FrankD77
Active member
I love rack effects, especially for the price you can buy them now a days.
Although I feel they sound better, they are pretty limiting when recording at home and the tracks keep adding up.
Because in the past tracks were limited I never used this technique, but decided to test it today and it works like a charm so I thought maybe to share it here.
I'm using a MX300 as example.
In my DAW I send my guitar to the guitar bus on output 5/6 on the X32
on the guitar bus I'm using the I/O plugin that routes directly to the SPDIF of the MX300.
On the guitar bus I select output 29/30 as my standard return to the X32 for external effects.
At this moment I can make a fast wet dry mix on the X32 or with the IO plugin if you don't have an external console.
The important thing is that you send the signal to a bus because the bus gets it own output for the next step.
As an extra step I now also create an extra channel with the input of the MX300 output and record that at the same time.
Advantages:
After the recording I have 2 tracks.
One dry guitar and one 100% wet
afterwards I can change the balance which fits better in the mix.
I can now use the MX300 on a different preset for other instruments and do the same thing.
The two tracks I combine in a folder stack to keep them together and in a group for editing/comping.
And if you don't like the effect afterwards because you have a dry track you can also change the effect by routing it through the IO plugin again.
ps.
I also use a splitter for a 3rd 100% clean signal. Sometimes this can be very handy for syncing more distorted guitars or fatten up a mix with a clean or IR guitar sound.
For the pro's probably a well know principle, I was pleasantly surprised how many advantages it brings when you have limited gear and don't want to commit.
Although I feel they sound better, they are pretty limiting when recording at home and the tracks keep adding up.
Because in the past tracks were limited I never used this technique, but decided to test it today and it works like a charm so I thought maybe to share it here.
I'm using a MX300 as example.
In my DAW I send my guitar to the guitar bus on output 5/6 on the X32
on the guitar bus I'm using the I/O plugin that routes directly to the SPDIF of the MX300.
On the guitar bus I select output 29/30 as my standard return to the X32 for external effects.
At this moment I can make a fast wet dry mix on the X32 or with the IO plugin if you don't have an external console.
The important thing is that you send the signal to a bus because the bus gets it own output for the next step.
As an extra step I now also create an extra channel with the input of the MX300 output and record that at the same time.
Advantages:
After the recording I have 2 tracks.
One dry guitar and one 100% wet
afterwards I can change the balance which fits better in the mix.
I can now use the MX300 on a different preset for other instruments and do the same thing.
The two tracks I combine in a folder stack to keep them together and in a group for editing/comping.
And if you don't like the effect afterwards because you have a dry track you can also change the effect by routing it through the IO plugin again.
ps.
I also use a splitter for a 3rd 100% clean signal. Sometimes this can be very handy for syncing more distorted guitars or fatten up a mix with a clean or IR guitar sound.
For the pro's probably a well know principle, I was pleasantly surprised how many advantages it brings when you have limited gear and don't want to commit.
