DI box? PCB/schematic

Beyond it being from April 1981? :smiley: Circuit is simple enough, though, but I suspect you could replace the LF353 with a TL072 that might be easier to source. On the other hand, LF353 is apparently still being made.

EDIT: Seems Tayda has the LF353, so probably not that hard to source. But I still suspect a TL072 might work just fine here (lower noise, less distortion, a bit lower typical bandwidth).

PS: They’re promoting Ultravox’ Vienna on the cover, a song that famously uses a CR-78 drum machine, but also has several precise tempo changes, something that caused certain challenges for the drummer when playing it live, since the CR-78’s tempo control was very much analog…

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