Re: [Harp-L] Amp>DI box>PA

[Rick Davis <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>]

The H&K Red Box DI works the same way. It is able to take the your speaker
signal (the cable from your amp head to your cab) as the input signal.
As Greg explains, it then reduces the signal to appropriate levels for the
XLR input on your recorder or mixer.  I've used this method in both
recording and live performance situations with excellent results.  The Red
Box sells for about $120, and I found mine on eBay for $55.

My gigging amp, the 5F2H designed by Bruce Collins at Mission Amps, has a
similar line out that functions as a 1-volt speaker tap.  The sound from the
line is fantastic, with all the crunchy interaction between your power tubes
and speaker.

-- 
-Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
http://www.bluesharpamps.blogspot.com/


On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Greg Heumann <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is a function of the way your amp's line-out is wired, not the DI box.
> Some line-outs are wired to the pre-amp section of an amp and will be
> cleaner than the sound coming out of the speakers. However that isn't always
> the case. The line-out circuit on my Sonny Jr. Cruncher comes from the
> output transformer - i.e., it is the same signal being sent to the speakers,
> just reduced in power to the proper level. The result is excellent tone
> through the house system. The sounds guys I work with love it - it is easier
> for them to manage and doesn't introduce extra noise like a mic does.
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> /Greg
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