Bass to analog mixer question

[Union]

Hi

My band will be performing for a small gig. The problem I'm facing is with my bassist. His bass amp is too huge to carry around so he wanted to play direct into the mixer (the rest of us will be hook up to the mixer too via miked amps ).

Will this harm the mixer? Does my bassist need a DI box before hooking up to the mixer...

Eg. Bass guitar --->mixer
or
Bass guitar -----> Di box---> mixer

Thanx

Union..

 

[exin]

BASS GUITAR >> DI BOX >> MIXER ...

all instruments are line in instruments. their signals are too low for the mixer to amplify, so you need a DI BOX to step up the signal to have a decent gain into the mixer.

I'd still recommend a bass amp ... the bass player needs to hear himself still, unless you got a good monitor to blast out the bass mix to the bass player, i can guarantee you he won't be able to hear properly on stage with everyone jamming and making noise ...

 

[0vid]

BASS GUITAR >> DI BOX >> MIXER ...

all instruments are line in instruments. their signals are too low for the mixer to amplify, so you need a DI BOX to step up the signal to have a decent gain into the mixer.
...

This is incorrect. The impedance of guitars or passive basses are not at line level. You can plug it in at line level and get a workable sound, but the incoming signal is not at line level, and there is technically a impedance mismatch. Some basses with on board preamps are at line level , some are not. You can use a buffer preamp to match impedances to line level.

The history of using DIs comes from an earlier era of mixing boards with mic inputs only. A DI or Direct Injection device matches the instrument imedance to 600 Ohms, or industry standard passive mic impedance. So when a DI is used, the mixing board input is usally at Mic level as opposed to line level.

 

[exin]

0vid, okay, you're the boss