hey everyone
i always record di, i hardly ever reamp. the other day i needed to reamp something for once, and first i decided to see if my signal was goin to be the same (because i trust nothing)... so i had my di track, and my already recorded distortion track just underneath. the track was recorded with a pod xt pro. so i checked my pan law (just in case) 0db. then i routed the signal to a mono out bus (a trs output on the back of my audio interface). ran that to my red reamp box (v2!) and out of that back into my pod.
i left the tone the same and hit record... hmm weird it was weaker, not quite as gainy as the original (kind of a subtle difference...).
ok for shits and giggles i turned up the di track +6 and the mono out bus +6... this should be really hot! uh nope, it wasnt. the tone was still different...
ok maybe going through the reamp box is unecessary, lets just go right into the pod xt through the input on the back made for reamping all in one...
tried that and NO DICE the tone was still different.
ok so you're goin to ask me how am i recording the di track, well its going through the DI OUT on the back of the pod xt and directly into my audio interface (an input on the back, so that a line level knob isnt in the chain)
i can't figure out why my di tracks wont reamp the same going through the exact same tone, even when i add +12 db. its not incredibly weaker, its just funky weaker... like, missing a little sizzle, or gain.
can anyone explain if this has anything to do with balanced / unbalanced input/output/cable weirdness??
im pretty sure the DI out on the back of the pod xt pro is a BALANCED connection, and the inputs on the back of my RME FIREFACE 800 are also BALANCED connections. im also certain that going RME balanced out to REAMP balanced in, then REAMP unbalanced out to PODXT unbalanced in is the correct way to do this, but it still doesnt sound right.
and yess, i've played with the trim knob on the reampbox.
i always record di, i hardly ever reamp. the other day i needed to reamp something for once, and first i decided to see if my signal was goin to be the same (because i trust nothing)... so i had my di track, and my already recorded distortion track just underneath. the track was recorded with a pod xt pro. so i checked my pan law (just in case) 0db. then i routed the signal to a mono out bus (a trs output on the back of my audio interface). ran that to my red reamp box (v2!) and out of that back into my pod.
i left the tone the same and hit record... hmm weird it was weaker, not quite as gainy as the original (kind of a subtle difference...).
ok for shits and giggles i turned up the di track +6 and the mono out bus +6... this should be really hot! uh nope, it wasnt. the tone was still different...
ok maybe going through the reamp box is unecessary, lets just go right into the pod xt through the input on the back made for reamping all in one...
tried that and NO DICE the tone was still different.
ok so you're goin to ask me how am i recording the di track, well its going through the DI OUT on the back of the pod xt and directly into my audio interface (an input on the back, so that a line level knob isnt in the chain)
i can't figure out why my di tracks wont reamp the same going through the exact same tone, even when i add +12 db. its not incredibly weaker, its just funky weaker... like, missing a little sizzle, or gain.
can anyone explain if this has anything to do with balanced / unbalanced input/output/cable weirdness??
im pretty sure the DI out on the back of the pod xt pro is a BALANCED connection, and the inputs on the back of my RME FIREFACE 800 are also BALANCED connections. im also certain that going RME balanced out to REAMP balanced in, then REAMP unbalanced out to PODXT unbalanced in is the correct way to do this, but it still doesnt sound right.
and yess, i've played with the trim knob on the reampbox.
) I know it's expensive, but unlike an isolation transformer doesn't require you to put anything else in the signal chain, and is so easy to use, and works perfectly!
