I like hearing a little more space whenever possible so I usually start with the mic a foot or so back and maybe even a second room mic to capture all the interaction and vibe of the room. Since you have perfect isolation, reamping gives you the flexibility to place microphones wherever your heart desires, you aren't stuck putting the mic right up on the grill (unless that's the sound you're going for). Once it's sounding good in the room it's time to start playing with the microphones. I like to find a loop in the song and then head out to the live room and start tweaking the tone on the amp. To get started, set the output of the track you want to reamp to an extra output on your interface, patch the output from the interface to the reamping box, connect the reamping box to the amp, and you're ready to rock. The Little Labs Redeye is a great one that I use, but there are a bunch of other ones made my Radial as well as other companies, but you can also just use a passive DI box backwards (albeit with less controls that are helpful sometimes). I prefer to use a dedicated box to handle the conversion down to instrument level. Remember there's no rules in recording so feel free to try just plugging it in, but do so cautiously, your interface is at a much higher output level than most guitar amps are expecting, I'd hate for someone to accidentally blow a precious amp up. The output from your interface is at the wrong level and impedance to just plug it straight into an amp or pedal. When I find something cool, I put it in the memory bank as something I can pull out next time I'm in a session and want that sound again. As with everything I do, I'm trying to be as creative as possible, when reamping I like to try out new combinations that I may not normally do during a client's session. It's also a great chance to experiment, playing with mic selection and placement is even easier when you are working with a perfectly consistent source. Without the pressure of also trying to capture the performance, I can really focus on the tone and make sure my reamped tracks fit perfectly in the song. But, when I have the time to actually hook everything up, I always love the sounds I'm able to create by reamping. Honestly, I don't always take the time to really reamp things, I often plan on doing it, but end up just using plugins to get the sound I'm looking for, which is fine for most songs. Remember, reamping isn't an exact science, it's a creative endeavor so always be trying to do something different with it. The possibilities of reamping are only limited to what you can dream up (I always keep my ear peeled to pick up ideas from other engineers too). This can range from sending a guitar DI signal out into a real guitar amp, feeding a bass track through a vintage compressor (overdriving the input transformer and tubes of course to add extra vibe), running the vocal track through a guitar pedal, or even sending the drum mix to a speaker in the stairwell. Be sure to check out Ben's Reamping Techniques tutorial video for even more info on taking your DI sounds out of the box (and then back into the box).Īnytime you send a track 'out of the box' and run the sign al through something and record the result, that's reamping.
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