I have a stupid question - BUT......

j.m · 29th December 2005

would someone please enlighten me.

I've posted this a few days ago in the - so many gear...... - section, but no-one answered me.

I've read alot about using DI's on synth's and keyboard's for better signals.

But how do I incorporate fx boxes, eq's, compressors and stuff?

Let's say I have a motif (unbalanced) - wanna send it through my eq (balanced) into DAW/AD (balanced).

motif -> DI -> eq -> DAW - right???

BUT what if want to compress it before I hit the DAW?

Namely ----> motif (unb) -> eq (b) -> RNC compressor (unb) -> DAW (b)

HOW do I incorporate different outboard with different inputs/outputs (balanced/unbalanced)?????????????????

I'm totally lost on this - please help.

thanks in advance
j.m

Jamz · 29th December 2005

How about investing in a small patch bay?
Bring all aux gear/FX into the bay and patch away as needed.

j.m · 29th December 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamz

How about investing in a small patch bay?
Bring all aux gear/FX into the bay and patch away as needed.

I have a patchbay.

But my question was about DI and signal path.

Either way - if I patch or not - when taking the signal to balanced level with the DI and then going thru some unbalanced equipment - then I'm destroying the effect of the DI - OR am I wrong ? ? ?

How do I incorporate unbalanced equipment with balanced?

Do I need lots of DI's - or am I putting the cart before the horse?

I'm a little bit confused?

feyshay · 29th December 2005

What is your DAW? Do you have a soundcard with preamps?
I'm not familiar with RNC, and do not understand why the outputs would not be balanced. If you're equipment has unbalanced outputs, I would think that you're DI would go last in your chain.
For example, I have plenty of guitar pedals (all unbalanced) and run my DI last (splitting the signal off to the amplifier) or into my mixer or soundcard.

29th December 2005	#1
j.m Gear nut Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Germany, Bavaria Posts: 82 Thread Starter	I have a stupid question - BUT...... would someone please enlighten me. I've posted this a few days ago in the - so many gear...... - section, but no-one answered me. I've read alot about using DI's on synth's and keyboard's for better signals. But how do I incorporate fx boxes, eq's, compressors and stuff? Let's say I have a motif (unbalanced) - wanna send it through my eq (balanced) into DAW/AD (balanced). motif -> DI -> eq -> DAW - right??? BUT what if want to compress it before I hit the DAW? Namely ----> motif (unb) -> eq (b) -> RNC compressor (unb) -> DAW (b) HOW do I incorporate different outboard with different inputs/outputs (balanced/unbalanced)????????????????? I'm totally lost on this - please help. thanks in advance j.m

29th December 2005	#2
Jamz Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bucks County/Philly, PA Posts: 2,339	How about investing in a small patch bay? Bring all aux gear/FX into the bay and patch away as needed. __________________ Jim Salamone http://cambridgesoundstudios.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newtow...9272438?ref=ts http://www.reverbnation.com/cambridgesoundstudios

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29th December 2005	#4
feyshay Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,359	What is your DAW? Do you have a soundcard with preamps? I'm not familiar with RNC, and do not understand why the outputs would not be balanced. If you're equipment has unbalanced outputs, I would think that you're DI would go last in your chain. For example, I have plenty of guitar pedals (all unbalanced) and run my DI last (splitting the signal off to the amplifier) or into my mixer or soundcard.