Perhaps you’ve never scratched your head and wondered ‘what exactly is reamping?,’ but after reading that the stunning debut album from American death metallers Voidceremony (out June 26 on 20 Buck Spin) was reamped by Damian Herring, we took it upon ourselves to reach out to our old friend once again to see if he could help us understand what reamping means.įirst of all, Damian, how did you get into recording bands to begin with? Add another mic in the room or even add guitar effects as needed.You may have noticed that a lot of albums lately have undergone ‘reamping.’ Now unless you’re a guitarist in a band or a studio engineer yourself, you probably only have a vague notion of what the term ‘reamping’ really means.
From there, you can split the signal off to two amplifiers and mic each one independently. Send the track-1 clean output to the Radial X-Amp. You are ready to roll up your sleeves and get to work. Now that you have captured the performance with a clean track, you can send the guitarist to the beach. Best of all, you can make these decisions as the production develops.
You may also find that mixing the original performance with a Reamped track may deliver amazing results. Should the guitarist flub a note, this can easily be moved or pitch corrected in the digital domain. Second, when the guitarist generates sustaining feedback, the sustaining notes will also be captured on track-1 only there they will be clean. This generally means that the performance will be better. The first is that the guitar player will be comfortable and familiar with the sound. Recording a performance track has several benefits. This would be printed on track-2 (the performance track). While you are at it, you may as well put a mic up in front of the guitar amp and record it. The DI box out is recorded on track-1 (clean track). The thru-connection on the DI box is used to feed the guitar amp. (The X-Amp will also work but requires connecting the input via the Omniport on the Workhorse). Start by connecting the guitar to the Radial JDV-Pre, Radial J48 or other direct box. Once you start Reamping, there is no going back. For instance you may find that a rhythm guitar track is too fat and taking up too much space in the bass region. This also enables you to go back and change the sound of the track to fit the mix as the production advances.
You can then take your time to move the microphones around the room, change amps or add effects as needed. In other words, capture the performance when the musician is at his or her best. With Reamping, you record the track and worry about the sound later. By the time the engineer is ready to record, the guitarist is tired and is more prone to errors. Before Reamping, the guitarist would have to play for hours while the engineers moved mics in effort to find the perfect sound. The benefits with Reamping are tremendous: From the musician’s perspective, the best performance is usually captured when the artist is fresh. Reamping is a two stage process whereby you first record a dry or clean track and then re-record the track afterwards by sending the clean tract back through your amps and effects.
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