reamping signalchain/mainquestions!

[tape_attack!!!]

hey!

i will make my first experience with reamping this week and there are some things i would like to know about the whole process.

i do a album at the moment and the plan was,...because of distance and to make things easier for the band, that they will record bass and guitars by themselve as line signals.

they will record everything thru a interface with a hiz input.
first question,...is that okay? or do they need an additional DI box?

we will reamp the instruments then in the studio.
i have a lynx aurora. i will buy a reamp box this week but i am not sure what to buy.
i was thinking of the radial pro rmp or the palmer daccapo(its a little cheaper).
second question,... for the signalchain,...
i will import the linetracks in cubase, set the fader at 0dB.
send it to an mono output, from the aurora with an xlr cable to the reamping box and from the box with an guitar cable to the amp.
is that correct?
i dont get how to handle the level trim for the output...how do i know if i have the correct level to the amp???
lets say if the linesignal is recorded with a max. peak of -6 dB,...
how do i know how much i have to send to the amp?

third question,...they also programmed some synths for the songs,...they will bounce them and send me the wav files.
to make everything sound more natural i would also like to send the synth thru a amp and record it with some mics.
is that also possible with the palmer box?
i read in the radial description that the radial box also worked for reamping bass, guitars, vocals and percussions, also synths.
is the palmer box also able to do that?

hope that someone can help me with that!

thanks a lot!

cheers

[Rednose]

To reamp, all you need is a clean signal straight from the guitar, no fx, distortion obviously.
You can split the signal from the guitar while tracking so they have one signal with a distorted tone so they can play the parts, and one totally clean.

If they are using a virtual guitar amp to track, then you will just need the clean signal.
When you get the files, all you do is send the DI signal from cubase to the reamp box (I just the the Radial X amp) to your amp.
It converts the signal from low z back to hi z.
Adjust the tone of the guitar amp , mic it up and record.
Depending on your buffer size, you may want to scoot the reamped tracks back a bit to line them up with a the project.

It's really not that big of a deal, the only technical thing is converting the low z signal back to hi z, which the reamp box will take care of.

[tyedie]

Yep, as above. I just use a passive DI and plug in backwards though, much cheaper than a "reamp" box.

[fooman]

I am also going to be reamping for the first time soon and also am using a Lynx Aurora.

I am reamping a bass track through a head that gives me a great tone that wasn't available when tracking. So I think I'm going to be trying the reverse-DI option. I can't afford to drop the cash on a Reamp box when I barely ever do this... first time ever actually!

Good thread!