JOYO JDI-01 DI Box with Amp Simulation for Acoustic or Electric Guitar

Actually a good sounding speaker DI, compatible to the Palmer PDI09. I use this in conjunction with a Beyer M201 on guitar cabs live, and the results are very satisfying. The actual line input on this box is the only let-down. Unsure if it actually simulates the speaker when plugging into the line input, can't really tell.

When recording a band live, the issue is always track bleed. Direct boxes can cost hundreds of dollars, and you lose the tone from your amplifier in the process. Trying to capture your sound from the speaker with microphones, always results in bleed from other instruments, leaving no way to re-record just one track if there is a mistake, or sound issues on just one track. This little box offers so many ways to get your electronic signal to the board, with all your pedals and amplifier sound settings intact, it’s just requires a little extra thought. The picture I included shows a dummy speaker load device I picked up so you don’t blow up your tube amplifier without a speaker load on it. Instead of plugging in your amplifier speaker where the speaker is supposed to plug in, you plug in the dummy speaker load. Now you have all your pedal sounds, and your amplifier’s tone going into this box. Your amplifier sees the dummy load just like it has a speaker plugged in, so it’s in the happy zone. I also use a 9 volt adaptor for the boxes power. This device now sends an impulse response similar to the sound of either a 2 X 12” speaker box or a 4 X 12” speaker box, directly to your mixing board. If you want your amps sound for a live show, just unplug the dummy speaker load and plug your speakers in, but in a true recording only situation, use the dummy load and you have no sound at all except for what goes to the board. If you get lucky enough to convince your drummer to use electronic drums, you have full band sound without a live mike anywhere. Clean individual track recording, an engineers nirvana, with musician satisfying instrument tone, and all for under $100 per electric instrument track. The dummy speaker load can be found on Amazon for about $50. My guitar and keyboard players are very happy with their sound, and can even change their tone during a take just like a live show. Even if the drums are acoustic, the only live mikes you have are the ones on the drums, so you still have no extraneous instrument bleed on the drum mikes, a simple single microphone into the board for the singer to record a scratch track with the music, and headphone mixes are all anybody hears. I tried this with only one of these boxes and was so impressed, that I now have 8 of them. Face the fact that the engineer is always at odds with the musician as far as capturing the musicians sound, while minimizing track bleed. The only item missing from the musicians complete sound stream is the actual speaker, and the choice of speaker emulation on these boxes works very well to satisfy even the pickiest musician. Every musician I have tried these on, has trouble being able to pick the emulated sound from the live recorded miked sound. I have performed blind tests and the musician is wrong as often as they are right on picking which is which. The only thing missing will be desired room ambient sounds, and with these boxes, if you have a perfectly treated recording room, then you just plug the speakers in and mike those also. But let’s face facts, if you are even looking at these boxes, then you are an amateur at recording, a starving musician, or a combination of both. If you have a perfectly treated studio, then you are not looking at this item. Just consider what you get here for the price, and for an extra $50 bucks on the dummy speaker load. You can’t touch this type of tone for anything near this item. Joyo just gave you a box that gives as much control over your recordings as you could ask for, and for a really cheap price. I’d love to hear how someone else uses these boxes. I love them!

this D.I. box was not good for me. Cab sim button made no difference in sound or tone and yes i had the battery installed and connected properly. Barley any difference using D.I. vs plugging guitar direct to mixer. just didn't do the job it claimed to do!Bought a Radial stagebug D.I. and Bam everything came to Life for my acoustic.I would say the Joyo is more passive than active IMO.

Sehr stabiles Gehäuse, gut Verarbeitet, mit der Amp Simulation klingt mein Boss ME80 direkt über PA gespielt besser

Ce boitier manque de grave pour être utilisé avec une guitare electro acoustique. Sand doute ça marcherait sur une guitare electrique. Et puis le niveau de sorti est trop bas sans moyen de l’augmenter. ça améliorer la qualité mais on perd en puissance. donc c'est bon pour enregistrement car après on peut monter le niveau.

At this time there is only one other review for this item so I thought I'd throw out my two cents:I just got this DI and have used it a couple times. It shipped with a battery, so I used that. It does come with a 9v jack, my assumption is that will work fine too. Also, I didn't insert between amp and speaker yet, my purpose called for using the line in and XLR out only. The cab or 4x12 switch works fine, I set mine for the cab (open back) option because I wanted a little brighter sound. In addition to using this on my Boss MultiFX pedal, I did and A/B using this and not using this with another guitarists Line6 MFX pedal. This Joyo made overdrives (which are especially nasty when going direct)sound like they were coming from an amp. That is the point using a DI like this, to make the pedal(s) that you run direct sound like you are using an amp.In reference to the other 3 star review, he wanted transparency and this was not the unit to get. I did not want transparency, I needed something to 'color' my sound like an amp would because (in some cases) I am playing without an amp.Why I am using this Joyo: I wasn't looking for a DI that I could put between my amp and speaker, although I will in use it that way in the future. For my immediate purpose I wanted something (inexpensive) to emulate a cabinet so I could go directly out of a multiFX pedal into the PA. Is this an optimal setup..no...but going directly out of any pedal w/out proper speaker emulation & XLR out is a disaster. I needed a quick, amp-less setup, to use at church because I play at multiple locations and there's no real setup time site...typically 15 minutes for the band to setup, plug in, sound check, and play. No time for extra trips to unload the car or plug in more things! I prefer to play through an amp, and like to play loud. Unfortunately, that's not an option in every environment. This box created a decent approximation and serves my needs in the way I needed.I would recommend to all of you people out there that are going directly from your pedals into a PA . Stop doing that. Pedals are not meant to be plugged directly into a board (either through a 1/4 or DI) Get this or something else in the same genre to clean your sound up. It will be the best $40 you spend.Lastly, don't confuse the 'amp simulator' or 'cabinet simulator' setting on your MFX pedal for what this Joyo (or other DI's with guitar cabinet simulators do, like a Red Box which costs $100). Unless your MultiFX pedal has a specific speaker emulator output jack (XLR or 1/4) you likely need a unit like this to go direct into a PA. Use it instead of the DI your sound tech is giving you to use.