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Dangerous Music D-Box

Item ID: DBox

Summing Mixer/Monitoring System with Two Speaker Outputs, D/A Converter, and Talkback

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Analog Summing and Monitor Management

The Dangerous Music D-Box combination Summing and Monitoring System provides an analog summing and monitor management solution for DAW based systems. More and more records are being tracked and mixed in remote or temporary locations with mobile DAW rigs. Control room setups can be tight. A reliable and flexible audio environment is a must. No need to sacrifice mix quality or struggle with monitor control! For integrated monitoring, mixing, and input selection for the computer musician on the go, the Dangerous D-Box is the uncompromising and affordable solution for all DAW-based musicians and engineers who need to trust what they hear. If you find yourself mixing in a variety of situations, don't mix without the D-Box!



Dangerous Music D-Box Features:
  • Mastering grade monitor path, because "you can't mix what you can't hear."
  • Eight channels of summing to restore punch, low end and the stereo soundstage
  • Transparent D/A converter translates the mix across every playback system
  • Two independent 20W headphone amps provide substantial headroom for emotive performances and accurate headphone mixes.
  • 2 Speaker Outputs
  • Affordable for All DAW Studio Owners
  • 8 input dedicated fixed-gain analog summing buss
  • Master output trim with 10dB range
  • Inputs 7-8 with pan control
  • Signal present indicators for all inputs
  • Analog and digital capable input selector designed specifically to facilitate the analog summing workflow
  • Programmable exclusive/additive function- listen to selected inputs individually or combined
  • 2 digital inputs - AES or S/PDIF 32kHZ - 100kHz sample rate
  • Auxiliary stereo analog input- +4 dBU or - 10 dBV programmable
  • Mono function
  • Built-in talkback microphone with "momentoggle" switching
  • 2 headphone outputs with independent level controls
  • Auxiliary talkback switch input

Dangerous Music D-Box - Don't mix without it!
Specification Detail
Number of Input Channels 8
Number of Output Channels 2
Analog Inputs 2 x XLR, 1 x D-Sub
Analog Outputs 6 x XLR
Digital Inputs 2 x XLR
Digital Outputs No Digital Outputs
Headphones 2 x 1/4"
Talkback Yes
Form Rackmount
Height 1.75"
Depth 9.5"
Width 19"
Weight 12 lbs.
Manufacturer Part Number D-BOX

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Reviews

based on 17 reviews

Amazing - just buy it

by Mike Vee from LA
March 8, 2013
Music Background:
This thing is my studio workhorse. 2 headphone amps and talk-back make easy and professional vocal recording at home or in a small studio a reality.

The DA is amazing and along with m... read more [+]ultiple inputs, multi speaker outputs plus MONO, it's an amazing monitor controller.

Lastly, my Apogee Rosetta 800 into the summing section is amazing.

1400 is CHEAP for what this thing does! close [-]

Best investment ever

by Karno Baghdassarian from Beirut, Lebanon
October 13, 2012
Music Background: Rock, Folk, electronic, acoustic...
i was using a presonus monitor station. I baught the d-box. MY studio quality is totally changed. i started to hear mudiness and bad bass and low Frequencies in mixes that i spent so much on them. I k... read more [+]new, the d-box was the main reason. i started to hear the real flat response. additionally, with the previous presonus my genelec 8050s were peaking on a volume level that it should not peak. with the d-box, i started to have the real power of me monitors.

its true that its not that cheap, but believe me this is the best ever investment i did because i started to hear things i didnt hear before. do urself a good and buy this. close [-]

Highly recommend

by Shaun from Los Angeles, CA
March 21, 2012
Music Background: Songwriter
I've been using a digi002 for about 8 or 9 years now. I have always liked having some faders to mix with, but have never been a fan of the hardware itself. A month ago I decided it was time to upgra... read more [+]de, so I purchased the D-Box along with a Lynx Aurora. The difference is staggering. I already had nice monitors, but man, I'm hearing things I never heard before. Most noticeably, the stereo field. Deeper and Wider. When I used to pan things there was a void between hard panning and center, where I really couldn't tell where I was placing an instrument. Now I can hear exactly what I'm doing.

Another noticeable improvement was my ability to hear reverb. The tails sound so much better. I can now make much better choices when mixing.

The bottom line is that being able to accurately hear what's going on in a recording is one of the most crucial steps to creating a great mix. This is why I purchased the unit, and it allowed me to do just that.

As far as the summing goes, after hearing what 8 channels can do, I immediately wished I had more. To put it simply, it helps to glue everything together, creates a more cohesive sound, all while enhancing the separation between instruments.

It's not a magic box, in the sense that it will fix a bad mix. It won't. It will definitely make a good mix sound better though. close [-]

All this for under $1500

by Czar from Nashville, TN
July 26, 2011
Music Background: mix and recording engineer
I was looking at getting a X-desk for summing and my sweetwater rep introduced me to the Dbox. Analog Summing, monitor selector, talkback, headphone jacks, d/a conversion all for under $1500. Half the... read more [+] price of the X-desk, and its 1U.

As far as the sound, the summing surely does remove digital harshness, and the d/a conversion sounds better than my lynx aurora to me. My ONLY complaint is that I would of liked a dim switch, and maybe a way to run both my monitors to the sub. But I guess thats what Dbox mkII can add. close [-]

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by: Josh Estock
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