Direct Interconnect
Direct Cable Connection (No Intermediate Box)
intermediate
$0
Used market: $10*
Specs not verified against a manufacturer datasheet
Specifications
0 of 7 values have a recorded source- Type
- none·
- Added Gain dB
- 0·
- Input Connector
- Direct / Standard·
- Output Connector
- Direct / Standard·
- Expert Description
- Standard direct cable link without inline boosters, active DI boxes, or outboard preamps.·
- Requires Phantom Power
- no·
- Updated At
- 2026-08-05T20:35:54.788Z·
Setups using this gear
Shure SM7B on a Scarlett Solo 4th Gen: is a Cloudlifter still needed?Rode NT1 5th Gen and a Scarlett Solo: phantom power and gainCan a Blue Yeti be plugged into an audio interface?Shure SM7B on a Universal Audio Volt 276: is 55 dB of gain enough?Shure SM7B and a MOTU M2: how much gain does the M2 actually have?Can a Shure SM7B plug straight into a PC?Shure MV7 on a Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen over XLR: does it need a booster?Rode NT1 5th Gen over USB: can it really not clip?Electro-Voice RE20 on a Scarlett Solo 4th Gen: is a booster needed?Blue Yeti on a USB-C iPad: does it just work?Can you record a microphone into a Schiit Modi+?Does every dynamic microphone need a booster? MD 421-II, RE320, SM58 and PodMic on one Audient iD4 mkIIRode PodMic without a Cloudlifter: the Scarlett 4i4 4th gen says yes, the Studio 24c says no — same microphoneAT2020 or AT2035 on bus power? One accepts 11–52 V, the other only 48 V — and the difference is silentSamson Q9U: two "Max Sensitivity" lines, −57 dBV/Pa and −16 dBFS/Pa — which one is the microphone?Samson Q2U straight into an iPad Air M3: what you give up compared with the Q9U, and it is not output levelRode NTK on an RME Babyface Pro FS: a condenser that needs no phantom power — and why the button should stay offLewitt LCT 440 PURE on a Focusrite Vocaster One: 70 dB of gain for a microphone that asks for 32Audio-Technica AT2035 on an AudioBox GO and an iPad: 11–52 V phantom, and a datasheet that names the wrong microphoneAston Origin on an Audient EVO 4 and an iPad mini: a higher clip point costs you gain, it does not save itsE Electronics X1 S on a Volt 176: “30 mV / Pa (−31 dBV)” — the two halves of that line disagree by half a decibelShure SM58 on a PreSonus AudioBox GO: three decibels short at a quiet voice, and three ways to get them backElgato Wave DX on an Audient iD14 MkII: an XLR-only microphone with 600 Ω of output impedance and no published load limit
* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~1000% retained value).