On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 07:28:08AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > usually those inputs are just designed to fit the impedance, which is really all that is required. Anything else (EQ, non- linearity) can be done later in software. There are different ways to provide a high-Z input. Provided no signal attenuation is involved things should be OK. > 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. Quality varies, but guitar preamps are not designed to 'perfect' (in a technical sense) either. Most will not have a flat response, add distortion, etc., all that to make the guitar 'sound good'. Whatever specific frequency response a real guitar preamp will provide (e.g. due to input capacitance combined with the inductance of the pickup resulting in some resonance) can be had by classic EQ as well. > 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. Pros will just use a DI-box. Combined with a normal mic preamp that will provide exactly the same result as a typical high-Z input - a clean sound without any guitar-specific processing. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
