I want to have the guitar signal to go to my daw cubase first then send that signal to their guitar amp but i want to keep the dry guitar di in my daw so i will be able to mix diamplitube along their amp sound. Pull more life and energy out of your existing tracks and create great final mixes. Hey guys, newbie with a few questions about reamping here. On the other hand, if the engineering and production team in 1985 had simultaneously tracked recorded a dry, di out signal from the electric guitar s pickups, a producer remixing the song 30 years later could take the dry guitar signal and reamp it through 2000sera digital effects and speaker systems, giving a new sound to this 1985 track. That interface has 2 different inputs, so you will need to select either input 1 or 2. With lofi mixer saturation, distortion, stomp boxes, amps, pres, mics, etc, all that stuff, were dirtying the signal, distorting it, but were doing it at much higher r. You basically record the dry guitar tone to feed it at a later stage into the axefx. The amp i am using is a 76 marshall super lead mk ii which has just been serviced with new tubes and a 71 marshall 4x12 with its original g12h30s. Reamping is a two stage process whereby you first record a dry or clean track and then rerecord the track afterwards by sending the clean tract back through your amps and effects. One clean di signal to the mixerinterface for the later reamping.
Reamping helps you to find the best tone for a recording. A great guitar sound is the centerpiece of modern rock, metal, poppunk, and metalcore. By default, audio tracks will be set to record off input 1. Apr 12, 2012 in cubase when you connect the axe via usb you will get 4 mono inputs which correspond to the 2 axefx outs. The intro solo was recorded using a strat guitar into a line 6 helix with just 1 amp model and delay, then further processed in cubase with more delay and reverb. Granular guitars vst sound instrument set is an expansion pack for padshop and padshop pro. Reamping is a technique that lets you change amp sounds after recording. These days i encourage people, even when recording real amplifiers, to also record a di signal from an electric guitar. In this tutorial i will show you how to create tabs for guitar in cubase. October 04, 2017 is your recorded guitar or bass tone not making the cut. Need help, how to reamp in cubase fractal audio systems. For reamping to function properly you need to use a separate audio bus in your audio sequenzer software like cubase.
Check out the full course for much more on advanced guitar recording techniques in cubase. If you have cubase, and you just created the new connection in your soundcards. You may know that you can use cubase s excellent guitar effect plugins to create great sounding guitar and bass tone. Using a focusrite interface when reamping guitars focusrite. Seen a few threads complaining about subpar replication of tones when reamping and thought it would be prudent to have a stepbystep guide on how to set up your kemper for reamping, since no one rtfm 1 set channel for di signal. My specific goal is to feed the guitar amp with exactly the same level of signal when reamping with respect to when playing directly the guitar into the amp. It can be tempting to use a guitar pickup to record, but microphones almost always result in more professionalsounding recordings. Thinking about taking your first steps into a brave new world of digital audio workstations daws and music creation software. I track vocal dry right into my daw in my case, cubase. I use cubase for programming drumkit from hell superior, and then digital performer to mix and track in. Go to digital clockinput and set the clock source to external and the digital input to your chosen inputoutput format from step 1. Best of all, the version 2 update includes both a dsppowered version and a vst 3 version of guitar amp classics.
Amplitube and cubase everyones dream of a fully loaded recording studio is different. One to amp to hear while playing and mic up if you want. I actually am a huge fan of using guitar amps to reamp bass. I want to be able to send a single track through the mono output of the studio live as opposed to the main out for the purpose of reamping. Learn reamping setup and signal flow in cubase skills in this.
If you play guitaror know someone who doesand want to learn how to record it, then this tutorial is for you. Four amp types with completely different sonic characteristics are provided, clean, crunch, drive and lead. The tone must come from your guitar, your amp and cabinet not from the. Recording at home recording dry guitar for reamping. Like anything else in life, however, this unfortunately takes a lot of time and money. I just need advise so i get the cleanest dry guitar signal for reamping. Just want to reiterate, because we might get somewhere with this. I wanted to do the reamping thing for a project im doing with a friend out of state. For guitar players like you and me, a recording studio stocked with every amp and effect we can fathom is a perfect scenario. Then id route the direct input to a cubase audio track. In cubase ive set the first guitartrack to spdif in. Proper gain staging for reamping guitars gearslutz. Reamping guitar tracks and setting up external fx guitar.
More on reamping a guitar with producer warren huart. You also learn about reamping, signal flow, recording acoustic guitar and a lot more. But did you know that you can reamp a recorded di guitar or bass part or any part for that matter, routing it back out of cubase and through a real guitar amp. And i add those things right on to the vocal track in cubase no going back out or in again. Jul 20, 2016 its a touch pricey for an entrylevel user, but the software gets mad props from touring and recording musicians, who are attracted to the authenticity of the sound and the ability to create custom amps from scratch within the software itself. So, i create a lrs or lrc channel to record guitar takes. There are two main ways through which we can create tabs for a song. For that, i record the guitar using the hiz input of the motu with a number g say 10db of gain from the analoge preamps built in.
