Does Reamping Affect your Tone? Comparison inside.

[lolzgreg]

I thought this could end up in the clip section, but much more people come into this sub forum, and I think this will be a learning experience for those of you who are unfamiliar or worried about having guitars tone reamped:

Question:

Does reamping have a positive, negative, or neutral effect on your tone?

Do you prefer a reamped or non reamped tone?

Here is a clip I recorded. I wasn't going for anything creative, or fantastic, or even an excellent tone, but you guys can be the judge of that.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1569935/REAMPED ... EAMPED.wav

The signal chain for one of the two repetitions is:

Dean Vendetta with Duncan Distortions->DI Box->thru output->Maxon OD 820 Pro->Dual Recto->Recto Cab->SM 57-> FF800 Preamp

The output of the DI box went to my FF800 Preamp as well, for recording the DI.

The other reptition's chain was the following:

FF800 Output->Ebtech Hum Eliminator->John Cuniberti Reamp V2->Maxon OD-820 Pro->Dual Recto->Recto Cab->SM 57-> FF800 Preamp

Which repetition (the first or the second) is the reamped tone, and which is the original?

Which one do you like better?

 

[sebby123]

The Reamped seemed a bit sterile and tighter which i think for that riff would sound better in the mix, The First half had more sag to it and sounded more aggressive i think both sound good, But in the mix im thinking the reamped section would sound better

 

[Anonymous]

Got to the page in my sig link. some of the clips are reamped, some are not. Just tell me which are and which aren't... Reamping has no effect on tone, once you get the process down...

Steve

 

[K Odell]

Got to the page in my sig link. some of the clips are reamped, some are not. Just tell me which are and which aren't... Reamping has no effect on tone, once you get the process down...

Steve

While I agree, bc I am all for reamping, it def does have an affect on your tone if the proper equipment is not involved. BUT hey thats a given right?

 

[Anonymous]

Got to the page in my sig link. some of the clips are reamped, some are not. Just tell me which are and which aren't... Reamping has no effect on tone, once you get the process down...

Steve

While I agree, bc I am all for reamping, it def does have an affect on your tone if the proper equipment is not involved. BUT hey thats a given right?

Sure, I was assuming proper tools like the original REAMP I use or the Radial stuff that is built for reamping...

Steve

 

[amiller]

OK, 'just a little confused here. I thought the whole point of re-amping was so you could capture a great performance and worry about tone later. In other words, fix/change the tone by re-amping the original tracks?

 

[stephen sawall]

Not a fan of reamping myself. Many people are ..... I just am not one. But I have never been a fan of digital recording. I just do not like the sound of digital reproduction very much.

 

[Anonymous]

Not a fan of reamping myself. Many people are ..... I just am not one. But I have never been a fan of digital recording. I just do not like the sound of digital reproduction very much.

?

So you record to 2 inch tape?

Steve

 

[cyndicate]

Not a fan of reamping myself. Many people are ..... I just am not one. But I have never been a fan of digital recording. I just do not like the sound of digital reproduction very much.

?

So you record to 2 inch tape?

Steve

 

[stephen sawall]

Not a fan of reamping myself. Many people are ..... I just am not one. But I have never been a fan of digital recording. I just do not like the sound of digital reproduction very much.

?

So you record to 2 inch tape?

Steve

1/2 and 1/4 inch most of the time.

..... and yes I still use my record player and like it better than disc.

 

[Anonymous]

Not a fan of reamping myself. Many people are ..... I just am not one. But I have never been a fan of digital recording. I just do not like the sound of digital reproduction very much.

?

So you record to 2 inch tape?

Steve

1/2 and 1/4 inch most of the time.

..... and yes I still use my record player and like it better than disc.

When you want people to hear your music, what do you provide them?

Steve

 

[EXPcustom]

Not a fan of reamping myself. Many people are ..... I just am not one. But I have never been a fan of digital recording. I just do not like the sound of digital reproduction very much.

?

