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Tonejunky1 · 14th April 2011

I don't own the the JDI yet, but I have done some experimenting of my own recording guitars and bass direct using: a 003, DigiMax FS, and UA Solo 610.

I too had noise issues with the 003 and the DigiMax, it's because those pres only allow you to raise the gain.

However, my 610 has a Gain and Output knob. When I was recording direct I had the Gain at 0 and the Output between 5-7. The result was a very clean sound.

Maybe you just need a preamp with an output for the makeup gain.

I myself am interested in the JDI and plan on using with my 610 with the same settings. I hope this helps.

14th April 2011	#11
Tonejunky1 Gear interested Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1	I don't own the the JDI yet, but I have done some experimenting of my own recording guitars and bass direct using: a 003, DigiMax FS, and UA Solo 610. I too had noise issues with the 003 and the DigiMax, it's because those pres only allow you to raise the gain. However, my 610 has a Gain and Output knob. When I was recording direct I had the Gain at 0 and the Output between 5-7. The result was a very clean sound. Maybe you just need a preamp with an output for the makeup gain. I myself am interested in the JDI and plan on using with my 610 with the same settings. I hope this helps.