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I assume when you say electro-acoustic, you mean one with an onboard battery powered preamp? If not then a passive DI won't work well at all - you need power at some point in the signal path or you'll be trying to drive the whole cable to the PA from the guitar pickup, which will sound terrible.
Almost all active DI boxes will accept phantom power too, so if the desk has that then you still don't need a battery.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Yes my Guitar has a battery driven preamp
You raised a really good point about a passive acoustic guitar preamp which I hadn't thought off
Thanks
R.
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I've got an old Boss DI-1 - which they still make as far as I know. It works and sounds good… I've never needed to look any further since 99% of the time I just use whatever the sound engineer at the venue provides.
I do prefer passive boxes for electric guitar and bass, so I've got a couple of those as well - actually old DOD ones. They sound good - not at all hi-fi, but that's the point.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
R.,
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Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
"6) Why no earth lift switch?
Earth lift isolation to prevent the formation of hum loops is taken care in the circuitry of our DI Boxes - so no switch is fitted. On some manufactures DI Boxes you cannot use Phantom power with the switch in the lifted (or earth disconnected) position. It is also our experience that anything that can be fiddled with (or adjusted) - will be! On several occasions the sound has been fine at the sound check, but when the concert begins a mystery hum appears on one of the audio feeds due to the spurious operation of an earth lift switch. Better to design it out of the product!"
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
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Studiospares DI on a budget.
Just phase reverse on the console.
For my personal acoustic shenanigans its Orchid every time,
This is worth a read https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/orchid-electronics-di-boxes
I'm also thinking that one of the reasons to use DI boxes is to isolate my expensive mixer from various random muso equipment (bass amps, keyboards, etc). I was thinking that a transformer-based DI would be better for that, but I guess the Orchids will also perform that function, ie. they will blow up first rather than the mixer.
R.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
There's another thread here about problems with a Warwick one - no damage, but it didn't work properly. I always think it's better to take a normal 1/4" line out and go through a separate DI box.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I guess I need something else
R.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
R.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
Passive: http://artproaudio.com/passive_di/product/zdirect/
Active: http://http//artproaudio.com/active_di/product/xdirect/
It does seem ridiculous that so many amps have an XLR output, which then proves to be unusable in reality because it's badly designed. This may be partly why some soundmen refuse to use them and prefer to DI the bass at the amp input. (Other than pure control-freakery!)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
R.
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Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
Like ICBM I had a pair of the DOD passive DIs from way back, usable. I had a couple of splitter transformers wound for me by Sowter that made nice passive DI's. I had an Orchid Classic active DI and when I sold off lots of the gear I kept that and still use it to this day with my acoustic guitar (or whatever). The price difference up to an Orchid from a Behringer is a couple of pints and well worth the cost. @robinbowes I'd have a selection of units, some are better in certain situations, the Behringer is said to be capable of taking a speaker load in tandum with a proper cabinet so you can get the amp sound of novice bass players who don't belive you can replicate the tone with your £10,000 desk, Just beware the PCB tracks are very thin for the alleged rated power handling.