BehringerUltra-DI DI100 1-channel Active Microphone/Instrument Direct Box
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BehringerUltra-DI DI100 1-channel Active Microphone/Instrument Direct Box

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  • Recommended Uses For Product
    Streaming
  • Brand
    Behringer
  • Model Name
    DI100
  • Connectivity Technology
    XLR
  • Connector Type
    XLR : 1/4" TS
  • Special Feature
    With the DI100
Battery powered
🎸Unidirectional
🔊1-channel

Description

🎤 Elevate Your Sound Game!

  • GROUNDLIFT SWITCH - Eliminate hum and noise with a simple switch.
  • COMPACT LIGHTWEIGHT - Weighs only 0.65 kg for easy transport.
  • ROBUST POWER HANDLING - Handles up to 3,000 watts for any performance.
  • VERSATILE CONNECTIVITY - Seamlessly connect with XLR and 1/4" TS inputs.
  • UNMATCHED SOUND CLARITY - Experience pristine audio with 110 dB noise reduction.

The Behringer Ultra-DI DI100 is a high-performance, 1-channel active direct box designed for musicians and audio professionals. With its switchable input attenuation and groundlift feature, it ensures a balanced and noise-free signal, making it perfect for connecting instruments to mixing consoles. Its durable composite construction and lightweight design make it an essential tool for any live performance or studio setup.

Specifications

Material TypeComposite
ColorSilver
Item Weight0.65 Kilograms
Item Dimensions23.62 x 23.62 x 23.62 inches
Power SourceBattery Powered
Number of Batteries1 9V batteries required.
Audible Noise110 dB
Number of Channels1
Polar PatternUnidirectional
Audio Sensitivity50 dB
Connectivity TechnologyXLR
Connector TypeXLR : 1/4" TS
Special FeaturesWith the DI100, you can rest assured that your sound source will reach your console balanced and noise-free. Go ahead and plug that guitar amp’s speaker output into the ULTRA-DI, it will deal with ratings of up to 3,000 watts and give you a perfect signal at the other end. The input-buffering amplifier ensures clean, pure and powerful sound, even with extremely long cables.
Compatible DevicesAmplifier

Have a Question? See What Others Asked

Can i go from speaker out on my amp to get a line level signal to go into an audio interface? like for recording an amp without a line out?
I play a Strat into a Hot Rod Deluxe. i'd like to get rid of the hum. should i put this between the all-analog pedal board and the amp?
Does it work without a battery inside
Can you use this to connect a computer to, and then hookit to the mixer?

Reviews

4.6

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B**T

Solid and cheap, excellent sound quality

Very impressed with this little box. The price is ridiculously low for the quality of sound you get. I use it to keep the full range of sound for a passive-pickup bass into a JoeMeek VC1 preamp. It noticeably improves the sound mainly by keeping the high-end intact in the signal. Build quality is solid but with some minor rough edges--literally, one edge is fairly sharp, as if it wasn't smoothed down at the factory like the others. No big deal. I read a comparison review where this box compared favorably with much higher-priced units but a fluorescent bulb could create a hum if too near. I did a torture test by placing my cell phone right on top of it but couldn't hear a thing, so maybe they improved the shielding. Your mileage may vary. The only real downside to this unit is that it's basically a clone of a higher-priced DI box. If you can afford the original I think you should buy it, but I'm just way too broke at the moment, so this thing really fills the bill.

S**A

Great

All excellent

J**M

Multiple uses

Our band started using them to tame the non-attenuated XLR out from a bass amp and a keyboard/piano amp. The bass player likes the 4x12 emulation. We don't use 4x12 for the keyboard/piano amp. And we love that we don't need a battery by using phantom power.We also love using it with acoustic guitars. I didn't expect this but they also like the 4x12 emulation.I was am also able to better control the electric guitar so it is not overwhelming the recording mix. He sometimes still overwhelms the stage but that is a matter of discipline. The guitar amp doesn't have direct out, so he plugs into the DI100 and it outputs to his amp. He loses his effects in the recording, but we also get rid of the awful hum from his amp. I can add FX from the sound board.And the price is great. Some professionals may want to spend more money for more features, but we have been using these for a few years and they have been dependable.

U**R

Best bang for the buck I know of.

Behringer gets a lot of criticism for making "cheap" products, but while the DI100 may be low-cost, it certainly delivers the goods as an active DI.I was originally using an ART DualZDirect passive DI, but all recordings I made through that thing had a very noticeable electromagnetic hum. After some research I picked up two DI100s to replace the ART box, and these things have completely eliminated the hum. (This is largely due to the DI100's heavy shielding, partly why it's such a hefty little device.)The battery back-up is pretty handy. During one of my recordings, I was using a Roland Duo-Capture EX audio interface. When I enabled phantom power on the Roland to power the DI100s, the interface was drawing too much current for my computer's USB bus to deliver, resulting in an unusable sound. I popped a couple 9-volts into the DI100s and disabled phantom on the Roland, and everything turned out great. (This was Roland's shortcoming, not Behringer's. I've successfully used the phantom power on several other interfaces to power the DI100s.)I've also used the attenuation switches a few times, which are useful if you're trying to bump a line-level signal down to mic-level volumes. Great feature.For what it's worth, the DI100 design is closely based on the popular BSS AR-133 DI box, which retails at nearly four times the DI100's price. Various people have done shoot-outs between the devices, and most folks seem unable to tell the difference between the two. I sure can't.

J**H

Good unit, back documentation

Does what it says it does. I bought this in an attempt to fix another audio issue, but it turned out this wasn't the problem. Either way, its nice to have the xlr output, and -20db pads.Only con is the directions realllly suck, and me being a musical dimwit had no idea what a "ground lift" was, or an "attenuation pad". Just wish behringer had provided some documentation to describe what those were, and some of the cabling pathes that go in and out of this unit should look like. That's the only reason I docked a star. (I'm sure someone will grumble that any normal musician should know about those things before purchasing...oh well).

B**M

Sturdy and extraordinarily useful

Not all Behringer products are suited for professional use. Most of them, in fact, seem to be geared toward the starting musician who doesn't have a lot of money and doesn't understand the ins and outs of value vs quality when it comes to musical equipment and electronics.The DI-100 direct box (as well as its cousin, the GI-100, for that matter) does not fit in that category, however--it is a solid, dependable, and indispensable component in my studio setup.Need to balance that unbalanced signal? Stick it in the DI-100.Need to record a guitar or bass direct to your mixer? Stick it in the DI-100 (or for that matter the GI-100)Need to run a long instrument cable without adding a lot of noise and hum? Stick it in the DI-100.Need to break an annoying ground loop? Stick it in the DI-100.Need to tame that hot signal before it hits your mixer? Stick it in the DI-100.See a pattern? While many DI boxes can fill many of those needs, not many of them can fill all of them together.I can almost always find a use for my DI-100 and GI-100 direct boxes, and plan to purchase more DI-100s as time goes on, because they can be used in so many places in the recording studio.

J**O

Excelente servicio a tiempo y el producto que deseo..

No lo he probado todavía ..mpeeo viendo cómo llego a tiempo y en excelente empaque ..creo no te er ningún problema...

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