Recording Dry Signal From Amp

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Hey guys, Ive heard people mention that they can record the signal post amp from the effects send on a guitar amp so they can make use of the many cab impulses which are floating around. But I've also heard people say that not sending that signal back into the return can fry your tubes.

Is there a way to recording the amp tone through the send without frying the tubes?
Whats the skinny? :confused:
Thanks in advanced

Aviv

P.S I'm using the Egnater Tourmaster 4212 combo!
 
my first thought is to use a DI box


i use this one and it works fine for my needs
 
Sorry mate, I don't think I made myself clear enough. Sadly a DI box wont help me here. I don't want to use virtual heads, i want to use my £1400 Egnater, I just want to know if plugging my send into my preamps is going to fry my tubes. Is there something i need to know before i go ahead?
Thanks
Aviv
 
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I think this is what i was looking for!
But thank you anyway!
Aviv

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First of all - you always need to have a speaker load connected, so as long as your combo is connected to its internal speaker, you won't risk damaging your amp.

Second of all, nothing you do with the FX send affects the power section in any way. Some amps will send preamp tone out the FX send even if the master volume of the amp is set to 0, which is great for using Recabinet. Some amps, such as the Peavey 5150/6505 series, don't allow you to do this, so the only way to do silent direct preamp recording with these amps is to use a load box such as the THD Hot Plate. As for the Peavey Classic, I'm not sure how it's configured, but Peavey has done a lot of different things with FX loops across different models, even in the same year, so you'll have to investigate that.

So: feel free to use the FX send to record your amp's preamp stage, just make sure that the speaker is connected as it normally would be. You may have to live with a little bit of sound coming out of the speaker, it just depends on the architecture of the amp. One of the reasons we have the free demo is to allow people to figure this out ahead of time. Good luck and feel free to post any further questions! QUOTE
 
I don't think it would damage tubes.I've heard of folks using the fx send to send the signal to a mixing board,or to slave the signal to another amp's input.The purpose is after all to send the signal out to be processed.Never operate an amp without a speaker hooked up for any reason.
 
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