The problem is not the cable length but the impedance matching !
Have you ever try to plug a bass or a guitar directly into a "line in"
soundcard or a mixing console The song is awful because the output
impedance of these intruments is very hight (Mega Ohm) ! Even with a 2
or 3 meter cable length ! And it drops lot of frequencys :-(
But with a DI witch low down the impedance the sound become cleaner
and beautiful.

So, the output impedance of a A-100 VCA or mixer seem's to be 10Kohm,
and it's pretty hight. I Think so that low down it with a DI can
improve the sound quality of a A-100 patch. That is the question !

Best regards
Julien.


--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , Florian Anwander
<Florian.Anwander@...> wrote:

>
> Hi
>
> > Nobody try to record is A-100 with a sound card and use DI
> Nobody answered, because nobody had the idea to do so. ;-)
>
> A DI-Box is not necessary (but of course not wrong) for line outs of
> usual synths as long as the connection between the synth and the input
> of the mixing desk or the soundcard is short enough (not longer than 2
> or 3 meters), and if the input is a line input too.
>
> You only should use a DI-Box if the cable length is longer, and the
> input is a balanced (Mic-)input.
>
> Florian
>