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Ok. This is all very confusing. So any D.I.'s job is to LOWER the level of the guitar/Line to Mic level, which is significantly quieter, then the Active DIs amplify the signal but not in volume, just in a way that preserves the signal quality? It is then the Mic preamps job to actually amplify...

ok so the DI being active doesnt mean that it amplifies. what is the difference between an active and passive DI then? D

with no difference in output? If that is the case, why would I want to own a passive? If it works on both pickup types, I should just purchase an active one shouldn't I? Also, The DI is responsible for changing the impedance and what not so that the levels match, but it doesnt amplify the...

so regardless, the DI box needs to feed into a Mic Pre that goes into a recorder? Active Guitar->Passive DI->Mic Pre->Recorder Passive Guitar->Active Di->Mic Pre->Recorder ?

Will a Passive DI Box take an instrument level and convert it to Mic level to go into my DAV Mic Preamp? I am trying to figure out if I should get a Passive or active DI for recording guitar into my computer to go into an Amp Simulator software. what should I get if I already have a good mic...

Hey all, I am interested in making my own samples for some industrial music, I need machine like noises, ratcheting, clicks, gear whining, etc... is there a Mic type that is better for field recording? first, dynamic or condensor? and secondly, anyone have a mic they use that produces good results?

thanks for the replies, I checked both out but decided to go with FLStudio as I am somewhat already familiar with it. Anyone know where to find samples of this type of material? I think to avoid copywrite issues and what not, it might be safer for me to just make my own somehow... what do you...

Hey, I am collecting machine noises, mechanical clicks/pops/snaps etc to be used to create drum beats (industrial type music). can anyone recomend me a good drum machine that I can input these sounds into and arrange them into drum beats? is fruity loops good? or reason? what are the few...

understood, thanks for clearing that up. now if you are in a square room, I suppose it doesnt matter which wall you put your system on, because everything is equilateral, but if you've got a rectangular room, is it best to have your system on the most narrow, or most wide wall? also, if there...

would setting up a desk at an off-angle to your squarish/rectangularish room help break up/split up frequencies coming out of your monitors? I saw a desk today that is built for being put in a corner and thought maybe this would be a cool idea, it would give you sort of a conical shape at...

im guessing that the Active DI's do a better job at converting the signal to a different impedance without coloring it?

ok so a passive DI does more of a compatibility thing rather than any real amplification, it just uses a transformer to change the electrical signal to a different combination of variables but doesnt change the actual sound at all.

ive yet to hear an amp modeler that i would want in my own recordings.

cause i have the BG-1 preamp, so I would take the redeye and connect its mic level output to my preamp,and then it would be boosted to the correct signal to go into my PC interface, of course i dont need to go back through the preamp when i reamp right?

im not undersanding why a DI wouldnt just convert the signal to line level... is it because DI's would be more expensive if they had the proper equiptment to boost the signal... IE, built in preamps... is that what active DI's do?boost the signal to line level?

if the inside was lined with foams would it work better? I want to have a box that i can setup a mic in relation to a speaker, find the sweet spot, and not have to re-setup everything every time i want to record, it would always be ready, and in addition, would be isolated. would be nice for...

a sealed cube with a mic and speaker mounted inside. what do you think for recording?

basically i leanrned to stop caring HOW it works and just assume that it is doing exactly what my ears are telling me that its doing. so basically, you dont want to know how panning works, just do what it tells you.

ok so mic level is has the weakest signal of all, instrument level is next in line, and Line level is the strongest? so when i plug in an instrument level signal to a DI, it actually is making it weaker, and then i am taking that weaker mic level signal and boosting it to line leve via a pre...

ok ok, so you plug your guitar-(instrument level) into the redeye passive DI, it amplifies the instrument level to mic level, you then have to take the mic level and amplify it via a preamp to get it to line level, that you then can record into the computer with (Delta 44 and all of those sound...