dbx 376 tube preamp

[sss55]

hi i recently bought a dbx tube preamp which has a digital out. i bought a digital out cable but when i hook it up to pa just make a stange noize. im guessing it has to go to digital mixer in order to work? can anyone suggest a good digital mixer and is the sound qaulity all that much better acoustic tone wise? cheers

[lschwart]

You need a special cable to use the digital outputs on the back of that preamp (and the right piece of equipment to receive that kind of signal). To go into a regular XLR or TRS input on a mixer, use the line outputs.

http://rdn.harmanpro.com/product_doc...l_original.pdf

Louis

[Michi]

Hi,

while the dbx is not bad, I have not understood what you want to achieve - the converter is ok, but not the best on the market for todays standard.
I used it as mic-pre with good results, but if you just want to "colour" your guitar-sound, I think you would be better off with something like an electro harmonix black-finger, to the Vox Clean Boost or similar pedals.

If you still want to use it for whatever reason, you would have to use an analogue connection, or a mixer with digital input to convert it to analogue again - since your speakers and the PA system are as analogue as the sound waves in the air

So - converting to digital in the dbx and converting to analogue in a mixer is possible, but perhaps...makes no sense?

Best
Michi

[sss55]

so theres the electro black finger and the vox cooltron clean boost. the electro has the compressors and the the other dosnt i dont think? ill give the electro a go i think for coloring the tone of my steel string. which one of the two pedals would you recomend? rhanks thanks for the tips

[Michi]

I did not try the Black Finger on Guitar - but really liked it on Bass. It has a lot of "dirt" if you want.

The Vox I was talking about is not a cooltron - its the yellow thing, I think the series is called Tone Garage. The difference is that it has full voltage on the tube, like the Black Finger has. As far as I know, the Cooltrons are low-voltage designs.

I am still not sure that I know what you are searching for... Some warmth? Dirt?

Anyway - both units can not only be useful because of the tube-sound they can generate, but also because of their main-function (Compressor / Booster).
Have fun trying them.
Michi