DogsoverLava
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- Joined
- Jun 21, 2014
Most of the recording I've done has been using amp modelers and cab simulators for my guitars (Guitar Rig Pro 5.0, Amplitube 4). Because of this I've been looking at both the Kemper Profiling Amp and the Line 6 Helix and thinking about the future. Since moving into the city I've pretty much kept my amp in it's flight case just because I'm trying to keep a low profile and keep the neighbours happy.
As I was getting deeper into my interface a came on the idea that I could use the Slave out on my actual amplifier into one of the line inputs of my interface and then use a cab sim/impulses for speaker emulation (playing through my amp on low volume because of course it needs load). So I dragged it out and set it up and decided to throw a 57 on it and see how the two signals compare.
Well let's just say both of them sounded awesome -- and I forgot how much I absolutely love pushing air and playing through my amp (which I think contains part of my soul). I also threw a condenser in the room to see what that sounded like so I had at some point 3 signals going live into the box I could play with.
Hours passed as I played with abandon until my wife finally had to tell me to turn it off. Wow -- I just love live audio. There's just something magic about it all.
Here's a shot of my setup
Tracking in Studio A by Robert G, on Flickr
As I was getting deeper into my interface a came on the idea that I could use the Slave out on my actual amplifier into one of the line inputs of my interface and then use a cab sim/impulses for speaker emulation (playing through my amp on low volume because of course it needs load). So I dragged it out and set it up and decided to throw a 57 on it and see how the two signals compare.
Well let's just say both of them sounded awesome -- and I forgot how much I absolutely love pushing air and playing through my amp (which I think contains part of my soul). I also threw a condenser in the room to see what that sounded like so I had at some point 3 signals going live into the box I could play with.
Hours passed as I played with abandon until my wife finally had to tell me to turn it off. Wow -- I just love live audio. There's just something magic about it all.
Here's a shot of my setup