Entire Record Re-amping Customisation Concept.

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How does the idea of you as a music record consumer, being able to have the option to customise the 'guitar and bass audio' of an artist's entire record via 'Custom Reamping' sound?

Far out? Perhaps. Just an idea.

Reamping is more possible today than it has ever been. I am sure Andy can back me up on this.

Aside from reamping as a tool to 'fix' amp recording sonic fuckups, what if the recording industry could use it to customise their audio.
Eg, don't like the Black Album with that Mesa/Boogie tone - why not choose from [insert number] of amps including [insert 3 or 4 amps here], availabe direct from [Insert artist's online store or online retailer].

How about an even more expensive option of purchasing the 'unproccessed' tracks, with a re-amping guide for studio professionals?

I know I would love to customise Megadeth's 'Rust In Peace' guitar tracks with something like a Peavey 5150. I just don't like the sound of those amps, and they don't sound great in the re-issue either.
 
Wouldn't that require that they master countless different versions of the album just for the variations of amps? Not only that, but the band would lose the sound they were aiming for with each one and would lose whichever distinct trademark sound a producer is paid to give them. It just doesn't sound practical at all to me.
 
I think it is good idea too. One would definitely face many complications in implementing this, but hey that is the problem about being innovative...
 
Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral said:
It's a very interesting hypothesis actually, don't shit on this guy for thinking!

In practise it would have a lot of difficulties but its an interesting idea.
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Thank you for your kind words Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral :)

I agree that in practice it would be very difficult to implement, not to mention Moonlapse's comment about the artist in question with regards to their 'sound'.

What I don't understand though is Moonlapse's comment about it being difficult to 'master countless different versions of the album just for the variations of amps'.

Although I have never mastered audio in any capacity, my idea would only be possible with the individual guitar [or bass] tracks for a song that were 'unprocessed'. The 'countlessness' quotient would only be available to and possible for those who purchased a completely 'unproccessed' catalogue of individual tracks for each song on a particular album. Something that one would pay a lot of money for, that would fit on 7 or 8 DVDs. Something only industry professionals/enthusiasts could work with.

But, I don't see the 'countlessness' in mastering a set number of re-amped custom albums, pre-done for the consumer who may want to choose a different 'flavour' of a particular album [assuming that the band in question have this in mind the entire time of the recording proccess].

Therefore in a hypothetical scenario we may have a band called 'Hypertribal Gigadrome' who employ means to re-amp their sound while they are in the studio getting the guitar sound they want through a JCM 800. When they release their album, they offer for purchase their 'regular' copy [the one that sounds the way they intend it to sound] as well as a copy re-amped with a 'Mesa Boogie TriAxis'. You hear a preview of tracks from both copies and in the end you decide which sounds best to you.

Of course there a lot of other factors involved. But this is my idea at its simplest.
 
I think it's certainly an interesting thought, but I don't really see it happen. Not because it's too difficult or because it's too much work, but because I don't think enough people would be interested in having the option to choose an amp for the album (not commercially viable). The market would probably consist of people that are guitar players and audiophiles or [insert amp brand]-snobs, who are also unusually interested in mixing and overall production. Now, on this here forum you may find quite a few of those, but with respect to a band's fanbase, I reckon that group would be too small to invest the extra cash in.
Personally, when I dislike a record for its 'sound', it usually has more to do with the whole mix than with the guitar amp. Nevermore's EOR comes to mind :err:
I fully understand that you are not advocating the likelihood of it actually happening, but rather letting us in on a thought. Perhaps you're spot on and in some 25 years we'll even be able to choose everything from drumsticks to vocal mic etc. Who knows...
 
And what would you guys think of including "mp3 karaoke instruments" versions of the songs on an extra CD, so that you could play along with the music ? I mean, a version of the songs without the drums, one without the bass, one without the guitars, withouth the vocals, etc... I'm thinking about including this is my band's bonus CD : this is a no cost bonus for the buyers, and it's cool in my opinion !!! (and if the singer sucks, you can listen to the music without the voice which, sometimes, would be greatly likable...)
 
Hammer Bart said:
I think it's certainly an interesting thought, but I don't really see it happen. Not because it's too difficult or because it's too much work, but because I don't think enough people would be interested in having the option to choose an amp for the album (not commercially viable).
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Exactly.


Hammer Bart said:
Personally, when I dislike a record for its 'sound', it usually has more to do with the whole mix than with the guitar amp. Nevermore's EOR comes to mind
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You have a very good point there. :)
 
Brett - K A L I S I A said:
And what would you guys think of including "mp3 karaoke instruments" versions of the songs on an extra CD, so that you could play along with the music ? I mean, a version of the songs without the drums, one without the bass, one without the guitars, withouth the vocals, etc... I'm thinking about including this is my band's bonus CD : this is a no cost bonus for the buyers, and it's cool in my opinion !!! (and if the singer sucks, you can listen to the music without the voice which, sometimes, would be greatly likable...)
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Are you taking the piss? :D
 
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