By George Petersen
For a lot of people in the live audio industry, the words “Radial Engineering” are almost synonymous with the phrase “direct box.” There’s a good reason for that, as the company has more than 30 different direct boxes, ranging from simple, single-channel passive units to multi-channel rackmount devices.
So does the world need another direct box? Maybe not — unless it was a completely new approach by senior design engineer Craig ”Hutch” Hutchison (formerly of Rupert Neve Designs and Manley Electronics) who joined the Radial Engineering team just over two years ago and wanted to apply his own personal flavour to the project with a new slant on direct box design.
The result was the HDI, a high definition, studio-grade direct box and preamp for studio recording or live touring applications. The HDI is Radial’s flagship direct box, offering unique features for capturing electric/electronic instruments.
Read the full review at: https://fohonline.com/articles/road-tests/radial-engineering-hdi-direct-box/
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