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Direct injection

Meaning in music, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In music, direct injection means: Connecting an instrument's electrical signal to a recording or live sound system through a suitable interface, without recording its loudspeaker with a microphone.

In Turkish: doğrudan ses bağlantısı, doğrudan giriş

How it is used

In audio work, direct injection is often shortened to DI. A DI box commonly converts an instrument signal into a balanced signal suitable for a microphone input.

Example sentences

  1. We used direct injection to capture a clean bass signal alongside the amplifier microphone.

    The session records an electrical feed as well as the sound coming from the amplifier.

  2. Direct injection kept the keyboard connection quiet over the long cable run to the stage box.

    The suitable interface provides a balanced feed for the long connection.

Common collocations

  • direct injection box
  • direct injection signal
  • use direct injection
  • recordTo capture sound, such as a voice or an instrument, so that it can be played back, edited and released later.
  • soundcheckA short session before a show, when the band plays on stage so that the sound engineer can set the levels for the audience and the monitors.
  • microphoneA device that turns sound into an electrical signal so that it can be amplified or recorded. Dynamic and condenser microphones are the most common types.

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