blackyogurt

Looking to make Max sound less harsh/clinical. I was toying with the idea of using one of these to remove peaks in higher frequencies. Anyone experimemted with such a device?

Looking to make Max sound less harsh/clinical. I was toying with the idea of using one of these to remove peaks in  higher frequencies. Anyone experimemted with such a device?


passive-di-box

Yeah, I've got experience with both passive and active DIs. I've never come across one that "removes peaks in high frequencies", I must say.

but yeah, an eq on the output is often a good idea when playing live, I guess :)

Yeah, I've got experience with both passive and active DIs. I've never come across one that "removes peaks in high frequencies", I must say.
but yeah, an eq on the output is often a good idea when playing live, I guess :)


I was thinking something along the lines of the Reddi box. I find Max sounds slightly sterile.

http://www.adesignsaudio.com/reddi-all-tube-direct-box.htm

Radial Engineering has some interesting direct boxes that have a "drag" control to emulate the kind of load that an amp places on a pickup.

@blackyoghurt: That's a tube box. If anything it's the opposite of a passive device. You won't have any problems convincing me that a tube-*anything* will futz with the sound, hehe.

@chris yes but how - if at all - would that affect a line signal from a computer? Those are meant to be used with actual pickups, right?

@blackyoghurt: That's a tube box. If anything it's the opposite of a passive device. You won't have any problems convincing me that a tube-*anything* will futz with the sound, hehe. 

@chris yes but how - if at all - would that affect a line signal from a computer? Those are meant to be used with actual pickups, right?


Somehow I assumed that he was bringing audio into Max. I see that that was a bogus assumption. In that case, my advice would be to write warmer patches :-)

Looks like the Reddi would be better for what I want. It seems to offer "colour".

Passive Di Box