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

[Melodeath]

Actually, I refuse to reamp unless I have multiple DIs flowing through the amp at once. And if I only have one DI, I simultaneously play arbitrary notes through the DI on my interface while reamping just to get that dual-DI tone.

 

[ForHerDeadEyes]

What everyone else have said.. it's a bad idea..
What you can do.. is run the 2 different guitartracks through the same IR.. with the exact same result as running two tracks with the same IR on each one..

 

[bryan_kilco]

^ Ever done that, have you?

Not copy/paste 4 times, only once. And "reamped" from my computers Headphone Out through 5150 and Mark IV......I think with a shitty Radio Shack mic....and no interface.......Back into my computers Line In....... Back when I first started out.....

 

[nwright]

I've ran 2 DI's through a cab at the same time. It just sounded like one track played sloppy with more signal hitting the amp's input, so it was overdriving easier.

 

[dan weapon]

^ Ever done that, have you?

No, I've never tried that. But it's a surprisingly commonly asked question.

Even when I first got a shitty fostex 4 track over a decade ago I realised that playing something twice made it sound heavier, as the human imperfection is what give it that fatness.

Even when I moved onto protools I never once tried to copy and paste a guitar track to 'double it', as it just doesn't make sense to do so.

 

[DanLights]

Actually, I refuse to reamp unless I have multiple DIs flowing through the amp at once. And if I only have one DI, I simultaneously play arbitrary notes through the DI on my interface while reamping just to get that dual-DI tone.

Not sure if serious

 

[006]

Oh, he's totally serious.