Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] [ann] unmatched - a LADSPA amp tone
From: David Gerard Matthews (dgm4+@pitt.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 29 2002 - 00:24:08 EET
Steve Harris wrote:
>Thats something that worried me, I seem to remeber that the sound of a
>guitar changes if its not impedance matched with the AD converter. I'm
>pretty sure, mine doesn't match passive guitars. My bass is active though,
>and I dont have any DI boxes, so no choice anyway.
>
Yeah, you really should be going through a DI box if you're plugging a
guitar into a console. The mixer
will be able to give you the necessary gain boost, but I don't that's
sonically or electronically equivalent to
the pre-amp stage of an amp or direct box.
-dgm
>
>>>I want to get a chance to try this for myself :(
>>>(too busy)
>>>
>>ditch those web pages! it's only money ... ;)
>>
>
>Sleep is for the weak (or is that week) ;)
>
>- Steve
>
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