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ART PDB Passive Direct Box

Name: ART PDB Passive Direct Box
Brand: ART (Applied Research & Technology)
Price: 79.95 AUD
Availability: OutOfStock

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Description

The PDB Passive Direct Box is a rock solid, roadworthy DI for connection of the outputs of electronic musical instruments (or other audio sources) to the balanced inputs of mixer consoles and other balanced inputs.

The PDB also allows the connection of a music source to an instrument amplifier while simultaneously patching it to a mixer.

PDB Applications:

Electric guitar and bass pick-up output signals The high impedance signal from a guitar or bass guitar pickup is translated by the PDB into a low impedance balanced signal required by mixing consoles.

Keyboards and line level signals The PDB automatically balances and matches the line level outputs of modern electronic keyboards. If you are using a multiple keyboard setup and your keyboards are all plugged into a single instrument amplifier, the PDB can be used to replace individual direct boxes. Simply send the output of the instrument amplifier to the PDB and then to the console (instead of a separate DI box for each keyboard).

DJ console output signals DJ mixers often supply only an unbalanced -10dB signal. The PDB converts this signal to a balanced line-level signal before it reaches the console while providing a convenient method of connector transition with the capability to run long cables.

Speaker level signals The PDBs ability to accept speaker level inputs from a power amplifiers output allows post-amplifier, post eq and effects signal to be fed directly to the console. In this manner, a particular effect or amplifier sound can be sent directly to the mix.

Specifications

Frequency Response

10 Hz 50 kHz +/- 0.5dB @ +4dBu

Output Connections

600 ? XLR Output Jack

Ground Lift

Switchable

Input Attenuation

Switchable (0dB, -20dB, -40dB)

Instrument Input

50k ?

Parallel Link Jack

50k ?

Dimensions

3? x 5? x 2?

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Details & dimensions

Brand: ART (Applied Research & Technology)
Type: PA & Pro Audio

Ways to pay & get it

Delivery & finance options

Standard shippingFlat $7 Australia-wide, FREE over $150 — dispatched next business day with tracking, then 4–9 business days depending on location.

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Shipping & delivery

Free standard shipping on orders over $150. Most orders dispatched the next business day. Tracked & insured on every order over $30. Free Click & Collect from our Footscray showroom.
Returns

Arrived faulty, damaged, or not doing what it should? Return it within 7 days for a refund or exchange. After that, we'll arrange a manufacturer warranty repair and keep you posted throughout. All we ask is that it comes back in original condition, with all packaging and your proof of purchase. Your Australian Consumer Law rights always apply.
Warranty & support

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