Will a DI Box Help Me?

[JazzBassvb]

Hi all,

Newbie recording guy here!

Well, I bought a little Behringer UB802 mixer to use in my buddy's wedding reception which worked great and now I have a little mixer for recording.

I connected my bass through my Trace Elliot Commando 15 (older model with what is labeled as a 'LINE-OUT' into one of the Bal/Un Bal connections on the mixer and from the mixer into the Line In on my computer, using a RCA to Mini cable.

I get a signal, but it is very low. I try upping the gain on the mixer channel and some other stuff on the mixer and it worked ok.

Then I tried connecting from the 'Effects Send' on my Combo to the mixer and I get a much better signal that way. (I can hit the max on the line level indicators in Audicity)

I would like to have my signal post EQ as I really like the EQ on the combo and was wondering if a DI box would get my level from the 'LINE-OUT' the same as from the 'Effects Send'

I was thinking of getting a cheap Behringer DI-D100 or the G100 for it.

Should I even be connecting to what I call the 'Mic' input, and only be using one of the other channels?

What do you think?

Thanks,
JB

 

[niftydog]

was wondering if a DI box would get my level from the 'LINE-OUT' the same as from the 'Effects Send'

Unlikely, but it will make a signal that's likely to be more suited to plugging into the microphone input on the mixer, which is preferable in most cases.

Try taking the line output of your amp and feeding it via a short patch cable into a DI box, then take the XLR output of the DI box and feed it to a microphone input on your mixer.

 

[JazzBassvb]

Unlikely, but it will make a signal that's likely to be more suited to plugging into the microphone input on the mixer, which is preferable in most cases.

Try taking the line output of your amp and feeding it via a short patch cable into a DI box, then take the XLR output of the DI box and feed it to a microphone input on your mixer.

Good deal. Thanks very much!
JB