RE: [Harp-L] why a DI should be in your gig bag

[Buck Worley <boogalloo@xxxxxxx>]

So if there was no snake, what was the original mic plugged into? Did they just string 2, 3 or 4 Lo imp mic cables together to reach the mixer at the back of the room? You can do the same thing with an impedance transformer. That's what I alway carry.Buck

> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:41:10 -0700
> From: robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] why a DI should be in your gig bag
> 
> PROBLEM
> The jam last night had a house sound system, lotsa mics on stage, and no
> snake on stage back to the mix board at the rear of the room.
> 
> SOLUTION
> Disconnect the mic where you were invited to play. Run your harp FX to your
> Direct Input (DI) box and the borrowed mic cable into its balanced output.
> 
> PATH
> harp>wireless>FX>DI>house mic cable
> 
> Put it all back when yer done, and thank the sound man.
> 
> Robert Hale
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