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sage691 · 3rd December 2006, 10:45 PM

All,

OK, wow -- I didn't expect so many responses. Guess there are more "balls to the wall" dist. guitar slutz on here than I initially imagined.

I'm actually more of a piano player and singer, so excuse my lack of knowledge on this subject. We just have a few tunes on this record that require that tight, excessively LOUD, fat bottom, ballistic guitar sound.

As far as multiple takes and layering tracks, we've got that down already.

I know it may sound like sacreliege, but we got some pretty impressive tones going DI via a Neve 1272 and tweaking the *hit out of the SansAmp plug. I just feel like it could all be stepped up a notch or 2, especially since the material is so visceral. I'm thinking about going the route of layering the live amp stuff over the SansAmp stuff just to fatten it up further, and give it some analog pump that it seems to be missing.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that we'll be using a recently recapped Trident 80 console to mix. I'll probably try out the pres and the EQ on this for tracking the live amp stuff, as I'm sure it will have that SS attack we're looking for.

Anybody else ever get anything "useable" going DI with SansAmp ?

3rd December 2006, 10:45 PM	#22
sage691 Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 667	All, OK, wow -- I didn't expect so many responses. Guess there are more "balls to the wall" dist. guitar slutz on here than I initially imagined. I'm actually more of a piano player and singer, so excuse my lack of knowledge on this subject. We just have a few tunes on this record that require that tight, excessively LOUD, fat bottom, ballistic guitar sound. As far as multiple takes and layering tracks, we've got that down already. I know it may sound like sacreliege, but we got some pretty impressive tones going DI via a Neve 1272 and tweaking the *hit out of the SansAmp plug. I just feel like it could all be stepped up a notch or 2, especially since the material is so visceral. I'm thinking about going the route of layering the live amp stuff over the SansAmp stuff just to fatten it up further, and give it some analog pump that it seems to be missing. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that we'll be using a recently recapped Trident 80 console to mix. I'll probably try out the pres and the EQ on this for tracking the live amp stuff, as I'm sure it will have that SS attack we're looking for. Anybody else ever get anything "useable" going DI with SansAmp ?