Preparing your tracks for reamping: A Guide
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Polpotkin
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Radd
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For those who use the Little Labs Redeye, what are your experiences with both active and passive pickups? Great with both?
Brett - K A L I S I A
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Mood Bender
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with a JB PUP I found the redeye softened the tone a smidgen but not enough for me to be concerned with. I haven't compared with an EMG
Radd
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Radd
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Cool. Thanks 2012. I want to ask before I get this thing about how I would connect it to my equipment. I read the info on their site but I'm still a little confused and just want to make sure I don't run into any problems.
To record the DI, I plug my guitar into one of the 2 "instrument in" jacks, plug an xlr cable from "mic level out" to an xlr "in" on my Vintech Dual 72 ?
How do I send the signal to my amp at the same time? "expansion out" ?
To re-amp, I plug a balanced trs cable (on one end) from an analog out of my Motu 2408 (has no xlr jacks) to the the "line level in" xlr of the Redeye? Could I use the "expansion in" jack? And then the re-amp out to my amp.
Is this right?
Mood Bender
Member
Front of Redeye
From Gtr -> "Instrument In"
Back of Redeye
"Instrument Thru" -> To Amp
try to keep the total cable run as short as possible. I usually lay the redeye close to the amp and use a short jumper redeye to amp.
Radd
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This is where I get really confused because there is no "thru".
http://www.littlelabs.com/redeye.html
Mood Bender
Member
I see...
on my Redeye the backside "Instrument In" is labeled "Instrument In or Instrument Thru"
so, connect your gtr to the Front Side "Instrument In" and the amp to the backside "Instrument In"
on my Redeye the backside "Instrument In" is labeled "Instrument In or Instrument Thru"
so, connect your gtr to the Front Side "Instrument In" and the amp to the backside "Instrument In"
Radd
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Ok, but now I'm confused about the "re-amp out" jack.
Also now I'm concerned about having to deal with hearing the DI while tracking my amp (as mentioned in another thread) but I guess there is no easy way around that...
Also now I'm concerned about having to deal with hearing the DI while tracking my amp (as mentioned in another thread) but I guess there is no easy way around that...
Mood Bender
Member
to Reamp, run the DAW line out to the Backside "Line level In" XLR connector
set the Frontside "Reamp/DI" button to Reamp (Button is out)
run a cable from the Frontside "Reamp Out" Jack to your amp. Voila.
as far as monitoring the DI when tracking, I Mute the DI Input channel and only monitor the Mic channel.
set the Frontside "Reamp/DI" button to Reamp (Button is out)
run a cable from the Frontside "Reamp Out" Jack to your amp. Voila.
as far as monitoring the DI when tracking, I Mute the DI Input channel and only monitor the Mic channel.
Radd
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Ok, I believe I understand now. I was getting more and more confused.
Thanks for all your help!
Thanks for all your help!
Mood Bender
Member
At present i run either my guitar direct into a behringer xenyx 502 (to use amplitude or revalver) or run my digitech genesis into the behringer. Would i get a clean enough sound out of this little mixer?
I have a maudio 2496 card (behringer straight into that). Other than the behringer mixer, if i used a di box how would i connect it to my soundcard?
I have a maudio 2496 card (behringer straight into that). Other than the behringer mixer, if i used a di box how would i connect it to my soundcard?
Loren Littlejohn
Lover of all boobage.
If I buy a reamp device that does not have combo jacks and only XLR can't I just swap that out for a combo jack?
Example would be the x-amp.
Example would be the x-amp.
Uros
Sonic Incision
I've read all of this, but still am little confused.
So, to clear it up:
First. For Preparing tracks for reamping
1. I plug guitar into DI Box and then into sound card
or
2. I plug guitar into DI Box, then into mic pre and then into sound card?
Second. When I am recording (and playing through Guitar rig at the same time for example, just to make it feel like I am playing with distortion but recording from soundcard input), do I need to
1. add some cabinet emulation to that basic signal and record it with that simulation
or
2. do I need just pure dry signal from my soundcard?
Third. If I use emu0404usb, it's specs->http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?product=15185
Do I need anything else or not?
Thanks in advance!
HJ
So, to clear it up:
First. For Preparing tracks for reamping
1. I plug guitar into DI Box and then into sound card
or
2. I plug guitar into DI Box, then into mic pre and then into sound card?
Second. When I am recording (and playing through Guitar rig at the same time for example, just to make it feel like I am playing with distortion but recording from soundcard input), do I need to
1. add some cabinet emulation to that basic signal and record it with that simulation
or
2. do I need just pure dry signal from my soundcard?
Third. If I use emu0404usb, it's specs->http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?product=15185
Do I need anything else or not?
Thanks in advance!
HJ
LSD-Studio
HCAF crusher
::XeS::
Member
Hi
I've a question about using firepod as a DI box.
Is this scheme correct?
guitar -> firepod instrument in (in 1) -> daw (recording the clean track)
At the same time:
firepod out 1 -> Pod/Amp/whatthefuckiwant -> another firepod in -> daw (recording the sound)
p.s.
Oooops, I've just read it's not a good idea to use the pod's outputs because they are line level..
I've a question about using firepod as a DI box.
Is this scheme correct?
guitar -> firepod instrument in (in 1) -> daw (recording the clean track)
At the same time:
firepod out 1 -> Pod/Amp/whatthefuckiwant -> another firepod in -> daw (recording the sound)
p.s.
Oooops, I've just read it's not a good idea to use the pod's outputs because they are line level..
