IK Multimedia Re-Amp
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ibmorjamn
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It’s kind of like a pre amp and attenuated but you can capture the amp and use it digitally.
Probably not a huge advantage as opposed to mics. I bet it works well in their software.
Sending proper instrument impedance level back to an amp for reamping is something that a standard interface doesn’t do. Interface outputs are line level, not instrument level.
This is a bargain reamping passive box…
The IK box professes to have a few more bells and whistles. Another alternative is a Kemper, but that’s an investment. You can build something DIY to achieve this, but requires knowledge and skill….along with the equipment to verify proper levels are sent to the amp.
It’s all another wall of voodoo….
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ibmorjamn
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This :
“While people have been processing and re-recording previously recorded audio for decades, the full concept and technology of reamping as we know it isn’t that old. Simply titled the Reamp, the first dedicated reamping device was invented in 1993 by an engineer named John Cuniberti, who has done extensive work with guitar legend Joe Satriani. He then sold the rights to Radial Engineering in 2011, a company who makes some of the best reamp boxes in the business.”
“While people have been processing and re-recording previously recorded audio for decades, the full concept and technology of reamping as we know it isn’t that old. Simply titled the Reamp, the first dedicated reamping device was invented in 1993 by an engineer named John Cuniberti, who has done extensive work with guitar legend Joe Satriani. He then sold the rights to Radial Engineering in 2011, a company who makes some of the best reamp boxes in the business.”
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ibmorjamn
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A more expensive option for the lunchbox
Exactly. There are other models…stage boxes mostly…but they’re all in the $ range of the IK box…and the IK box has software to do some of the lifting for the end user. Much less likely to overload an amp input circuit.
In defense of @Sapient you can use an interface line out to feed the power section of an amp, and get power amp distortion capture, but you would have to bypass the preamp by going in to the effects return…to retain proper impedance level.
Seen it before, but a perfect example of a real application for reamping. I’ve poked around with it over the years. The Kemper really provided some access to it for me. It’s a great reason to throw a DI box in front of a guitar rig, and capture that ugly track for reamping later.
RobinS
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I just put a cable into my ENGL Blackmore FX out into my Focusrite Interface and all is well. Cab sim into my DAW and it works great.
Another setup I use is my Jettenuator rec out (cab and mic sim integrated) into Focusrite.
Just a mic into my Focusrite and put in front of my 4x12 just works as well (but NOT noiseless) but still a quiet volume level.
But having options is a good thing.
More is more,
Robin
Another setup I use is my Jettenuator rec out (cab and mic sim integrated) into Focusrite.
Just a mic into my Focusrite and put in front of my 4x12 just works as well (but NOT noiseless) but still a quiet volume level.
But having options is a good thing.
More is more,
Robin
Sapient
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Looks sexy as well! I guess I never understood what reamp means. Lol.
That looks like another buy on looks alone item.
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Yeah, actual “re-amping” is usually done along the lines of:
Guitar cable from guitar to DI box, DI splits signal 1-unaffected to pedal board or amp to be recorded, and 2-mic level to interface for recording. The resulting recorded raw DI track can later be sent back out to another guitar amp, but the signal requires attenuation to achieve conversion to the original instrument level. If it’s too hot, the second amp (or re-amp) preamp will be overloaded at the input.
So, a re-amp box(like the ones from Radial Engineering) is kind of like a “reverse DI box” that has a step-down transformer etc that converts the signal back down to instrument level…so the next amp to receive the signal behaves as though the guitar was plugged into it.
Looks like it has uses for modeling physical amps that would then become available for future use in recording.
Kind of like the Kemper can capture a profile of an amp and cab.
I just skimmed over it last night. Looks like it will take its amp modeling data from a few optional sources.(mic/line etc).
I bought one a while back. Have not used it yet but the thought was to be able to take a dry track and send it out and add any pedal effect and re-record the new track. I know there are a bazillion plug ins that could do that but thought is nice to add any pedal(s) to a track.
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ibmorjamn
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I have a solution to that rack.
Amp Mad Scientist
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The first example of Re-Amp was probably Chicago Transit Authority, April 1969.
A Bogan tube PA head re-amped by a Fender Showman.
But is that really where the idea stared?
A Bogan tube PA head re-amped by a Fender Showman.
But is that really where the idea stared?
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