Reamping

[waves]

I think i understand the idea behind it. You D.I. the guitar in and then you have this sort of reverse di (reamp) box which converts it back into a normal guitar signal, which you then send that recorded guitar back into the amp and then record the amp with mic. Correct me if I am wrong btw.

If it works perfectly (i.e. the recorded signal reamped back into the amp is exactly the same as playing into the amp) then it seems a brilliant idea since settings (even amps) could be changed after all the recording.

But does it really work well and if so could i have some recommendations on boxs and tips for doing it?


Thanks in advance,

Chris

[TwilightOdyssey]

The answers are:

Yes, you are correct


and


Yes, it works brilliantly, especially when you're making the guide tracks at home and then going into a studio to reamp them. You track the guitar tracks both clean and through a modeler to get the right feel (using 2 seperate tracks, of course) and then just the clean tracks are later used to reamp.

[waves]

cool. what box do you use?

is this the best? http://www.reamp.com/

[TwilightOdyssey]

I'm actually unaware of other reamp devices, but I'm sure there are some high end brands that are even more expensive. Don't know if they are necessarily better, however.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Yeah - i want one of these so I can run 6 preamps at once :twisted:
http://www.radialeng.com/di-jd7.htm


Also they do a range of similar stuff
See here http://www.radialeng.com/re-products.htm

[TwilightOdyssey]

I had known about the Radial piece, and totally forgot about it.
For people that want to blend multiple amplifiers, it's perfect!

[Oli]

You will lose some of the interaction that you'd get between guitar and amp if you were playing in front of it. But if you're struggling to get a good tone down, reamping is perfect- record one take (clean) that you play perfectly, and then you can fiddle about with the amp so you always know the playing is gonna be the same :)

[waves]

mmm i was thinking that, but surely you'd be playing (when you record the Di'ed sound) with the amp on a rough setting anyway for precisely that reason?


i'm probably gonna go for this:

http://www.radialeng.com/re-prormp.htm

[TwilightOdyssey]

You will lose some of the interaction that you'd get between guitar and amp if you were playing in front of it.

Very true, but that's not the way modern recordings are made, especially if you do session work -- you walk in, track it live double track with a reamp/modeler or some other small amp, and leave. And then it gets dealt with long after you've cashed the check!!

[hunter]

A cheaper way to reamp is doing it all in the Computer, using a sequencer plugin for the guitar sound and recording in the sequencer clean, there is no hardware needed if our Comp has an instrument in. If you are fine with adjusting the sound in a virtual amp.

I find that I set my sounds differently when I listen as opposed to when I play.