Born out of necessity in studios such as motown and united sound systems to accommodate the electric instruments emerging in the 1960s direct boxes also known as dis which stands for direct inject began as a way to resolve a basic impedance mismatch between electrodynamic guitar pickups and sensitive studio electronics.
Active stereo di box.
Direct box passive is best for balancing the signal of instruments with active electronics but still performs extremely well on passive pickups by producing a frequency range that exceeds the bandwidth of most passive di boxes on the market.
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Di boxes which require a power source batteries or phantom power are called active di boxes.
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What is a di box.
To put it simply active boxes require a power supply.
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Sweetwater carries two types of di boxes.
Active direct boxes are in fact preamplifiers whose primary function is to provide higher input impedance than that of a transformer to drive instruments with low level signals.
The direct box active can also operate in passive mode.
For example if you were using a passive di to send an old fender bass to the console its single coil pickup had to drive amp transformer mic splitter transformer.
The j48 stereo is a high performance 2 channel active direct box for live concert touring and professional recording studio applications with the ability to handle extreme transients without distortion while delivering the natural sound of your instrument.
A di unit direct input is an electronic device typically used in recording studios and in sound reinforcement systems to connect a high output impedance line level unbalanced output signal to a low impedance microphone level balanced input.
Although many modern dis are far more.
A passive direct box uses a transformer to convert the signal whereas an active direct box has a preamp built into the circuitry.