Mackie-Quality DI Box with a TAPCO Value Price!
Use the TAPCO DB-1A active DI box to connect your guitar or bass directly to your mixer - without losing tone due to impedance mismatches, low levels, and 60-cycle hum. Thru/Out jack lets you send a clean signal to a mixer, plus an onstage amplifier, for greater control during live performance. Available in active and passive models.

Not every instrument is made to connect directly to a mixer. Guitars and basses have a lower output signal level, and their output is not balanced. If you plug them straight into a mixer, you have to jack the preamp level to the max just to get a quiet, wimpy sound. Most keyboards have unbalanced outputs, which means if you try to use long cables, they can pick up all sorts of noise. Direct Injection Boxes solve these and other sticky studio and live difficulties.

The DB Series direct boxes convert unbalanced line-level signals to balanced mic-level output and provide signal and impedance matching for the direct connection of instruments like guitars, basses and keyboards to amplifiers and mixers. This lets you use send your instrument signal through long cables or audio snakes without picking up interference and without high-frequency loss. A 1/4" Input jack is provided for connecting instrument or speaker-level signals, and a separate 1/4" Thru jack allows the unbalanced signal to be sent to an onstage amplifier while the balanced signal is sent to a mixer. A ground Lift switch helps eliminate hum and buzz problems in musical instrument hookups.

High-performance Direct Injection box with mackie-designed circuitry
1/4" input and thru connections with ground lift
Rugged metal chassis with rubber sides for extra durability
Convenient stackable design
DB-1A model can be powered via 48v phantom power from a mixer or internally via two 9-volt batteries (not included)