I've been using this on and off for a bit and know that theres a lot of experience with it here.
My method -
In:
Guitar - J48 - FF800 pre.
Pad on, pre gain set such that max peaks are about -1-2db, mono track, centre pan etc etc etc.
I play through the through of the J48 all the time, even when not recording. Sounds great.
Out
FF line out, balanced - X-Amp - amp
The guitar has a bare knuckle aftermath. I've been recording with this pickup for about a year, a little more than even, with no problem. Its about 15k DC passive (obviously).
Now, I get it to work in that theres something thats recognisably guitar comes out the other end at something like the volume expected and I've had quite a bit of success with it in the past with other peoples tracks. I noticed doing this that there was less saturation and sparkle in the sound and figured screw it, work with what I have. I couldnt do a proper test because the guitarists never played through the amp that I reamped through, so I didnt know what it would 'really' have sounded like direct without the player there any more.
However, my first time since starting to use this (several months ago) with my own main guitar, my own playing and songs and playing that guitar through the amp beforehand, same material, same playing, big difference. The reamp tracks sound like ass compared to the direct signal. They lack fullness and are fizzier, and are a a bit quieter I think too.
I've tried increasing input and output gains on the pre and line out and that just adds mud, followed by a staticy nasty thing in the top end when the DI out starts to clip.
Playing through the reamp signal does the same thing (as in guitar - J48 - FF Pre - FF line out - X-Amp - Amp)
Mucking about with EQs, on the amp, the DI and the recorded tracks there doesnt seem to be anything missing from the spectrum broadly speaking, like its dropping a lot of high end or low end, it seems to be lacking harmonic content, or adding more of a different sort than the direct sound has.
So, am I doing something horribly wrong? If I've commited some n00b error, please tell me now! Otherwise could it be some part of the gear chain/combintation of gear?
Or, for those that have much more experience of reamping; is this par for the course? I've been doing it for a while, but entirely in isolation; I've never had what you might call a practical tutorial, and I've never even met anyone else round here (cumbria, backwater of the UK) that even knows that you can reamp a guitar at all, let alone bounce this stuff off.
Thanks for reading. Sorry if its a painfully backward/previously asked question.
My method -
In:
Guitar - J48 - FF800 pre.
Pad on, pre gain set such that max peaks are about -1-2db, mono track, centre pan etc etc etc.
I play through the through of the J48 all the time, even when not recording. Sounds great.
Out
FF line out, balanced - X-Amp - amp
The guitar has a bare knuckle aftermath. I've been recording with this pickup for about a year, a little more than even, with no problem. Its about 15k DC passive (obviously).
Now, I get it to work in that theres something thats recognisably guitar comes out the other end at something like the volume expected and I've had quite a bit of success with it in the past with other peoples tracks. I noticed doing this that there was less saturation and sparkle in the sound and figured screw it, work with what I have. I couldnt do a proper test because the guitarists never played through the amp that I reamped through, so I didnt know what it would 'really' have sounded like direct without the player there any more.
However, my first time since starting to use this (several months ago) with my own main guitar, my own playing and songs and playing that guitar through the amp beforehand, same material, same playing, big difference. The reamp tracks sound like ass compared to the direct signal. They lack fullness and are fizzier, and are a a bit quieter I think too.
I've tried increasing input and output gains on the pre and line out and that just adds mud, followed by a staticy nasty thing in the top end when the DI out starts to clip.
Playing through the reamp signal does the same thing (as in guitar - J48 - FF Pre - FF line out - X-Amp - Amp)
Mucking about with EQs, on the amp, the DI and the recorded tracks there doesnt seem to be anything missing from the spectrum broadly speaking, like its dropping a lot of high end or low end, it seems to be lacking harmonic content, or adding more of a different sort than the direct sound has.
So, am I doing something horribly wrong? If I've commited some n00b error, please tell me now! Otherwise could it be some part of the gear chain/combintation of gear?
Or, for those that have much more experience of reamping; is this par for the course? I've been doing it for a while, but entirely in isolation; I've never had what you might call a practical tutorial, and I've never even met anyone else round here (cumbria, backwater of the UK) that even knows that you can reamp a guitar at all, let alone bounce this stuff off.
Thanks for reading. Sorry if its a painfully backward/previously asked question.
