had I liked the sound and not that I put it to a test against a sh*tty one but, really ?

Any recomendations?

I allready own a Little Labs red-eye box, but I lack a good neutral preamp.
Also, I don't think the red-eye is that neutral as a DI anyway.

I would like to hear of budget options too.

Alright, now for my next pathetic newbie question.

I would like to put bass down on a project i'm doing, but i don't have a bass
amp. Just a bass guitar i borrowed from my cousin. I'm using the e-mu
1820m and Cubase to record.

Can you help me understand more about active vs passive and DI?