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Who re-amps?

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stainless:
and what box are you using?

Dogbreath:
I've never re-amped but that's mainly cuz I'm not sure what to do.  ???

As I understand it, it's a box that you take your recorded signal and run it line out from the board, into the box, and then line in back to the board.

Is that right?

Why would you want to?
Not bein an ass, I just don't know much about it.

(scratches butt...er, I mean head)  :laugh:

stainless:
well partly right

You take a signal from the board (say a guitar track) and send it to the re-amp box which raises the the signal to line level so it can be sent to an amp- which is then mic'd and recorded as a separate track-

It is supposed to be good for getting a "big" sound as well as taking a clean dry take ((DI'd?) and then running it thru an amp, which otherwise might not be practical due to bleed

I have heard of people re-amping snare tracks- snare track to amp (turned sideways) a snare is set on the speaker grill with a mic on the other side

It's an option to amp sims...

more than a few times I've played a scratch track dry DI'd just as a place holder, and then realized I played it really well- this would be a way of avoiding having to replay (and perhaps play differently... or not as well)

I see it also done with bass a lot

I don't know what the difference is between the passive and active boxes (besides $60!)

RawDepth:
I have never re-amped but I have been wanting to try it. I need to buy a re-amp box someday. I have, however, done something similar with my snare track running out to my electronic drum module. It is the same theory.

I believe that active DI's sound cleaner and fuller than passive ones. Less loss of original signal apparently. Not 100% sure tho.

stainless:
well i ordered the Passive- it supposedly is better at handling noise... who knows

it's onit's way

I'll let you know!

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