[LAU] Line noise

[Edgar Aichinger]

Am Samstag, 20. Oktober 2007 schrieb Arnold Krille:
> Am Samstag, 20. Oktober 2007 schrieb Edgar Aichinger:
> > Am Samstag, 20. Oktober 2007 schrieb Leslie P. Polzer:
> > > Any recommendations for a cheap device that just does the job nicely?
> > not really; any active DI-Box will do, e.g.Behringer has cheap ones.
> 
> Actually most (all?) DI-boxes I know aren't the right thing here, because they 
> convert line-/instrument-signals to mic-level with symmetric (balanced) XLR 

Aaargh. Trapped. Of course, this is true, most DI boxes come with XLR output 
sockets because they are supposed to hook up with analog mixers. I can easily 
build an adapter cable to drop the reverse phase signal, but to assume that 
everyone else can was silly... sorry for that.

> connector. And if you own a card that has a XLR-input the same cards most 
> probably has a instrument-in too.
> Worth mentioning: the SBLive doesn't have a symmetric mic-input...
> 

Hmm, my M Audio 1010LT comes with two XLR inputs but no instrument inputs. You can 
jumper them for different input gain, but that doesn't help with impedance.

> But any cheap (or not so cheap) guitar effects box will do. You don't have to 
> use the effects (if you don't want to) but still use the impedance 
> conversion.
> 
> Arnold