James, AFAIK, di-box are of two kinds. Passive ones are only a stepdown transformer. Active ones are an electronic buffer feeding a transformer, with equal windings and a middle point access for phantom power.
Transformers grades vary greatly from basic and cheap to very high quality at very high costs. Magnetic shielding is required for mic levels, and may be useful for line levels too.
OTOH, wireless receivers may provide line level, or mic level, or both at a flip of a switch.
Unproper matching may be harmless in some cases, but may degrade signal somewhat, depending of many things, such as levels, impedances...
When on gig out of my living area, I tend to be as conservative as possible. I do appreciate surprises in music, but not so much in soundchecks!
MIDI controlled XLR mute box?
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Re: MIDI controlled XLR mute box?
dAn Shakin' all over! 
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BKK-OZ
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Re: MIDI controlled XLR mute box?
Maybe this, with just a dummy/dead load on the alternate XLR?
http://www.radialeng.com/hotshotabi.php
http://www.radialeng.com/hotshotabi.php
Cheers,
BK
…string theory says that all subatomic particles of the universe are nothing but musical notes. A, B-flat, C-sharp, correspond to electrons, neutrinos, quarks, and what have you. Therefore, physics is nothing but the laws of harmony of these strings. Chemistry is nothing but the melodies we can play on these strings. The universe is a symphony of strings and the mind of God… it is cosmic music resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace.
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…string theory says that all subatomic particles of the universe are nothing but musical notes. A, B-flat, C-sharp, correspond to electrons, neutrinos, quarks, and what have you. Therefore, physics is nothing but the laws of harmony of these strings. Chemistry is nothing but the melodies we can play on these strings. The universe is a symphony of strings and the mind of God… it is cosmic music resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace.
- M Kaku
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Re: MIDI controlled XLR mute box?
See that. I don't even think you need the dummy load as somewhere in their info I think they mention you could use it as a mute. There's another one I saw that has a 1/4" jack on for a remote switch. Could perhaps connect that to a jack on an effects unit that's designed to switch amp channels and control via MIDI.BKK-OZ wrote:Maybe this, with just a dummy/dead load on the alternate XLR?
http://www.radialeng.com/hotshotabi.php
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Re: MIDI controlled XLR mute box?
Actually this may be a possible solution:
http://www.radialeng.com/relayxo.php
It has a 1/4" input for a remote footswitch. My TC G Major 2 has a 1/4" jack on the back that's meant to connect to footswitch jacks on amps for channel switching and it can be open or closed via MIDI controller. Might work.
http://www.radialeng.com/relayxo.php
It has a 1/4" input for a remote footswitch. My TC G Major 2 has a 1/4" jack on the back that's meant to connect to footswitch jacks on amps for channel switching and it can be open or closed via MIDI controller. Might work.
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Re: MIDI controlled XLR mute box?
Radial make good gear, esp. for switching, that is why I thought of them when I saw your post.
Cheers,
BK
…string theory says that all subatomic particles of the universe are nothing but musical notes. A, B-flat, C-sharp, correspond to electrons, neutrinos, quarks, and what have you. Therefore, physics is nothing but the laws of harmony of these strings. Chemistry is nothing but the melodies we can play on these strings. The universe is a symphony of strings and the mind of God… it is cosmic music resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace.
- M Kaku
BK
…string theory says that all subatomic particles of the universe are nothing but musical notes. A, B-flat, C-sharp, correspond to electrons, neutrinos, quarks, and what have you. Therefore, physics is nothing but the laws of harmony of these strings. Chemistry is nothing but the melodies we can play on these strings. The universe is a symphony of strings and the mind of God… it is cosmic music resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace.
- M Kaku