I'm worried that I'm doing something unendurably stupid, please dispel or confirm my suspicions.
I record with a pretty basic setup of gear I've acquired over the years: Tascam DA-38 through a Mackie 1402VLZ. Recently I've been working with a violinist (she plays an electric violin), and I've been encountering problems which can usually be fixed or at least smoothed by (in addition to EQing) adding some reverb. Since I don't have the luxury of a software setup, I do this by doing an aux send to a guitar multi-effects unit (a Roland GT-5, to be specific). This usually sounds fine after I get the levels tweaked.
Now my question is this: am I doing something intensely stupid here? I had planned to get an outboard reverb unit, but I couldn't afford it, so I tried this approach in a pinch. I know to trust my ears, and my ears tell me the results are fine. My worry was that this method would introduce a lot of noise. It doesn't. Does that mean I can cross the outboard reverb unit off my list, or will this method fail me most of the time?
I record with a pretty basic setup of gear I've acquired over the years: Tascam DA-38 through a Mackie 1402VLZ. Recently I've been working with a violinist (she plays an electric violin), and I've been encountering problems which can usually be fixed or at least smoothed by (in addition to EQing) adding some reverb. Since I don't have the luxury of a software setup, I do this by doing an aux send to a guitar multi-effects unit (a Roland GT-5, to be specific). This usually sounds fine after I get the levels tweaked.
Now my question is this: am I doing something intensely stupid here? I had planned to get an outboard reverb unit, but I couldn't afford it, so I tried this approach in a pinch. I know to trust my ears, and my ears tell me the results are fine. My worry was that this method would introduce a lot of noise. It doesn't. Does that mean I can cross the outboard reverb unit off my list, or will this method fail me most of the time?