HI all - I've been looking through forum, googling, on the Presonus facebook page trying to find an answer for this, and I can't seem to get a consensus answer, so I want to make sure I do this correctly and not totally screw up my interface.
I have an AudioBox USB 96 that I want to plug digital piano into to record audio, and also to record MIDI. MIDI no issue - there are midi jack input/outputs on back of piano, so simply plug in cables to back of audiobox. It is the audio part I am trying to get an answet to.
I have read and seen from videos that I have searched that I plug cable from stereo output on piano into line in on AudioBox - either from "mono" output on piano or a L and R cable into a single TRS cable into AudioBox.
HOWEVER.....
The manual with AudioBox clearly states:
Active instruments should be plugged into a D.I. box, which should then be connected to the mic input rather than directly to an instrument input. Plugging a line-level source into the instrument inputs on the front of the AudioBox USB96 not only risks damage to these inputs but can also result in a very loud and often distorted audio signal.
I have read similar questions on forum, and people were told to just plug into the mic/instrument input on Audiobox, no need for a DI box. Is a digital piano not an active instrument with a line level source? So, should I not plug piano into a DI box, and then run cable to AudioBox? Either a 1/2 or XLR?
Thanks in advance for advice.