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How hot do you record a D.I. of a guitar for use with a re-amp box?

  • 06-09-2010 11:13am
    #1
    SeanHurley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 347 ✭✭


    I have had a Radial X-amp lying around the studio for a while and not really given it that much use. I sat down with it at the weekend and I was having some trouble in getting the re-amped guitar to sound "exactly" the same as when the guitar is pluged directly into the amp. Now I know it is never going to sound exactly the same but is there optimum recording levels for the D.I. guitar? I'm recording the D.I. track peaking at roughly -6dB in Pro Tools.

    Thanks for the help


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  • #2
    DamagedTrax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,277 ✭✭✭DamagedTrax


    as you've found out its never gonna sound exactly the same. you do need to be a little careful as without the amp you're losing out on the natural compression before tape, so maybe a touch of compression initially on the DI on the way in will help get a fuller sound. other than that -6 peak sounds fine.


  • #3
    madtheory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,892 ✭✭✭madtheory


    Well -18dBFS (i.e. the level that Pro Tools displays) is usually equal to 0VU, so maybe the Radial would work better fed at that level, but RTFM. I would just lower the fader in PT to get -18dBFS on the output. It's likely that your A to D will sound better if you record at -18dBFS so that the analogue bits are not clipping.


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