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Projects => General Questions => Requests => Topic started by: raulduke on August 17, 2011, 01:35:09 PM

Title: DI Box?
Post by: raulduke on August 17, 2011, 01:35:09 PM
Was thinking it would be cool to have an active DI box (maybe even including re-amp) project (not transformer based) with extra goodies.

Maybe a buffer/splitter that has three outs for an amp, tuner and then to the DI circuitry for the DI out.

Something along the lines of this: http://www.tech21nyc.com/products/sansamp/bassdriverdi.html (http://www.tech21nyc.com/products/sansamp/bassdriverdi.html)

This would be a neato project for people who play bass.
Title: Re: DI Box?
Post by: k.rock! on August 17, 2011, 01:55:46 PM
+a million...I've always wanted to learn how to do something like the Sans Amp...



-Kaleb
Title: Re: DI Box?
Post by: jimmybjj on August 17, 2011, 02:23:31 PM
Don't know if you will find the link on this page useful but here it is anyway :)

http://sites.google.com/site/plexilandia/

Disclaimer: I don't know anything about this page or project, it's just something I came across.
Title: Re: DI Box?
Post by: jtn191 on August 17, 2011, 04:05:31 PM
I'd be interested in this too, but it sounds like transformer based circuits (this and power supplies) aren't done much in DIY because the cost isn't really too far from the selling price
Title: Re: DI Box?
Post by: raulduke on August 17, 2011, 04:36:02 PM
Thats why I said not transformer based mate.

There are many active means of building DI's without having to use expensive transformers.

Besides, some say active circuitry is better than transformer based circuitry sometimes in DI's as the input impedance can be made higher (equal to or above 1M) more easily.
Title: Re: DI Box?
Post by: juansolo on August 18, 2011, 11:21:31 AM
Would definitely be interested in a DI box.
Title: Re: DI Box?
Post by: Jargo on August 18, 2011, 02:52:02 PM
+1
Title: Re: DI Box?
Post by: juansolo on August 18, 2011, 02:54:11 PM
Maybe with a loop and some ampiness about it... Could be a funky thang.
Title: Re: DI Box?
Post by: raulduke on August 18, 2011, 05:43:32 PM
Yeah a bit of warmth would be cool.

Maybe a switchable circuit like the SFT (with baxandall eq) with DI circuitry stuck on the end.

That would be pretty cool for bass.