I have a radial j48 active di box i want to use to capture the signal. Then i worry about things like compression, eq, reverb, etc. Whether youre making the transition from a knobsandsliders portastudio setup or taking the plunge into multitrack recording for the first time, this sweetwater feature will be your guide through the eight major beginnerfriendly software. A short tutorial to understand how to reamp your unprocessed guitars with fractal audio axefx ii using cubase. Reamping help with studio 192 home recording forums.
Among the hundreds of questions that producerengineermixer warren huart receives, among the most frequently asked via his produce like a pro website are how to reamp a guitar, when to do it and why its necessary. Cubase ai assists you during the creative process whether you are a songwriter, guitar player, vocalist or electronic music producer, cubase has the right tools and features at hand. If youre recording from a guitar plugged into the elevenrack, set this to guitar, if youre reamping a signal from the computer, set it to the digital l. W recording software to record this signal, it is likely to be becuase the track you are recording on to is set to record off the 1st input of the scarlett solo, rather than the 2nd which is where your guitar will be plugged into. But did you know that you can reamp a recorded di guitar or bass part or any part for that matter, routing it back out of cubase and through a real guitar amp, to capture a. I need advise on what di box i should get for recording my guitar dry into motu 2408mk3 14 inputs into cubase sx 1. Ik multimedia is one of the leading companies in guitar emulation software since 2002 with the release of amplitube. Multimedia tools downloads virtual guitarist 2 by steinberg media technologies gmbh. Cubase has a standard tabbing module which makes creating tabs a piece of cake. I realize this is an old thread but i am in need of some help with reamping with the lt in reaper. Right now my setup consists of a maudio mobilepre usb and digital performer cubase le on a powerbook g4. Today on our most recent installment or recording tricks, sean teaches us how to reamp an electric guitar.
While the normal audio playback of the sequenzer is routed over the normal stereo output bus to the standard analog outputs of your interface, you create a second output bus where the dry guitar signals are routed. I am having no luck at all reamping some guitar tracks with the mr816x. The three versions of cubase elements, artist and pro all share the same pristine sound quality and ease of use. Input 1 will be the processed signal input 3 will be the guitar dry tracks.
Cubase quick tips reamping guitar tracks setting up external fx. Recording a guitarbass guitar with the scarlett solo. If youre running through guitar pedals for reamping, huart suggests turning the pedals off, printing the signal clean through the pedals, and comparing it to the original signal to see whether the polarity has flipped 180 degrees and is out of phase, and how far back the latency is. Would like to have some info on reamp in a mix too if anyone can help a beginner get started. It uses the very versatile software based wall of sound iii with its many plugins for cabmic emulation, and the rockcursher record uses a built in eq tailored for the guitar spectrum, and is self contained. So reamping consists of two stages, first recording the dry tone, then later recording the wet signal from the axefx. Reamping is the process of taking a dry, direct recorded guitar. Join producer andrew wade a day to remember, the ghost inside, the word alive, etc for an intensive look into the rock guitar techniques every producer and engineer needs to know. Using a universal audio apollo twin, a radial xamp reamp, and a few key effects. I doubled tracked or stereo recorded acoustic guitar using one condenser and one dynamic microphone just to test things.
It then positions your track exactly where it should go when recording. The problem is when i am reamping using my little labs redeye 3d phantom i get feedback problems when approaching a reamping signal level similar to the guitar s i used at the recording. Finally, an important note when reamping and latency with cubase and any other decent daw. Heres a list of the best freeware guitar software, from full virtual instruments to pedal effects. Reamping is the process of taking a dry, direct recorded guitar signal and passing this through a guitar amplifier. In this exclusive, mick opens his mix of jamiroquais song vitamin to explain his thought process, workflow, and techniques that he used to create this incredibly tight, punchy and exciting mix that manages to have a ton of space without ever losing the impact of. Fortunately, i use cubase pro, which supports surround outofthebox. To listen to the guitar through cubase you need to enable either record or input in the track you just created. Its all done on one guitar track, so it doesnt sound like youve done 10 guitar.
When tape ruled, guitarists played through an amp to get the right vibe, but also sometimes split a dry guitar signal to a tape track. Need advise on recording guitar di track for reamp later. Apr 11, 2007 i am getting ready to record guitar tracks and need help getting setup. Guitar amp classics make extensive use of advanced yamaha modeling technology. In this exclusive, mick opens his mix of jamiroquais song vitamin to explain his thought process, workflow, and techniques that he used to create this incredibly tight, punchy and exciting mix that manages to have a ton of space without ever losing the impact of the tight performances. Weve done the leg work to find you guitar vst plugins and software. In cubase create an audio track, and as input source select the input of your audio interface where you connected your guitar. Is your recorded guitar or bass tone not making the cut. All you need to follow along is a pair of headphones and a passion for sound. In cubase ive set the first guitar track to spdif in. Someone with focusrite control that can help me set up. You may know that you can use cubases excellent guitar effect plugins to create great sounding guitar and bass tone.
