Something I've been wondering about, will you improve the quality of your DIs by going through a DI box then into an interface?
Does A DI BoX In Front Of Yr. Interface Improve Quality?
- Thread starter Robert W
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Nicholas Rodriguez
Backe
Space Cowboy
if it's a good DI box, yes. a bad one, no. if you have a decent interface the sound of the existing hi-z will more than suffice. if you have a bad interface, even the best DI box won't do the trick.
I'm using a Focusrite Saffire 6 USB atm, and was just wondering if I could squeeze a little more out of it if I threw a DI box in front of it.
DanLights
Santa Hat Forever
in my experience with Saffire interfaces, I would say unless you use a top quality DI box like a Radial or a countryman, it won´t really be worth it.
Ground Up Studios
Nicholas Rodriguez
What exactly does a do box do to ur DI's? I'm getting a country man and I have the FF800.
(sorry for posting in this thread, but it was relevant)
(sorry for posting in this thread, but it was relevant)
JakeAC5253
Frozen Sun Audio
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Shows the guitar a high impedance and the mic pre a low impedance. Without it, both are not working efficiently as they were designed to.
DanLights
Santa Hat Forever
Technically, it´s the same as using the "instrument" input in your interface, which is like having a DI box, preamp and converter in one box. But, if your interface is not great quality, and your DI box is, then of course the sound quality (noise floor, clarity) will be better if you use the DI box. Won´t be much though, cause if your interface is bad you still have to go through a mic preamp and the converter.
Trevoire520
Member
It absolutely stuns me how often so called "recording engineers/producers/studios" come on here asking what a DI box does.
The StabbinCabin
Member
Any comparison between the 4 varieties? (Going to search right now)
Standard A/D
Standard A/D+DI
Good A/D
Good A/D+DI
Standard A/D
Standard A/D+DI
Good A/D
Good A/D+DI
TheBeville
Disarm Goliath
I'd have thought the quality of the pre's matters more than that of the A/D conversion, in this case.
The StabbinCabin
Member
I'm curious as well because I'd like to get a RayDat and Multiface and use my Eureka pre. But I'd have to use the line out on the pre to the RME's line in- I'm not sure how that would work correctly then if high impedance outs are xlr. I've been using a Firestudio instrument input.
