All this time, recording the electric guitar signal straight into my Firewire Solo’s line input. Never using a DI box.
What was I thinking?! I’ll be picking up a passive one in the next little while. Gah, it’s like I learned nothing in my course.
EDIT (5 minutes later): Ok, weird… if you do a Google search for Firewire Solo DI Box, this post shows up on the first page. Man, those guys/that algorithm works fast!
December 13th, 2009 at 11:28 PM
I need a DI too. What I really want is the Radial Pro AV2. Well… what I really want is a Pro AV2 for my laptop (for live performances) and then more Radial PRO DI boxes: keyboard, acoustic guitar and 2 microphones.
I know most houses will have their own DI boxes, but because I’m planning on being… “complicated,” i want it to be as simple as possible for the sound guy. I’m planning doing live processing of guitar, keys and vocals through my laptop. And I want to have quality DI boxes that I know I can trust.
But then, I don’t have the financing to spend so much money on such unsexy equipment. I can’t decide whether I want to just go buy a $40 box for the moment for tracking the occasional guitar part.
December 14th, 2009 at 2:03 PM
I just want that damned 60Hz buzz to go away. I can kill it most of the time, but I have to be in a verrry specific space.
Can’t wait to have the full-on studio setup.