DI box(es) on a patchbay?!

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Post by Mike Stranks »

uselessoldman wrote:So you North or South not that it now makes any difference since you are both still in the EU that is a sore subject with my family right now.

Yeah I know a lot of none essential Businesses are currently closed, but only to the public, many are still at work cos they still get orders to complete for essential businesses who are still open or completing orders made on line.

whilst the rest of us have time on our hands to play with all our toys :bouncy::bouncy:

Fixed that for you... :lol:

I say again: CAPITALS IS SHOUTING in a forum post :angel:
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uselessoldman wrote:SO you North or South not that it now makes any difference since you are both still in the EU that is a sore subject with my family right now.

I’m in the South. No interest in the politics of it all, but economically the North really do seem to be caught in the middle. Can’t be easy.

uselessoldman wrote: whilst the rest of us have time on our hands to play with all our toys :bouncy::bouncy:

Well, it’d be rude not to :lolno:
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kudos to you bradshc, I look on with envy at your hardware, but my lass who is a Southerner would never tolerate such gross extravagance. She is always full of ideas on how I should spend my own money. Although it has taken her 6 years to get me to finally decorate my own place, I did hers the minute she moved in. I have this problem see, I cannot see my walls there covered with speaker cabinets !
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Post by bradshc »

Quick update, for no other reason than to highlight Sequential's great customer service (in my opinion).

I checked with Sequential and getting the synth fixed by a local tech would have invalidated the warranty (there are no authorised repair centres in Ireland, unfortunately).
Fair enough.

However, for the paltry sum of $25, plus the the cost of sending the voice boards to Sequential in San Francisco (€27), they repaired the problem for me and paid for return postage, all within 3 weeks (most of which was transport time).

Result!
:clap:
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Sounds pretty good to me! :thumbup:
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Post by Martin Walker »

Wow, that IS impressive service! :clap::thumbup:8-)

No wonder they have such a good reputation among their customers.

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Post by Arpangel »

I see no reason to worry about balanced outputs on keyboards and DI boxes in a home studio, it’s a waste of time, and just adds more things to go wrong.
Unless you’re running cables over many metres, in an RF hostile environment, it makes no sense.
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Post by The Elf »

I disagree. The more balanced connections you can make the cleaner system as a whole you will have. It is neither complicated, nor inherently prone to problems. It's not a waste of time at all.

I can cite several studio owners that have been smacked of the gob when I've re-wired them with balanced cable and the veil has been lifted from their eyes and ears. Typically the response is 'why didn't I do this years ago?'.

(DI boxes would be my third choice.)

Use balanced cables every time you can. Your audio will thank you for it.
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Post by Hugh Robjohns »

Arpangel wrote:I see no reason...

I suspect that's because you don't understand the issues involved!

...just adds more things to go wrong.

There is nothing more to go wrong in a balanced interface.

Unless you’re running cables over many metres, in an RF hostile environment, it makes no sense.

You're right in that interference isn't the problem, but the balanced interface is about much more than just reducing interference.

In a complex studio with myriad connections between lots of different bits of equipment, ground loops are frequently a major problem and notoriously difficult to resolve.

The balanced interface, being fundamentally ground-free, eliminates that problem at a stroke (when implemented correctly).
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