Cabinet simulation di box?

[nicholab]

Anyone found a good cabinet simulation di box I am looking for one?

[Mic_Impero]

What is it you're using it for? I've tried tried this approach but if unhappy with the DI on its own go with the DI and micing the cabinet to use a mix.

[nicholab]

What is it you're using it for? I've tried tried this approach but if unhappy with the DI on its own go with the DI and micing the cabinet to use a mix.

 

Trying to cut stage noice and thinking of going for in ear monitor. Thing is guitarist have there cabs too loud. So I want to use font facing monitors.

[Mic_Impero]

What do you play? I'd stick with own cab and go for DI out to FOH desk, Thru into your own cab and ask for a return on the multicore for your own monitor, or get some wireless in ears and run through that back out of the monitor mix. That way if the FOH engineer (or you) aren't happy with the sound straight from the DI the cab can still be micd and mixed.

[nicholab]

What do you play? I'd stick with own cab and go for DI out to FOH desk, Thru into your own cab and ask for a return on the multicore for your own monitor, or get some wireless in ears and run through that back out of the monitor mix. That way if the FOH engineer (or you) aren't happy with the sound straight from the DI the cab can still be micd and mixed.

 

I am doing the FOH roll and I want a reduce stage noise. I looking for cab simulator that most guitarists don't mind. I am currently looking at Mooer Audio Trescab Cab Simulation Pedal in front of a di.

Edited June 15, 2017 by nicholab

[robk]

I find most players will not let foh do this for them, they still insist on lots of noise on stage!

[Mic_Impero]

I think it depends on the venue and experience of the band. The more experienced the band the more they'll happily do whatever FOH tell them because for them it's not their experience that night that matters, it's what happens in the FOH mix and how they sound to the crowd. A good sound engineer can ruin or make a bands night (come to think of it so can a bad one), so making their lives difficult by not cooperating is a bad idea.

I think it's perfectly reasonable for them to have their own cabs and stage presence, but on smaller stages you might just need them to turn it down and think about how you position them and mic them.

 

If you're able to create a separate monitor mix for the vocalist to the others by using multiple monitors and multiple returns, or even a separate desk, that's probably the way to go.

The other thing i've seen (and suffered from myself) is drowning the PA with just too much - if there's too much noise on stage and you're drowning out the vocals in the PA because you're putting everything through the PA, put less through the PA.

 

In terms of the original question, you'll want different DI boxes for different scenarios depending on the kit. Basic rule is for anything with power (battery, mains, or phantom), you'll want a passive box, anything without power (magnetic pickup only, for example), you'll want an active (powered) DI box. Bear in mind that if something starts as passive and so requires an active DI, but is going through a powered pedal then it will be active as the output from the pedal and so require a passive DI.

You can work with just one or the other but the reasons you should be careful are explained well in these videos:

 

 

 

 

Using a few new DIs for a charity event on the side of a 44ft curtain sider in Rotherham in a few weeks, i'll let you know what they are and how they got on- i expect the multiple bands playing may not bring their own backline so this may be exactly the scenario you want comparison for.

 

Mic