im a newb to reamping

[bryan_kilco]

just found out about this amazing thing a few weeks ago.

question: why must a DI track be recorded? cant you use a recorded clean track? i just cant totally grasp this stuff yet.

thanks guys.

 

[ochants76]

It would already be colored by the amp from which you recorded the clip...and the signal would be too much once it hits the input of the amp you are reamping with.

The whole purpose is to basically use the signal that comes directly from the guitar...reamping is like if you where to split your guitar signal and run it into multiple amps simultaneously and record them. But instead of recording them all at once(it would be hard to isolate all of those cabs) you can do them one at a time.

 

[Meisterjäger]

Running a DI track is the closest representation, or the next best thing to actually playing through the amplifier you're reamping through. The DI track is completely unprocessed and pure guitar signal, rather than having the guitar run through the various gain, tone shaping, EQ and amplification stages that your signal encounters with a guitar amp.

Hope that helps

 

[bryan_kilco]

ahh i get it now. thanks!

 

[Metaltastic]

On that note, I asked this question in the "Preparing for reamping" sticky (but didn't get an answer yet, so hijack time!): it's my understanding that one always needs to plug the XLR output of a DI box into a mic preamp, regardless of whether or not it's an active DI (such as the Radial J48 or the Sansamp BDDI, which I plan to use in straight-DI mode). Is this indeed the case?