Evil Undead Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I am playing a song live on Saturday evening, me and my new electro acoustic guitar and a couple of other people. I will need to DI as I don't own a guitar amp. My question is, do I need a DI specifically for a guitar or can I use my Behringer BDI21? If I can use that... Errr... How do I connect it up? I never used it before, just bought it a few years ago in case I needed one! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 You can use the BDI21 as a DI Mel, plug into the input with your guitar lead as you would usually, then connect a mic-lead to the DI socket and the PA. Should sound ok, clean there shouldn`t be any worries. I like clean acoustic-type guitars through bass gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I know of no guitarists who carry around DI boxes for their acoustic guitars. If it's an electric acoustic, with a battery powered pre amp, you won't need one. You can just plug straight into the desk. The worst case scenario is where you just stick a mic in front of your guitar and away you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Undead Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 [quote name='gjones' timestamp='1402010243' post='2469295'] I know of no guitarists who carry around DI boxes for their acoustic guitars. If it's an electric acoustic, with a battery powered pre amp, you won't need one. You can just plug straight into the desk. The worst case scenario is where you just stick a mic in front of your guitar and away you go. [/quote] That's cool. Do I need a special lead? My guitar has the usual 1/4" jack and I imagine the desk will have a... what's it called? XLR [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1402010218' post='2469294'] You can use the BDI21 as a DI Mel, plug into the input with your guitar lead as you would usually, then connect a mic-lead to the DI socket and the PA. Should sound ok, clean there shouldn`t be any worries. I like clean acoustic-type guitars through bass gear. [/quote] Awesome! I've never used this DI (bought for emergencies and luckily never needed) so I hope it's working! I'm pretty nervous about this, I'm not a good guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Mariner Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 A DI box is really needed for electric guitar, because that sounds utterly terrible direct to PA (basically, guitar amps & speakers very heavily re-shape tone). For electro-acoustic then straight to desk is fine. There are [url="http://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/Behringer-DI20-Ultra-DI-Box/297"]DI boxes designed to convert from an ordinary 1/4" jack guitar lead to XLR[/url] for balanced send & return, and those are useful for longer distances & reducing hum (they often have a ground lift switch fitted too, to remove ground loops). Most mixers will have inputs for both XLR and 1/4" jacks. If your mixer isn't far away from you then just plug straight in and don't worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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