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strikingtwice wrote:Thanks Phil. I guess the other question I'd ask is, doesn't it just change right back around when you go and plug it into your interface? isn't that the problem to begin with?
That's the point of the dragster. You adjust it while everything is plugged in. Plug everything in and adjust your "drag" until you get the sound you want.
Phil
DP 11.34. 2020 M1 Mac Mini [9,1] (16 Gig RAM), Mac Pro 3GHz 8 core [6,1] (16 Gig RAM), OS 15.3/11.6.2, Lynx Aurora (n) 8tb, MOTU 8pre-es, MOTU M6, MOTU 828, Apogee Rosetta 800, UAD-2 Satellite, a truckload of outboard gear and plug-ins, and a partridge in a pear tree.
strikingtwice wrote:Thanks Phil. I guess the other question I'd ask is, doesn't it just change right back around when you go and plug it into your interface? isn't that the problem to begin with?
That's the point of the dragster. You adjust it while everything is plugged in. Plug everything in and adjust your "drag" until you get the sound you want.
Phil
Just to add to this... The problem with loading on guitar pickups is not the presence of low impedance at any point in the signal chain, the problem is that passive guitar pickups do not like to see low impedance at the start of the chain, where they interface initially.
Ok, someone, please enlighten a clueless composer on the subject. When I record guitar I come out of the instrument, into a Line 6 pod, and out of that into the 1/4 inputs on the 828 mkii. I do have a Countryman Type 85 sitting on the shelf but for some reason I never use it. Guess I forgot it was there.
So, should I be using it? Should I be coming out of the pod (or straight out of the guitar now that DP has all that groovy guitar stuff) into the Countryman, and then into the XLRs on the 828?
Gavin
Mac mini M1, 14.7, 16gigs RAM, 828 mk3 Hybrid, DP 11.31, Various VIs
Thanks for the specs on this. I've been using it for quite sometime and I'm guessing that the difference between it and the new ZBox will probably be negligible.
scooter
Macbook Pro OS 10.12.6, 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 gig memory, Apollo Twin audio interface.
