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Locomotive Audio ZCAR – Passive DI Box & Amp-Up

Name: Locomotive Audio ZCAR - Passive DI Box &amp; Amp-Up
Brand: Locomotive Audio
SKU: LOC-ZCAR

$598.00

Versatile passive DI and re-amp box in one rugged enclosure. Capture your instrument through your favourite mic preamp, then send the recorded track back out to pedals or amps with complete signal integrity – all thanks to the Locomotive Audio ZCAR‘s custom mu-metal shielded transformer and fully isolated I/O. No power needed, just plug in and play.

SKU: LOC-ZCAR Categories: OUTBOARD, Preamps, DI Boxes, Reamps

Brands: Locomotive Audio

Brand: Locomotive Audio

Description

Locomotive Audio ZCAR – Passive DI Box & Amp-Up

OVERVIEW

The Locomotive Audio ZCAR combines two essential studio tools – a passive DI box and a re-amp device – into a single, road-ready unit. With ZCAR, you can record your instrument directly into a favorite mic preamp, then later send that same track back out to pedals or amplifiers for creative tone shaping. This workflow gives engineers and musicians total flexibility in both tracking and mixing, without the need for multiple boxes.

At its heart, the ZCAR features a custom-wound American mu-metal shielded transformer that isolates the ¼” and XLR connections, ensuring proper input and output impedances on both sides. Its 3-position pad switch works in both DI and Amp-Up modes, while the Amp-Up section adds an optional “Big Roll” high-frequency rolloff for smoothing harshness when sending signals to amps. Housed in a heavy-duty steel chassis, the ZCAR is built for the studio and the stage, offering reliability, flexibility, and outstanding audio performance – all without requiring external power.

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DI

Capture Performances with Your Favourite Preamps

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Since the Locomotive ZCAR is a passive DI, a transformer takes your instrument signal and makes it perfect for any mic preamp. This will give you flexibility on how much coloration you would like the captured signal to have. Use a clean preamp to retain the characteristics of the instrument, or dirty it up before sending the signal back out to your amp in Amp-Up mode. A three-position switch allows the user to select the desired level of attenuation.

AMP-UP

Send Recorded Audio Out to Your Pedal Chain and Amps

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Send your recorded signal out of your DAW to any amplifier of your choice. The Amp-Up function offers two modes: a standard frequency response mode and “Big Roll,” which offers a high frequency rolloff at 6dB per octave starting at 1kHz.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

TRANSFORMER:

Custom-wound American Mu-Metal Shielded Transformer.

DURABLE:

ZCAR’s Heavy-duty steel enclosure will take day-to-day abuse, whether in the studio or on the road.

VERSATILE PAD:

ZCAR’s pad switch works in both DI & Amp-Up modes.

BALANCED XLRs:

DI output and Amp-Up input XLRs are balanced and isolated from one another.

FEATURES

Custom-wound American MuMetal shielded transformer
Converts the instrument-level to mic-level signal in DI mode
Converts line-level into instrument-level signal in Amp-Up mode
Heavy Duty Steel Enclosure
Pad: 0dB, -12dB & 18dB works in DI & Amp-Up modes
Amp-Up “BIG ROLL” sets a 1kHz gentle 6dB/octave high frequency rolloff to the signal