Re-amping - 2:1 - Yeah or Nay?

[voidar]

Do any of you guys (and/or guysettes) ever cram two DIs through an amp in one pass?

Pros:

Saves time

Cons:

Sounds worse than treating one DI at a time (or does it really matter in the end?)

Discussss

 

[~BURNY~]

There's no pro, that's plain stupid unless you want a weird nasty sound.

 

[xTomx]

That would only save you the time it takes the track to play and arm a new track for recording and you just said it sounds worse - why would anybody even consider it?

 

[voidar]

Obviously the original question implies that the DIs are tightly played double takes - not different phrases - which will be different.

I know a lot of people do this with plugins while tracking, but it would be interesting to know if anyone reamped it like that with good results.

 

[Lamsy]

I can understand running a single d.i through two differant/amp set ups at the same time, understanding you have the two set ups/mics/space etc. but surely multiple guitar parts through one head at was will yield incredibly wierd sounding results? maybe mixing two heads to one cab could work with a single d.i if blended well

 

[Lamsy]

I can understand running a single d.i through two differant/amp set ups at the same time, understanding you have the two set ups/mics/space etc. but surely multiple guitar parts through one head at was will yield incredibly wierd sounding results? maybe mixing two heads to one cab could work with a single d.i if blended well

 

[kev]

Its madness.

 

[Skinny Viking]

MADNESS!!!!!!

 

[BLUElightCory]

There are no actual "pros" to doing this.

"Saves time" is kind of a dubious "pro" in this situation. It's like saying, "I'll just jump off the roof of this building instead of taking the elevator, it'll save me some time."

 

[grywolf627]

...I know a lot of people do this with plugins while tracking...

Then...you know a lot of idiots and shouldn't listen to them. And quit trying to take short cuts. Would you even think about having two guitarist playing through the same amp at one time? This is the type of thing someone who is JUST STARTING recording may think of doing to save time. If anyone tells you to do this, or that it works just fine...they have no idea of what they're talking about and should be ignored...or given a 3 Stooges style slap in the face and poke in the eye.

 

[DanLights]

that would totally kill the panning of the two takes, not to mention sound like shit but everyone else already said that. To be fair though, I've never tried it. Op, why don't you give it a shot and post some clips? Best way to find out, right?

 

[guitarguru777]

Then...you know a lot of idiots and shouldn't listen to them. And quit trying to take short cuts. Would you even think about having two guitarist playing through the same amp at one time? This is the type of thing someone who is JUST STARTING recording may think of doing to save time. If anyone tells you to do this, or that it works just fine...they have no idea of what they're talking about and should be ignored...or given a 3 Stooges style slap in the face and poke in the eye.

+1000000000000000000

Dumbest fucking idea I have EVER heard.

 

[kaomao]

MADNESS!!!!!!

Messiah is right

 

[voidar]

Indeed, this calls for some fringe science.

Here is an AB of two DIs reamped - same phrase.

The difference is one is summed pre distortion, the other one post distortion.

The file starts off with both panned hard left and right then proceeds with A, then B etc to end with both hard panned again.

You tell me which is which or whether you prefere one to the other. Preference might be difficult as the riff and tone are pretty awfull.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35549815/XABABABAX.mp3

Also, someone pointed out you that it would make panning impossible. Sure, but this would be in a quad-tracked scenario - same phrase tracked twice for each side.

 

[ahjteam]

Would you even think about having two guitarist playing through the same amp at one time?

Marshall? Also LOG plays two amps thru same cab here:

 

[LePou]

I know a lot of people do this with plugins...

It's ok to do that if the plugin offers a stereo option and you hard pan the input DI's.

 

[egan.]

I guess you win. If it sounds like that it really doesn't matter.

 

[bryan_kilco]

Marshall? JPM for example has four inputs.

I've seen a bunch of amps that had multiple inputs. Never any good results came of it though. My first amp ever was a Marlboro Soundworks piece of shit.....had 2 inputs, and my brother and I would both jam through it, and one of our signals was always suffering. Plus.....2 guitars, both with the same exact tone, even if it is 2 separate DIs......why?

OP - just take the time to reamp the DIs separately and use different amp settings on each. Is the amount of time saved worth the loss on tone?

 

[Ascendant]

Obviously the original question implies that the DIs are tightly played double takes - not different phrases - which will be different.

I know a lot of people do this with plugins while tracking, but it would be interesting to know if anyone reamped it like that with good results.

Plugins have stereo processing, which real amps don't.

 

[bryan_kilco]

Ok, so the LoG video there.....isn't it possible to run a Mesa 4x12 cab split into "stereo"? So each head would push just 2 of the speakers?