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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Is this an okay DI box?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Depends on where you buy them. If you go to Radioshack you should be able to get decent ones for a total of just under $30. While you&#039;re there, get a couple of these:</p><p><a class="postimg" href="http://www.knowzy.com/Images/American_Recorder-1-4_Inch_Male_Mono_To_Female_RCA_Adaptor.jpg" title="http://www.knowzy.com/Images/American_Recorder-1-4_Inch_Male_Mono_To_Female_RCA_Adaptor.jpg" id="forum_image_74607412"><img src="http://www.knowzy.com/Images/American_Recorder-1-4_Inch_Male_Mono_To_Female_RCA_Adaptor.jpg" /></a></p><p>stereo RCA-&gt;RCA cables should be easy to find in someone&#039;s junk drawer, and put together with those adapters, you&#039;ll be set to plug into either a DI box OR a DJ mixer.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[kineticturtle]]></name>
				<uri>https://chipmusic.org/kineticturtle</uri>
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			<updated>2013-03-18T21:47:30Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Is this an okay DI box?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>thank you for correcting <img src="https://chipmusic.org/forums/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /> so these cables wont cost me over 30 $ right?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Cuddle Television]]></name>
				<uri>https://chipmusic.org/Cuddle+Television</uri>
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			<updated>2013-03-18T21:04:44Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Is this an okay DI box?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>DAMN. I meant <strong>THREE</strong> 1/8&quot; to RCA if you&#039;re not prosounded.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[n00bstar]]></name>
				<uri>https://chipmusic.org/n00bstar</uri>
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			<updated>2013-03-18T20:41:26Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Is this an okay DI box?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>n00bstar wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>The way I&#039;ve always seen it, anything before the mixer/kp is your problem, so if you want a DI in there somewhere it&#039;s yours to buy. But anything after that point is the sound guy&#039;s problem. For your particular needs, a mixer will do fine and 99% of all sound techs are capable of dealing with a line level rca output. Most venues/bars that have DJ nights are already setup this way, and if you play a more traditional stage, the sound techs will have tons of little DIs on hand should the need for one arise. </p><p>That mixer however will probably add some noise and hum to your signal. I used to have the &quot;realistic&quot; version of this a long time ago, and the AC would bleed into my signal all the time. You don&#039;t notice it to much at home, but when plugged into a large sound system...it&#039;s damn annoying. You have to remember, Balanced signals basically just mean that your cables won&#039;t pickup interference between the balanced output source, and balanced input destination. Any noise/interference/goblins you have in your signal before converting to balanced will remain.</p><p>And finally, for your specific setup and cables... it depends on how you plan to make your music. This is a 4 mono channels mixer so if you want 3 gameboys in there at the same time, at least two of them are gonna have to output in mono (ie, no panning effects). You could use channels 1/2 for two mono gameboys, and channel 3/4 for a stereo one. Then take the ouput of your mixer, violently send that to the KP and give the KP&#039;s output to the sound tech.</p><p>If your GBs are prosounded, then you need 2 stereo RCA cables to plug all three in the mixer (two in mono sharing a cable, one in stereo using its own). If they&#039;re not prosounded, then use two 1/8&quot; stereo jacks to stereo RCA to hook them up to the mixer. Then you&#039;ll need a stereo RCA cable for sending the mixer into the KP and then one other stereo RCA to send the KP&#039;s output to the sound tech. To record your setup, you&#039;ll need a stereo RCA to (whatever you need) cable. Most likely 1/8&quot; jack if you are using the built in soundcard in your computer.</p><p>But to answer the original question.. a 12$ DI that doesn&#039;t sell in music stores...probably not a good choice <img src="https://chipmusic.org/forums/img/smilies/tongue.png" width="15" height="15" alt="tongue" /></p></blockquote></div><p>you have helped me so much dude!!!!! thank you. so i will be on my way today buying cables <img src="https://chipmusic.org/forums/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /></p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Cuddle Television]]></name>
				<uri>https://chipmusic.org/Cuddle+Television</uri>
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			<updated>2013-03-18T19:17:55Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Is this an okay DI box?]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/160211/#p160211"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>The way I&#039;ve always seen it, anything before the mixer/kp is your problem, so if you want a DI in there somewhere it&#039;s yours to buy. But anything after that point is the sound guy&#039;s problem. For your particular needs, a mixer will do fine and 99% of all sound techs are capable of dealing with a line level rca output. Most venues/bars that have DJ nights are already setup this way, and if you play a more traditional stage, the sound techs will have tons of little DIs on hand should the need for one arise. </p><p>That mixer however will probably add some noise and hum to your signal. I used to have the &quot;realistic&quot; version of this a long time ago, and the AC would bleed into my signal all the time. You don&#039;t notice it to much at home, but when plugged into a large sound system...it&#039;s damn annoying. You have to remember, Balanced signals basically just mean that your cables won&#039;t pickup interference between the balanced output source, and balanced input destination. Any noise/interference/goblins you have in your signal before converting to balanced will remain.