Thomann's Cool Online Guides: DI Boxes
While we could go into more and more detail about DI boxes and their inner workings, at some stage it’s best to get some hands-on experience!
- 1.Introduction
- 2.What is a Balanced Line?
- 3.Common Uses
- 4.The Earth Lift
Welcome to our Direct Injection Box Online Advisor.
More often known as a ‘DI’ box, these little units are the most commonly used problem solvers both in the modern recording studio, and with live PA systems. Essentially, a DI box provides a method of connecting a high-impedance ‘unbalanced’ line level signal, such as a guitar or keyboard, to a low-impedance ‘balanced’ line input on a mixing console or other input stage – more on these terms later. There are many different models on the market, with many different feature sets - we’ll also examine these in this article.
Our Online Advisor extends to several pages – you can jump from section to section using the index below or the navigation at the bottom of each page.
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the box pro DSP 112
Active full range loudspeaker Power: 1200 watts, Class D power amp, Speaker assembly: 12 "woofer and 1.35" compression driver, Built-in DSP with 4 presets and low cut, 2 XLR jack inputs, 1 XLR output, Maximum level: 134 dB, Radiation...
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Behringer DeepMind 6
Behringer DeepMind 6; 6 voice Analogue Synthesizer; 37 semi-weighted full-size keys featuring velocity sensitivity and after-touch; 4 FX Engines powered by tc electronic & Klark Teknik; 12 oscillators - two OSCs and LFOs per voice; selectable 2- or 4-pole low-pass...
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Roland Go Piano
Roland Go Piano Digital Piano - 61 keys (Ivory Feel and Box-shape Keys with velocity), 128 voices polyphone, bluetooth 4.2, Midi: Conforms to GM2, Sounds: 10 Piano, 7 E-Piano, 7 Organ, 16 Other (incl. Drum Set and SFX Set), multi-effects/chorus/reverb,...
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Boss GT-1B Bass Multi-FX Pedal
Boss GT-1B Bass Multi FX, effects pedal, Bass Multi Effect, 90 effect types, 32 seconds looper, approximately 7 hours of operation time with batteries, 99 Presets, 99 user patches, 3 Footswitches, 1 expression pedal and 1 additional footswitch/expression pedal input,...
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Vox Adio Air GT
Modelling Electric Guitar Combo Power: 50 W, Equipped with: 2x 3"speakers for a wide stereo sound, Bluetooth allows wireless playback of music and remote control via app, VET Modelling technology for authentic amp sounds, Up to 23 amplifier models,...
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Vox Adio Air Bass
Vox Adio Air Bass, E-Basscombo, 50W amplifier with high sound pressure, 2 x 3" speakers for a wide stereo sound, VET modeling technology for authentic amp sounds, up to 17 convincing amplifier models, up to 19 high-quality effect types, "Tone...
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ADJ Pro Event Table
ADJ Pro Event Table, Compact and collapsible, Lightweight, around 18 kg, Functional and professional looking, table height: 880mm, dimensions table 1200x580mm; Dimensions (LxWxH): 50” x 24” x 45.5” / 1270 x 610 x 1155 mm
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M-Audio BX8 D3
M-Audio BX8 D3, Active 2-way near-field reference studio monitor; Tweeter: 1.25 inch (32 mm) 80 W silk dome tweeter; Amplifier: 150 Watt RMS Bi-Amp Class A / B Power Amplifier; Sound pressure (max SPL): 114 dB; Crossover: 1.9 kHz; Other...
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tc electronic Sub 'N' Up Mini Octaver
tc electronic Sub 'N' Up Mini Octaver, effects pedal, Octaver, compact sized pedal, Advanced polyphonic octave engine gives you lightning-fast note tracking and impeccable octave tones, TonePrint-enabled: load signature tones into your pedal with the free TonePrint App or design...
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Fluid Audio Strum Buddy
Fluid Audio Strum Buddy, electric guitar monitor/amplifier powered by a re-chargeable battery, suction cup mounted, ca. 3,5 hours of play time on one charge, channels: 1, power: 6 watts, equipped with: 40 mm Neodymium Magnet speakers, construction: ABS plastic housing,...
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the box pro DSP 115
Active Full Range Loudspeaker Speaker assembly: 15 "woofer and 1.45" compression driver, Power: 1400 W, Class D power amp, Built-in DSP with 4 presets and low cut, 2x XLR jack input, 1x XLR output, Maximum level: 136 dB, Radiation...
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IsoAcoustics ISO-Puck set
IsoAcoustics ISO-Puck set of 2, Universal monitor stand set (2 pieces); Decouples the loudspeaker signal from the desk; Stand area per puck (diameter x height): 62 x 35 mm; Maximum load: 9 kg per puck; includes: 1 x ISO-PUCK set...
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