Re-amping

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OK, I'm very very new to the concept of re-amping, but it sounds interesting. So while having a slow day at work, I've been thinking of how I could employ it using what I already own. Am I missing anything important here?!

Recording: Guitar > Boss GT-8 on clean > Art Tube MP Project Preamp > Alesis Multimix > PC

Re-amping: Track on PC > Tube > GT-8 with dist > Amp > Mic

Any glaring mistakes involving line/instrument level etc that I'm overlooking?
 
The clean sound in your GT8 is not the same thing as plugging your guitar into a DI. You will also need a re-amp box to get the line level/impedance signal back to guitar level/impedance.

What you describe also misses the point of re-amping. The point of re-amping is capturing a dry signal along with the processed signal (at the same time) just in case you need to change something about the processed signal later. There is no point to recording a clean signal just to run it back through the same pedal distorted.
 
cheers for the response!

in my case, I think it would be worth it- I can't record using a mic on an amp at home, so I was thinking of doing the recording quietly, then doing the re-amping in another space where I can crank it up, but have to pay for the privilege.

point taken about the GT-8 being used for clean sound. But as for the ART Tube, it is a DI box, so I was thinking (for the re-amping part) that I could just adjust the input of the GT-8 accordingly and what comes from that would be guitar level for the amp.
 
What you want to do is plug the guitar into the DI, plug the xlr output of the DI into your mic preamp, then the preamp into your interface.

Take the thru output of the DI and send that to the GT8 with a distorted sound. That way, you will get the feeling of the distortion while you play.

I don't know if the art tube thing just has an instrument input or if it is a real direct box with a mic level output and a thru output to run to your amp (GT8).

If you have passive pickups in your guitar, you should have an active DI.

The sound you are listening to will affect your performance. If you just play clean, the performance won't sound right when distorted.
 
Not to hijack the thread, but I was always unsure of how you sent it back to an amp to get re-amped.

Is there an easy way to get it to instrument level? Can you just use a bump box? Some kind of attenuator?
 
Any experience with this $13 gadget?

Whirlwind Little IMP Lo to Hi Impedance Matcher
 
line level signals are not low impedance. This isn't the same as a reamp box.

That is used for plugging a low impedance mic into a high impedance input, like on a cassette 4 track.
 
reamping can also be a fun and interesting effect.

such as taking a vocal mix, and reamping through a tremelo guitar amp. Bringing up the dry vox mix and the term vox mix and mixing wet/dry.

among a hundred other cool re-amp effects you can figure out.
 
Farview said:
line level signals are not low impedance. This isn't the same as a reamp box.

That is used for plugging a low impedance mic into a high impedance input, like on a cassette 4 track.
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I'm glad you told me that. So what impedance is the line level ?.. I know the amps need high Z and I thought everything else is low Z i.e. keys, vocals.
 
If you take these shortcuts with what you're using, you'll just end up with shitty results and you won't realize the amazing potential of this practice.

Doing it the right way only involves 2 specialized items. Get yourself an active DI box with a "through" output so you can also plug into an amp (or something) for monitoring your sound. (I've use a 30 dollar Behringer for this before and it worked perfectly fine). Then get a re-amping box for sending things back to the amp. Just attenuating the level like you mentioned is not the same thing. It won't sound anything like the guitar does when plugged in.
I've seen schematics for building super cheap versions of these, or you can get the fully outfitted version from a company like Radial for around 200 bucks. You can also use an inexpensive passive DI box in reverse (literally) and get a similar result, but you're not guaranteed the right sound without experimentation. With a dedicated box like the Radial X-amp, you just plug it in and it sounds like the guitar is plugged into the amp..couldn't be easier.
 
DaProTool said:
I'm glad you told me that. So what impedance is the line level ?.. I know the amps need high Z and I thought everything else is low Z i.e. keys, vocals.
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High Z and low Z are relative terms. There isn't just two different impedances in audio.

That thing that you linked is for plugging a low impedance MIC into a line input. If you have a line signal, you wouldn't need one.
 
Just hire Michael Wagener instead of paying to go somewhere. I think it's safe to say he'd do a hell of a job.
 
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