KVR Audio

alejandrozalaquett · Post by **alejandrozalaquett** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:06 pm

I have 100 bucks to buy a direct box. I need it to connect
Passive Gibson Electric Guitar -> Mackie Mixer -> M-Audio Audiophile 2496 -> Amplitube 2.

Any suggestions?

TKS

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:44 pm

http://www.analogindustries.com/blog/en ... 3966319375

Although none fits the budget.

Vegetarian · Post by **Vegetarian** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:06 am

You might want to try Boss' DI-1:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... c=3SOSWXXA
I've been tracked through these, they don't sound half bad

bduffy · Post by **bduffy** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:33 am

Don't know if this is in the ballpark, I'll just throw it out there, because I adore mine:

http://www.digitalprosound.com/2002/08_ ... review.htm

where02190 · Post by **where02190** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:19 pm

Whirlwind Director, $75.
http://www.zzounds.com/item--WHRDIRECTOR

alejandrozalaquett · Post by **alejandrozalaquett** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:05 am

Thanks to everybody for your help. The Boss unit looks like the one.
Have anybody used Whirlwind Hotbox?

TKS

Polite Company · Post by **Polite Company** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:15 am

You could always build your own.

bduffy · Post by **bduffy** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:18 am

Classic KVR advice.

kevink · Post by **kevink** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:27 am

The globally clever thing to do - IF you plan on doing any serious microphone work in the near future - would be to buy an FMR Audio RNP dual-channel pre-amp. It's $500, which is way over your budget, but you get two channels of first-class direct box *plus* two channels of one of the very best mic pre-amps you'll find for the money (or twice the money). I haven't used the RNP DI for guitar, just for bass, but it worked extremely well, and bass is typically harder to get right.

vonRed · Post by **vonRed** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:59 pm

If you're considering preamps as well as DIs, I've been using this, straight into one of my soundcard's inputs: http://www.terratecproducer.com/modules ... cle&sid=29 to good results. Unlike some of the cheap mic preamps I've heard, it works very nicely for both bass and guitar. SOS gave it thumbs up as well, see: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar06/a ... artech.htm and scroll to the bottom.

I have U$100 for a direct box, any suggestions?