</p><p>And finally, for your specific setup and cables... it depends on how you plan to make your music. This is a 4 mono channels mixer so if you want 3 gameboys in there at the same time, at least two of them are gonna have to output in mono (ie, no panning effects). You could use channels 1/2 for two mono gameboys, and channel 3/4 for a stereo one. Then take the ouput of your mixer, violently send that to the KP and give the KP&#039;s output to the sound tech.</p><p>If your GBs are prosounded, then you need 2 stereo RCA cables to plug all three in the mixer (two in mono sharing a cable, one in stereo using its own). If they&#039;re not prosounded, then use two 1/8&quot; stereo jacks to stereo RCA to hook them up to the mixer. Then you&#039;ll need a stereo RCA cable for sending the mixer into the KP and then one other stereo RCA to send the KP&#039;s output to the sound tech. To record your setup, you&#039;ll need a stereo RCA to (whatever you need) cable. Most likely 1/8&quot; jack if you are using the built in soundcard in your computer.</p><p>But to answer the original question.. a 12$ DI that doesn&#039;t sell in music stores...probably not a good choice <img src="https://chipmusic.org/forums/img/smilies/tongue.png" width="15" height="15" alt="tongue" /></p>]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[n00bstar]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-03-18T05:33:54Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Is this an okay DI box?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>when you play somewhere, 9 times outta 10 they&#039;re gonna supply you with a di box. jussayin</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[tempsoundsolutions]]></name>
				<uri>https://chipmusic.org/tempsoundsolutions</uri>
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			<updated>2013-03-18T05:05:31Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Is this an okay DI box?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>kineticturtle wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>All the connectors on the back are RCA? Can you show us the back?</p></blockquote></div><br /><p><a class="postimg" href="http://www.bz2-img.com/images_customers/03/92/14995638_107027_raw.jpg" title="http://www.bz2-img.com/images_customers/03/92/14995638_107027_raw.jpg" id="forum_image_78613051"><img src="http://www.bz2-img.com/images_customers/03/92/14995638_107027_raw.jpg" /></a></p>]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Cuddle Television]]></name>
				<uri>https://chipmusic.org/Cuddle+Television</uri>
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			<updated>2013-03-17T22:31:29Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Is this an okay DI box?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>All the connectors on the back are RCA? Can you show us the back?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[kineticturtle]]></name>
				<uri>https://chipmusic.org/kineticturtle</uri>
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			<updated>2013-03-17T21:59:32Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p><a class="postimg" href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/kpsurplus_images/0765b93b62f444fd30efa4cded68d21364b72157.jpg" title="http://s3.amazonaws.com/kpsurplus_images/0765b93b62f444fd30efa4cded68d21364b72157.jpg" id="forum_image_61960219"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/kpsurplus_images/0765b93b62f444fd30efa4cded68d21364b72157.jpg" /></a></p><p>it aint the best <img src="https://chipmusic.org/forums/img/smilies/big_smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="big_smile" /> but I use it</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Cuddle Television]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-03-17T19:37:27Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Is this an okay DI box?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Show us the mixer you have and I can give you a very specific recommendation.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[kineticturtle]]></name>
				<uri>https://chipmusic.org/kineticturtle</uri>
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			<updated>2013-03-17T19:27:52Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>okay I see, thank you. How many cables should I need if I have 3 gameboys, a 4 channel mixer and a kaoss pad?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Cuddle Television]]></name>
				<uri>https://chipmusic.org/Cuddle+Television</uri>
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			<updated>2013-03-17T19:23:36Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>You shouldn&#039;t need a DI before your mixer, you may need one after your mixer if the sound guy doesn&#039;t have one at a show. Worth carrying for emergencies like that if you have the room.</p>]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[kineticturtle]]></name>
				<uri>https://chipmusic.org/kineticturtle</uri>
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			<updated>2013-03-17T05:06:44Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>i don&#039;t think it would really do anything, making the signal balanced doesn&#039;t get rid of the hum from a gameboy.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Victory Road]]></name>
				<uri>https://chipmusic.org/Victory+Road</uri>
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			<updated>2013-03-17T04:38:00Z</updated>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>@nick I was thinking of using it for my gameboys, then linking to a mixer. Does that sound like a bad idea? or contradicting</p>]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Cuddle Television]]></name>
				<uri>https://chipmusic.org/Cuddle+Television</uri>
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			<updated>2013-03-17T04:30:41Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Is this an okay DI box?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>what do you need the di box for?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[nickmaynard]]></name>
				<uri>https://chipmusic.org/nickmaynard</uri>
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			<updated>2013-03-17T03:59:26Z</updated>
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