reamp feedback

tfenton · 8th August 2008, 12:19 AM

is it possible to create guitar feedback when using a reamp?

moops · 8th August 2008, 02:23 AM

Yes...but results are variable.

If you DI the guitar, then re-amp and route that back through the monitors as the guitar player is playing and standing in front of them, then you stand some chance of getting some element of feedback, I've managed it, but potential for feedback to occur is affected by many factors including physical positioning of player and speaker. This does tend only to be useful when you know what you want the guitar to sound like, and have essentially re-amped in real-time, though it does somehow add, I don't know what to call it, a sort of resonant loop between the monitors, strings and pickups that seems to add a little depth.

If you've already got a DI'd track and the guitarist is long gone, then there's no easy physical way to generate it, but this might be the kiddy:

Acoustic Feedback by Softube

It essentially models the guitar player as being at the optimum location in relation to the amp for feedback to occur, and then models that feedback over what was played - The demo video gives a good view - I tried the demo and had some success with it...you need to play about with where in the signal chain you put it or sometimes it just seems to kick in or hang about unexpectedly...I ended up copying the existing track, using that as a feedback generator track, and then automating track volume levels to control feedback...The result wasn't bad, and certainly miles better than anything else I've tried in plugin form.

We didn't end up going with it though as we tend to use method 1 above these days, but it might do the job for you, and I'd certainly consider it in the future if I had a standalone track I wanted to reamp that had to have feedback.

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8th August 2008, 02:23 AM	#2
moops Gear Head Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Poole, Dorset, UK Posts: 53	Yes...but results are variable. If you DI the guitar, then re-amp and route that back through the monitors as the guitar player is playing and standing in front of them, then you stand some chance of getting some element of feedback, I've managed it, but potential for feedback to occur is affected by many factors including physical positioning of player and speaker. This does tend only to be useful when you know what you want the guitar to sound like, and have essentially re-amped in real-time, though it does somehow add, I don't know what to call it, a sort of resonant loop between the monitors, strings and pickups that seems to add a little depth. If you've already got a DI'd track and the guitarist is long gone, then there's no easy physical way to generate it, but this might be the kiddy: Acoustic Feedback by Softube It essentially models the guitar player as being at the optimum location in relation to the amp for feedback to occur, and then models that feedback over what was played - The demo video gives a good view - I tried the demo and had some success with it...you need to play about with where in the signal chain you put it or sometimes it just seems to kick in or hang about unexpectedly...I ended up copying the existing track, using that as a feedback generator track, and then automating track volume levels to control feedback...The result wasn't bad, and certainly miles better than anything else I've tried in plugin form. We didn't end up going with it though as we tend to use method 1 above these days, but it might do the job for you, and I'd certainly consider it in the future if I had a standalone track I wanted to reamp that had to have feedback.