[LAU] Line noise

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On Sunday 21 October 2007 21:03:42 Leslie P. Polzer wrote:
> > Don't do that.  You want a box with an instrument input and a line
> > output.  I second Dave's suggestion for an M-Audio AudioBuddy.  I have
> > one and it works great (I've seen them as low as $60US).  It's a
> > small, cheap, two-channel mic-pre with instrument (a.k.a. DI) inputs
> > and line outputs (balanced, which should still work fine with the SB).
> >
> > Many single-channel mic pres also have instrument/DI inputs, like
> > those ART tube units (as low as $30US).
> >
> > A regular DI with output a low impedance mic level signal, which would
> > still not give you the output signal you want.
>
> I bought a distortion pedal -- hope it'll do the job.

I use a homebrew fuzzbox to adapt instrument levels to line levels.  I can set 
it clean with a lot of gain, and get fairly good quality from it.  Of course, 
giving it *lots* of gain and going all crunchy and distorted tends to work 
well for me too...

Gordon