What do you use for reamping?

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I have been thinking of experimenting with it a bit, and I am curious what some of the better options are out there. Looking for a budget solution at this point...
 
What do you mean by 'what do you use'? I guess I assumed you meant a reamping interface such as a Radial X-Amp or Little Labs Redeye but then there is this guitar emulator reply so maybe I'm off.
 
Maybe someone could help with a definition of re-amping? I've heard it mentioned...I didn't tink it was plug-in based (handy as that is).
 
Reamping: Recording a direct guitar signal and then sending that guitar signal out of the recorder to an amp or amps to be recorded.
 
I was actually meaning "interface", do you have to have something like radial x-amp or is there a lower tech way to do it? Like with some sort of DI, etc.

I guess the bottom line, is that you need to get an instrument level signal to line level, and then record it. Then to re-amp you would need to do the reverse. The process seems simple, IF I understand it correctly...
 
Please warn me in advance if I could blow something up here...

amra said:
I was actually meaning "interface", do you have to have something like radial x-amp or is there a lower tech way to do it? Like with some sort of DI, etc.

I guess the bottom line, is that you need to get an instrument level signal to line level, and then record it. Then to re-amp you would need to do the reverse. The process seems simple, IF I understand it correctly...
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I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I just got a cheap ass behri patch bay, one that you can do the normalled/half-normalled/thru selection on. It cost only 30 bucks, and if it works right, I think it will work if the stereo outs are sent into it to a half-normalled channel and then back to the monitors. The half normalization should allow the signal to go both to the monitors, and to another seciton of the patch bay, say to a POD or something, and then be chained back into the interface through one of the channel inputs. I don't know if that makes a lick of sense, but I'll try it sometime this week and let you know how it turns out. For only 30 bucks it's worth a shot... ;)
 
I'm really jonesing for the Little Labs Redeye. It doubles as a DI so you can split your guitar signal and record your dry track and your amp track at the same time. :D Would work wonders for those idiots that won't change their amp settings. Just don't argue with them anymore...re-amp it with the tone I like later. hehehehehe
 
How do you know if output from recorder is a proper level for amp?

What should you do to get it done?
 
canrockonthisth said:
How do you know if output from recorder is a proper level for amp?

What should you do to get it done?
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If you have a line level signal from your recorder, you need to convert it to instrument level with a device like this:

http://www.radialeng.com/di-xamp.htm

I use this, but there are other options. You can also use a passive DI box in reverse.
 
you can re-amp with pretty much anything....... the fun part is trying to go waaaaay outside the box and use weird non studio stuff like old boom boxes and reel to reel recorders. The theory with reamping is that you wont destroy the original track no matter what you use.
 
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