Comments on Death By Protools: DI boxes: the magical guitar tone weapon

@Anonymous It sounds like you're doing the techniq...

2010-04-01T06:13:41.452-07:00

@Anonymous It sounds like you're doing the technique correctly, I suspect that the signal degradation is from the behringer DIs.

There isn't (as far as I know) a "reamp" device. Reamping is the just name of the technique. Unless you are referring to the DI box, but "DI box" is the (more) correct name for them.

thanks for the answer, i believe i havent explaine...

2010-04-01T05:03:17.587-07:00

thanks for the answer, i believe i havent explained correctly. waht i am trying to do is to have a di track saved in the computer to have the possibility to send it thru the effects processor and record the track with different mic positions. i've done that but as i said before the sound coming of the interface into the boss gt8 sounds muddy. can i solve this putting a di beetween the interface and effects processor or do i reaaly need to buy a reamp?

@Anonymous, yes you should (usually) plug the guit...

2010-03-30T20:30:50.174-07:00

@Anonymous, yes you should (usually) plug the guitar directly into the DI box and THEN into the effects board. Otherwise you are recording the effects in your DI signal.

If you decide to put the effects board before the DI box, then when you re-amp make sure you don't run the signal through your effects processor again or else you'll have double the effects!

hi there, i have a question about reamping. i own ...

2010-03-30T16:31:19.262-07:00

hi there, i have a question about reamping. i own 2 behringer di100 and 1 art tube mp. i tryed doing reamping the way you talked before but the sound coming out of my audio interface into pedal board boss gt 8 sounds much different than the original guitar sound, is this due to impendance signal? or do i really need a reamp device beetween the two? and what if i tryed to plug the signal coming from the audio interface into a di before the the effects board? will that work??
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About those PAD buttons on the DI... I dont use t...

2010-02-11T22:28:52.739-08:00

About those PAD buttons on the DI...

I dont use them. Depending on the design, they load down the pickup and do funny things to the audio. If the output is TOO LOUD for the mic port, I pad down the OUTPUT or use the LINE IN instead of mic in (if the guitar has an active pickup).

I also like a tube DI on some pickups (or tube pre) cuz there's too much dynamic range and the tube can massage some of the spikes that would otherwise make a hash of the track into solid state pre's. (just remember these are LINE level out... or you'll have overload and hum)

Or you could get the guitarist to learn to play better... (sigh)

I'll be back to read this again...when I'm conscio...

2010-02-01T01:24:14.145-08:00

I'll be back to read this again...when I'm conscious...right now...no......
Looking at a Chandler Germanium preamp...
http://www.chandlerlimited.com/products/germanium_pre.php
I have and play jazz guitar. I'd like to record. I have Logic 9 (Very recent)
I even have an Avalon pre compressor that I've never plugged in yet. So, looking at this web page, it seems better to use the pre before it goes to my amp.... then record the amp with an amp mic...(Got one)
and now I have to go to sleep....

no mention of re-amp boxes? kinda necessary, yeah...

2009-10-11T21:04:06.692-07:00

no mention of re-amp boxes? kinda necessary, yeah?

@Anonymous A DI actually wouldn't help with that.....

2008-10-05T14:48:00.000-07:00

@Anonymous A DI actually wouldn't help with that... however the 1/4" output jack is TRS for stereo. T and R for the unbalanced left and right signal with a common ground (S - sleeve)...

What you need is a Y-Cable to split the stereo output into two unbalanced 1/4" lines which you can then plug in to your stage box (or a pair of DIs if you like)

Thanks for thisDoes the same apply to Keyboards wi...

2008-10-05T07:23:00.000-07:00

Thanks for this
Does the same apply to Keyboards with a phono/output socket?
I have a keyboard (Yamaha DGX620) which has stereo sounds but an ordinary phono output. Not sure how to get those stereo sounds into the desk via a stage box - would a DI help with that??