Guitar FX, Amp/Cab simulators, etc....

[Sky Blue Lou]

Will that box go both ways, ie. split a direct signal off a guitar input and also take a recording/playback interface out to an amp?

Never mind.

 

[loveofjazz]

Will that box go both ways, ie. split a direct signal off a guitar input and also take a recording/playback interface out to an amp?

Eh? I didn't quite follow. I guess there are less complicated ways to do it.
Can't wait to give this thing a shot, though.

 

[Elton123]

Well - i saw you guys talk about the it being an integral part of the performance, and key for inspiration, and tube response, etc. but i gotta admit i read all that and still started to think 'am i retarded' I can't be the only person where controlled feedback, position and movement (sometimes by inches) is a huge part of the sound - and I didn't see how re-amping could possibly capture - for example a guitar 'singing' when your not actually doing anything, or bell like harmonics with feedback over the top. But then again I've never re-amped.

I totally get all that and understand, but that is one type of playing in one person's situation. That's not everybody's situation. Again, I'm not going to dismiss the idea, nor I'm I going to argue its the right thing to do all the time. But I am certainly not going to assume someone is lazy or untalented if they decide to use this method, or if it happens to work best for them.

 

[chuckduffy]

I totally get all that and understand, but that is one type of playing in one person's situation. That's not everybody's situation. Again, I'm not going to dismiss the idea, nor I'm I going to argue its the right thing to do all the time. But I am certainly not going to assume someone is lazy or untalented if they decide to use this method, or if it happens to work best for them.

Got it.

 

[grimtraveller]

it can also be a lazy person's thing. But I suspect the tone suckers and lazy bods aren't by any stretch of the imagination the only ones that reamp. Over the decades, many players with no problems in achieving tones they like have reamped. Like many things in recording, it's part of the experimental bent that many people have and it can go both ways. It can either be part of the rich and varied tones available once in a while or it can become the kind of default procedure which, personally, I think makes music creation toytown.

But I am certainly not going to assume someone is lazy or untalented if they decide to use this method, or if it happens to work best for them.

I was very specific in saying that reamping can be a lazy person's thing. Not that it is a lazy person's thing. There are a wide variety of people that reamp, ranging from people who couldn't be bothered to masters of their art. The difference is in whether or not it becomes the default position, the only way or whether, like with sims, it becomes part of a varied recording diet.
For cats like Lou and Chuck, there's absolutely no reason to re~amp. They're guitarists. Generally speaking {though not exclusively}, guitarists have spent a number of years working through various tones and so can dial up what they need, just like that. Well, with a bit of work sometimes. But you get my drift, I hope.
I, on the other hand, am not a proper guitarist so things like reamping have a certain appeal. But even then, in the past, I've played the part through the amp and miked it and still altered it, either through the amp or through effects. Actually, in my mind, reamping is just another guitar or bass effect.

I bet Lemmy has reamped if only once because he's a savvy studio veteran that used to hump Hendrix's amps around Europe. And he loves Abba.

 

[Elton123]

I was very specific in saying that reamping can be a lazy person's thing. Not that it is a lazy person's thing. There are a wide variety of people that reamp, ranging from people who couldn't be bothered to masters of their art. The difference is in whether or not it becomes the default position, the only way or whether, like with sims, it becomes part of a varied recording diet.
For cats like Lou and Chuck, there's absolutely no reason to re~amp. They're guitarists. Generally speaking {though not exclusively}, guitarists have spent a number of years working through various tones and so can dial up what they need, just like that. Well, with a bit of work sometimes. But you get my drift, I hope.
I, on the other hand, am not a proper guitarist so things like reamping have a certain appeal. But even then, in the past, I've played the part through the amp and miked it and still altered it, either through the amp or through effects. Actually, in my mind, reamping is just another guitar or bass effect.

I bet Lemmy has reamped if only once because he's a savvy studio veteran that used to hump Hendrix's amps around Europe. And he loves Abba.

I didn't mean apply my comment was directed at your comments. More to the general comments made throughout the thread.