On Fri, 26 May 2017 22:21:17 -0400, Tim wrote: >On 05/26/2017 09:30 PM, Wayne DePrince Jr. wrote: >> are there drawbacks to using it instead of using an actual DI box, >> preamp, etc? >Hi, if your interface has hi-z input, it's preferable to using >something external. >The internal circuit is tightly designed and integrated properly >around that input. Hi, usually those inputs are just designed to fit the impedance, they are not designed to sound good. Such an input does replace an impedance converter, such as a DI box or a workaround using a stomp box, but never ever those inputs are able to replace a good guitar tube pre-amp. I might be wrong, but AFAIK those inputs are only provided by pro-sumer interfaces and not by professional interfaces, so don't expect first-class input amplifiers at all. However, the line in and mic amplifiers are much likely good enough for most tasks, but the hi-z instrument input is much likely missing the characteristics of a guitar amp input. Before we start another dispute: "The only rule is that there is no rule....... It always depend on the sound you want." - https://www.gearslutz.com/board/4241684-post5.html I don't own a good guitar pre-amp myself, but I used a 19" Hughes & Kettner guitar tube thingy of a friend. They seem not to sell those 19" guitar tube thingies anymore, but at least they still provide a stomp box tube thingy with a red box ;), http://hughes-and-kettner.com/products/tubetools/tubeman/ . I don't know if this stomp box is good, too. The 19" guitar tube thingy I used improved the sound a lot. Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
