Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 02:49:29PM -0500, Reuben Martin wrote: >> Back on Tuesday 27 May 2008, Simon Williams was like: lol Reuben- what mail client do you use? > Well, I'd say they are neither. Typical levels for a guitar are > well below standard line level, and on many pro equipment the > line input Z could well be as low as 10k so, which is too low > for a guitar. It can work, but the sound won't be the same. > This is because the impedance of a typical guitar is not only > high but also inductive, and in many cases (depending on the > setting of the controls on the guitar) this can resonates in > the audio band with the capacitance of the cable. Connecting > it to a medium Z line input will kill that resonance. Guitars > expect at least a few hundred k. Ok that explains that. > Use an active DI-box, in particular if the guitar output has > to be split for a guitar amp as well. What if I can't afford DI-boxes? Which is best to use? Thanks. Simon _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
