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peacock1987 · 01-27-2009, 10:04 AM

Hi guys I have an exam coming up and I need to DI an electric piano similar to this bad boy: https://musiciselementary.com/images...a_YDP213-2.jpg

My question is, to do this is there an output jack which I used to connect the piano to the DI before sending the XLR to the stage box or is it a different form of lead or 'name' for the port on the back of the piano????

Cheers...

Monkey! · 01-27-2009, 01:01 PM

Well, without an output jackyou couldn't DI things :-P.

DI'ing is takes an unbalanced output and makes it balanced. Usually on electric pianos you have 2 output sockets (they will be labelled), left and right. This basically gives you a pretty cool stereo image, but you can just take a mono output which is usually the left channel, so it goes:

Output jack left (mono) > DI box unbalanced jack in > DI balanced XLR out > Stage box.

Hope that helps

Monkey!

01-27-2009, 10:04 AM	#1
peacock1987 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 271	DI 'ing' an electric piano Hi guys I have an exam coming up and I need to DI an electric piano similar to this bad boy: https://musiciselementary.com/images...a_YDP213-2.jpg My question is, to do this is there an output jack which I used to connect the piano to the DI before sending the XLR to the stage box or is it a different form of lead or 'name' for the port on the back of the piano???? Cheers...

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01-27-2009, 01:01 PM	#2
Monkey! Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicestershire, England Posts: 34	Well, without an output jackyou couldn't DI things :-P. DI'ing is takes an unbalanced output and makes it balanced. Usually on electric pianos you have 2 output sockets (they will be labelled), left and right. This basically gives you a pretty cool stereo image, but you can just take a mono output which is usually the left channel, so it goes: Output jack left (mono) > DI box unbalanced jack in > DI balanced XLR out > Stage box. Hope that helps Monkey!