[linux-audio-dev] [ann] unmatched - a LADSPA amp tone

David Gerard Matthews dgm4+ at pitt.edu
Mon Oct 28 17:25:01 UTC 2002


Steve Harris wrote:

>Thats something that worried me, I seem to remeber that the sound of a
>guitar changes if its not impedance matched with the AD converter. I'm
>pretty sure, mine doesn't match passive guitars. My bass is active though,
>and I dont have any DI boxes, so no choice anyway.
>
Yeah, you really should be going through a DI box if you're plugging a 
guitar into a console.  The mixer
will be able to give you the necessary gain boost, but I don't that's 
sonically or electronically equivalent to
the pre-amp stage of an amp or direct box.
-dgm

>
>>>I want to get a chance to try this for myself :( 
>>>(too busy)
>>>
>>ditch those web pages! it's only money ... ;)
>>
>
>Sleep is for the weak (or is that week) ;)
>
>- Steve
>






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