noiseordinance
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Hey there. Embarrassing question here. I've been using a tube preamp to warm up vocals, bass and guitar, and running it straight into an audio interface. Unfortunately, I didn't realize the whole "line-level out into an instrument-level in" factor. D'oh! So, my question, what exactly does this do? Does it damage the equipment? Does it overdrive the signal? I've been pleased with my recording results, but perhaps I'll get better results if I play by the rules. On a similar note, does anyone have a recommendation about fixing this issue for cheap? I hear people talk about Sansamp DI boxes for bass, but I'm not sure if that's a decent solution for guitar and vocals as well. Thanks for any input. My face is red here.