whats the purspose of a direct box

[Ben P Music]

i'm confused as to the purpose of a di box in recording... tahts pretty much it, thanks

 

[Erockrazor]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DI_unit

It takes an unbalanced signal and makes it balanced. Often used for guitar cables and bass cables. Check out the link.

 

[Ben P Music]

i still dont get the difference between a ballanced and an unballanced signal

 

[Erockrazor]

http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/TT/TTHandbook/sound/bal-unbal.html

That should help.

 

[Minion]

They also Convert the High impedance guitar/Bass signal into a Low impedance signal so you can connect the DI into say a Mic preamp which expects a low impedance source....