So you record to 2 inch tape?

Steve

1/2 and 1/4 inch most of the time.

..... and yes I still use my record player and like it better than disc.

When you want people to hear your music, what do you provide them?

Steve

All I know is there is a old studio in San Jose that still records reel to reel and I am going there when I record my total heavy metal album.

 

[stephen sawall]

Not a fan of reamping myself. Many people are ..... I just am not one. But I have never been a fan of digital recording. I just do not like the sound of digital reproduction very much.

?

So you record to 2 inch tape?

Steve

1/2 and 1/4 inch most of the time.

..... and yes I still use my record player and like it better than disc.

When you want people to hear your music, what do you provide them?

Steve

The same thing everyone else does at this time ....digital disc.

Obviously digital has many advantages .... I just like the sound of analog better. From what I have seen most people like the sound of analog better. I do own both. I would guess you know a lot of people record analog and convert it to digital with some or most tracks.

 

[K Odell]

hahahaha not this arguement again. I am just stoked that I am not stuck in the past. I have tracked to tape and digital and the tape definantly sounded good, but man the options are limitless now. Also I think it depends on the person you are doing this for. If its for yourself then do it the way you like. If you do it for fans then I believe your fans deserve the highest quality product possible and by any means necessary.

 

[stephen sawall]

It has nothing to do with being stuck in the past and everything to do with what I like better. If I liked digital better I would use it all the time. If I was recording others for a living again I would not use analog much because digital is so much easier control and use at this time.

If I am just doing scrap tracks or putting down ideas I use digital. If I want the tone of analog I use it. I am not suggesting other follow me, they can do what ever they like.

The interaction of the guitar and the rest of the rig just does not work the same with reamping. Feedback and other things are just not the same. It is very practical for some applications .... but not all.

 

[James Lugo]

To me reamping effects the playing so much. I have people come in and reamp using my amp collection and you can hear the lack of connection with what the amp is doing.

 

[dawnofdreamx97]

To me reamping effects the playing so much. I have people come in and reamp using my amp collection and you can hear the lack of connection with what the amp is doing.

couldn't have said it better myself James... alot of people track with pod's or software and send it to get reamped, at the end of the day YES tone is in the hands, but you play and dig in a little differently with each amp, I like reamping as a production tool but i still like tracking to tape with my SOUND....

 

[glassjaw7]

Digital recording is actually a more accurate representation of the audio source being recorded. Analog tape actually adds compression which is why many people like the sound better.
Stephen, it's cool that you have the option to use either.

 

[prsdiezel]

To me reamping effects the playing so much. I have people come in and reamp using my amp collection and you can hear the lack of connection with what the amp is doing.

couldn't have said it better myself James... alot of people track with pod's or software and send it to get reamped, at the end of the day YES tone is in the hands, but you play and dig in a little differently with each amp, I like reamping as a production tool but i still like tracking to tape with my SOUND....

See thats the problem. They bring a guitar signal un-preamped from there USB mic into there untuned guitar into there laptop.

"Hey can you reamp this threw your Diezel."

"and yes,.. I'm struming all my parts."

The most important part about reamping is having a "PURE" guitar signal source too reamp with.

 

[lolzgreg]

OK, 'just a little confused here. I thought the whole point of re-amping was so you could capture a great performance and worry about tone later. In other words, fix/change the tone by re-amping the original tracks?

Yes, that is the point of reamping. The point of my test was showing the people who complain that reamping doesn't sound right that it sounds exactly the same minus a few discernable differences that can be remedied by a cunt hair turn of a presence knob at most.

It goes to say that the player be comfortable and enjoy the sound of the amp simulator or other amp that is being used during tracking. On the other hand, a great player will sound good through anything, and it is ultimately YOUR job as the engineer to pick the amplifier, tonestack settings, etc, that suit the player best. Whether I'm using a POD, a BOSS GT-8, Revalver, or my eight tube heads, they all sound very similar because I'm the one rocking the guitar.