Is a flat frequency response better than a colored response?
This is a good question. When buying a large diaphragm condenser microphone, you are not getting a flat mic, but getting a color or flavor for your sound palette. Most studios boast a selection of mics and the sign of a good engineer is ‘knowing’ which mic to use on what in order to get a particular tone. With direct boxes, it is usually not the case. If the sound of the guitar is not right, one will usually change the guitar not the direct box. Therefore, we believe the role of the direct box is to transport the original signal as faithfully as possible from the instrument to the destination and allow the engineer and producer to make the artistic choices.
