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

[grywolf627]

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t9Hax53GNY

Not two amps through one cab. That's entirely different. Two DI's....two guitars....through one amp. At least this is what I understood from the OP.

Two guitars into one amp = NO NO NO NO NO, for the love of God, NO. Unless, as Egan so eloquently said..."it really doesn't matter".

 

[RedDog]

Just. Track. Separately.

Wtf is wrong with you?

 

[[UEAK]Clowd]

why would anyone ever do this?

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Never tried this but I bet you could get some cool results.

 

[abt]

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."

Haha. That's awesome. Locked in memory bank for future reference.

 

[006]

Silly idea. Do it if you want a shit sound, by all means.

I do two DI tracks into a stereo instance of PODfarm, hardpanned left and right, but that's because it can process both as if it were two mono PF instances.

 

[dan weapon]

Although this is a bizarre idea for guitars, I did have a (VAGUELY similar) idea the other day, which may totally suck, I'm yet to try it.

Specifically for reamping solos/leads:
You could send the DI of the solo to an aux input and comp/limit it to fuck, so the sustain and tails of notes are way more pronounced than the 'real' take. Then you could blend the normal DI with the smashed DI, thus still having the normal pick attack.

Basically it's parallel comp on the DI before it hits the amp, rather than compressing the distorted tone. I have no idea if there is a benefit to hitting it with comp pre or post amp...

I may get shot down for this, but it seemed like something that might be worth a try for weakly recorded solos or people who don't have decent sustain.

 

[grywolf627]

Now THAT is an interesting idea and at least worth looking into. Dan, you don't post much anymore, but when you do...it's quality. (actually, I kind of miss your regular posting)

 

[dan weapon]

Cheers mate, Kind of you to say so.

I still keep an eye on here on a regular basis but just don't post much as I rarely have anything more valuable to say than what other people have already covered!

I know nobody will believe me, but I'm still gonna finish Enter Soundman. Just waiting for my AxeFXII to arrive which I ordered in April. Hurry up G66!

 

[grywolf627]

^I'd forgotten all about that!

 

[Sacha]

Another case where this would work is if you tracked every note in a chord separately; then you'd want to combine that into one track to the amp when you re-amped.

 

[Jordon]

I've accidentally, after a long day of working in the studio, put two DI's through an amp during a reamp session. Caught it almost immediately. You'll know somethings wrong, it sounds like total, utter, complete shit.

 

[JeffTD]

I just want to know what the fuck made you think that'd be a good idea in the first place?

 

[Aaron Smith]

I voted yes just to add some variety to the poll.

Terrible idea though...

 

[K Odell]

^ hahahahaha

Terrible idea indeed though.

 

[chrisrivalry]

what about amp sims? if you have a group with your amp sim loaded on it, is it normal to run your doubled takes to the group with one amp sim on it?

 

[DanLights]

what about amp sims? if you have a group with your amp sim loaded on it, is it normal to run your doubled takes to the group with one amp sim on it?

Read the thread, a few people already said it. If the amp sim has stereo, yeah you can.

 

[dan weapon]

I just want to know what the fuck made you think that'd be a good idea in the first place?

I'm guessing it was because recording one take of guitar and then copy/pasting it four times wasn't having the desired quad-tracked effect.

 

[bryan_kilco]

I'm guessing it was because recording one take of guitar and then copy/pasting it four times wasn't having the desired quad-tracked effect.

 

[voidar]

^ Ever done that, have you?