It's A Guitar Amp Simulator - No, It's A Direct Box
By HC News |
The JDX Direct-Drive is a unique and powerful device that simulates the sound of a guitar amplifier while doubling up as a direct box. In other words, with the JDX Direct-Drive on a pedalboard, you can do a gig without carrying an amp to the club. Radial's Central Territory Manager, David 'Shuu' Guidish, spent almost two decades on stage as a guitar tech with various bands including a ten year stint with Nickelback. According to Shuu: "On the road you get to see all kinds of guitar and bass setups and you are constantly working at getting great tones from the stage amps, in the monitors and the PA while trying to keep everyone happy! To this end, we have been asking the Radial engineering team to come up with a solution that would enable a guitarist to connect directly to the PA before hitting the amp. This would allow the sound engineer to capture the tone right after the pedals and manage it before it hits the amps. This setup eliminates unknowns such as room acoustics and resonance which invariably will force the musician to change the tone on stage each night. It is important to clarify that the JDX Direct-Drive is not like a regular direct box. What the Radial Einsteins did was replicate the sound of a guitar amp in a pedal format by emulating various guitar amp and speaker curves, starting with the popular JDX™. On electric guitar, a typical DI sounds like a box of bees! The JDX Direct-Drive sounds natural, more like a real amp. This allows the engineer to mix and match the 'pre' stage-amp tone with the mic'd sound of the cabinet to quickly get a consistent tone night after night. For fly dates and guys who play in clubs, the JDX Direct-Drive eliminates the need to carry an amp to the gig. And today, with the high cost of airline fees, this is truly a remarkable advancement."
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