Reamp experiment that turned out well

[PorterhouseMusic]

Here's a "recording technique". Tried for the first time. Sailing into uncharted territory.

I'm working with these old raw tracks from a recording session with my band from many years ago. Trying to put lipstick on a pig -- so to speak. It's been a long process so far for just one tune - but it came time to do the guitar(s) and I wasn't happy with several typical approaches. Mostly trying to double guitars - not to my satisfaction.

So then I did this: I made one decent pass of rhythm electric guitar played through a good DI box. I re-amp'd that dry pass twice: two different but similar amp settings/tone settings - and sent those to two different tracks. Then I sent those two tracks through the lefts/rights of a Strymon Blue Sky stereo reverb and back to two more fresh stereo pair tracks. So It's one performance - but it really has a nice, full, stereo sound that's not distracting or inappropriate.

Turned out good. I mean - that guitar part sounds pleasing. Fits the tune and the mix well. I think so, anyway.

Thought I'd share that.

(I hope to share the track soon in the mp3 forum)

 

[DM60]

I really need to try that sometime. I have heard many stories, past and present about DI'ing the take and then running it back to an amp. Thanks for the share.

 

[Papanate]

Here's a "recording technique". Tried for the first time. Sailing into uncharted territory.

Turned out good. I mean - that guitar part sounds pleasing. Fits the tune and the mix well. I think so, anyway.

Post the tracks before and after so we can hear what you are doing.

 

[PorterhouseMusic]

Post the tracks before and after so we can hear what you are doing.

The first one is obviously the DI track - the second clip is the one after running the first one through two different amp settings (in this case it's a strat in the 2nd position and sent through the UA Lion Marshall super lead - each one set somewhat differently tone/gain wise) - and then sent through the stereo reverb.

 

[DM60]

Ha, I thought the DI sounded pretty good. Some reverb, not much EQ and a few tweaks, that would do a nice job. Amp sounded good, you could tell it would cut through the mix for sure. I thought both were very usable.

 

[TalismanRich]

The DI sounded dull to me. But I like the reamped sound a lot. It sounded much more what I think you would get with an amp, a bit of sparkle, a bit of fullness.

Well done.

 

[Papanate]

The first one is obviously the DI track - the second clip is the one after running the first one through two different amp settings (in this case it's a strat in the 2nd position and sent through the UA Lion Marshall super lead - each one set somewhat differently tone/gain wise) - and then sent through the stereo reverb.

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Both are pretty good - the reamp one sounded great - you are on the right track I think - What else can you reamp in the tracks?

 

[PorterhouseMusic]

What else can you reamp in the tracks?

Not exactly sure what you mean, what you're asking. But I can say for sure that this little success will cause me to explore this method for single guitar tracks much more in the future.

 

[Papanate]

Not exactly sure what you mean, what you're asking. But I can say for sure that this little success will cause me to explore this method for single guitar tracks much more in the future.

I mean you are working with older tracks - could you reamp them in some way?

 

[PorterhouseMusic]

I mean you are working with older tracks - could you reamp them in some way?

This was the only guitar track - and it was a new track being added to vocal, bass, and drum stems from 15 years ago. So - no. But I have processed the vocals and bass through outboard compressors - which really helped with those.

 

[careloni10]

i didn't know this technique, but it sounds pretty cool