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So I have some tracks recorded over the past few months that don't sound spectacular. They're not necessarily that bad, but not spectacular. Lets say they are guitar tracks... What if I were to re-amp through a loud clean amp?
I'll give you some background... The thing is, I think I'm starting to hear the limitations of the format I'm using, which is a Tascam 688 8-track cassette recorder. I'm really hearing the difference now when I do overdubs at 24/44.1 in the PC.
Also, I've discovered the benefits of throwing two mics on the same cab and blending the two signals (wow, what exactly is going on there?).
So in this case, I have a recording of my band playing a bar, and the guitar sounds OK. Not great, just "OK". No major problems with it, no major performance issue. It sounds as good as one would expect it to, given the medium it was recorded on, the fact that I didn't have a proper monitoring environment to get mic placement "just right" etc... So what if I were to re-amp it through the clean channel on my Twin, then record in 24/44.1 straight to PC? If I threw up a mic on each speaker and blended the new tracks with the original track in the mix, should I expect an improvement (or at least a change) in tone? Is it worth experimenting with or would I be wasting my time? Will the amp re-generate some frequencies and harmonics?
If this is not the type of application that I should use for re-amping, then in what kind of situations would I use this technique?
What kind of situations have you guys used re-amping to improve a mix?
I'll give you some background... The thing is, I think I'm starting to hear the limitations of the format I'm using, which is a Tascam 688 8-track cassette recorder. I'm really hearing the difference now when I do overdubs at 24/44.1 in the PC.
Also, I've discovered the benefits of throwing two mics on the same cab and blending the two signals (wow, what exactly is going on there?).
So in this case, I have a recording of my band playing a bar, and the guitar sounds OK. Not great, just "OK". No major problems with it, no major performance issue. It sounds as good as one would expect it to, given the medium it was recorded on, the fact that I didn't have a proper monitoring environment to get mic placement "just right" etc... So what if I were to re-amp it through the clean channel on my Twin, then record in 24/44.1 straight to PC? If I threw up a mic on each speaker and blended the new tracks with the original track in the mix, should I expect an improvement (or at least a change) in tone? Is it worth experimenting with or would I be wasting my time? Will the amp re-generate some frequencies and harmonics?
If this is not the type of application that I should use for re-amping, then in what kind of situations would I use this technique?
What kind of situations have you guys used re-amping to improve a mix?