All current focusrite interfaces have at least one instrument input so that you can connect a guitar bass directly and record the dry signal into your daw. Whether youre recording in a studio or at home, this advanced course by pro engineer joshua carney is guaranteed to take your cubase guitar recording skills to that next level. Recording guitars tutorials amps, mics, preamps and more. I can now play my guitar and hear the processed tone and the di tone both overlapping. Volume of track i intend to record guitar tracks at home using a di box and then go to a studio and have it properly reamped. Howto reamp guitars with axefx ii and cubase youtube. Torpedo reload load box, reamping unit and attenuator. Recording rock guitars with andrew wade creativelive. Alright, now i want to record a di track in cubase. Dec 08, 2011 i want to try reamp, and i need help on how to set up in cubase 5 and the axefx ii so i can record a dry sound, and one with effects, and how to then reamp my dry signal to the sound i want afterwards. One hunch i have is that it might have to do with uc surface, which is a mixing and routing. If you want to route the guitars dry input signal directly to the output. During mixing the direct guitar track sans faux amp will be rerecorded through an actual amp. With everything set, he hits record and the guitar is looped out into the amp and recorded back in at the same time, all perfectly in real time.
Get more detailed information on cubase from our website. How to reamp your guitar signal in your recording rig. To send dry signal only from the axefx ii to the daw through output 2, set echo output 2 to input. This works great, tho it makes the cubase mixer look a bit daunting at first, but like anything else, once you figure it out, its cake. As the song progresses, you might use the nice clean track during the verse, as youre coming to the bridge you fade in the heavier guitar sound, then back it off a bit, into the chorus with everything full on, then back to the next verse and drop it all out. Tabs can be made for many instruments such as guitar, bass, ukulele, etc. I have the following problem, my boss gt100 v2, is not detected in cubase devices and software. Do this by connecting it to the instrument input on an audio interface. Cubase communicates with your interface and knows the latency associated with your settings.
Nov 15, 2017 enabling the monitoring function in clockwise from top cubase, live, sonar, studio one, and pro tools. One of the most famous guitar software around in the market. How to record guitar on a pc computer, laptop, ipad or mac. Other popular uses include adding some grit to a direct bass track. Since im reamping it doesnt need to be earbleedingly loud, it just needs to have a great tone and youd be surprised how awesome of a tone you can get putting the bass through a guitar amp. Cubase normally adjusts for any inherent latency as far as your interface goes.
The result is a genuine hardware amp tone without having to rerecord the di guitar track. Padshop pro is included in absolute vst instrument collection. When you decide you want to go reamp your recorded guitar or bass there are a few technical things to consider. The course features software and plugins, such as izotope and pro tools, but almost all the techniques can be recreated in your favorite daw. In cubase when you connect the axe via usb you will get 4 mono inputs which correspond to the 2 axefx outs.
With both live action and onscreen tutorials, this dvd is firmly focused on the aspects of cubase you need to know when youre recording multiple musicians, and instruments, and doesnt spend time on details and features of the software that youll never use in this particular setting. Ive used spdif on my clarett 4pre for the purpose of reamping. Reamping may be the perfect solution to shape your tone afterthefact in ways that eq cant. To record audio on the computer through usb, usbdigi out source in io menu should be set to output 1. Wikipedia bernd kiltz using cubase shashas guide gotmetalboys tutorial on reamping via. Reamping guitar tracks and setting up external fx guitar production tips. In actual practice i typically run two guitar amplifiers during reamping, i also like to run aux out from one of my boogie dual rectifier heads into an old ada ddl set to a very short delay 2030ms then run that to a second boogie dual rectifier and record that speaker on a different track. I am following the instructions from the user manual but running into a snag. There are other advantages to the torpedo, but my curiosity is mainly regarding the reamping technique.
If you want to route the guitar s dry input signal directly to the output usb or digital, set usbdigi out source to input. Im looking to get a reamp box because i hate using amp sims now. Software amp simulations can be the perfect way to get exactly the tone you want, not just for guitar and bass but for any sound. In the helix global settingsinsoutspage 3 screen, set reamp src usb 7 to guitar. Producer and tape op magazine founder larry crane is back at jackpot. The ins and outs of recording your guitar direct in soundfly.
This tutorial introduces reamping, and shows you how to set up your amp and a direct box for recording the dry guitar tracks necessary for reamping. Sono is the ultimate audio interface for guitarists and musicians, combining audients award winning analogue recording technology with the worlds best speakercab simulation from two notes. But we dont call it reamping, because we dont send it out and back in again. Been sitting here for two hours trying to figure out why my second track will not listen to the ditrack. This reamp box has its own fx loop so you can hook up guitar pedals and go back in to a line input to the daw if you want. Here, joe albano shares his pro tips for getting it just right.
Check out the how do i use the elevenrack through the digital io of another audio interface. How to reamp your guitar for recording reverb recording. Dans cubase, on cree une piste audio guitare tremolo et on lui choisit comme entree reamp in. Ill show you how to record and mix your guitar, and teach you a few tricks to make it sound better. This article introduces you the 10 highend profiled guitar amp simulation plugins that you should know about.