![]() The DI signal will now be sent out to the amp, and your performance is then coming through the amplifier and back into your DAW like you were recording it there on the spot, but now your hands are free to tweak the knobs and really listen. Record arm your new track, solo it and the DI track, and hit record. Technically, you can have it on standby during all this, but why risk forgetting? Then, and only then, when the loadbox is plugged in and turned on with the amp plugged into it, can you turn on your amplifier. You may also need to mute the direct signal coming in on your interface’s software to avoid hearing the signal coming in without a cab. Make a new track in your DAW to receive the signal coming in from the amp, and if you’re using a loadbox, you’ll need to put a cab sim on the track. Now you can plug the loadbox’s XLR output or microphone you’re using on the speaker cab into the mic preamp on your interface and set the level. Also, you never want to run an amp without it being plugged into some kind of load. Don’t plug it straight into an interface or anything else, it’ll be a disaster of epic proportions. You also NEVER want to plug a speaker cable from an amp into anything other than a load-bearing device such as a loadbox or speaker cab. So make sure you’re plugging an 8ohm output into an 8ohm loadbox or 16ohm into 16ohm, etc. At best, if you mismatch it will sound like crap. You MUST match the impedance (ohms) of the amp’s output to the loadbox. ![]() You are now going to plug an amplifier speaker cable (the same kind that goes from your head to your cab) from the power amp output of your amplifier into either the loadbox (if you’re recording the direct signal and using cab IRs) or into your speaker cab (if you’re mic’ing a cab). The next step is crucial for you to get right for the safety of all the devices involved. Then you plug a guitar cable from the output of the reamp box into the front input of your amp (or first into any effects going into the front of the amp). ![]() Then you’re going to plug your TRS cable into that line out, and plug the other end into the input of your reamp box. Next, you need to route the DI signal you just recorded so it’s coming out a line out from your interface. ![]() This is a whole topic in itself, but the short version is that you plug your guitar into the DI box, and plug the DI box from the XLR out into a mic preamp on your interface (some interfaces have a DI input on the front and you don’t need a DI box, although the quality is questionable on some units), then you record your guitar that way (usually with amp sims on the track for monitoring) into your DAW. ![]() In this video, I’m using the Two Notes Torpedo Reload, which has a DI, a reamp box, and a loadbox all in one, but you can achieve this with each separate unit.įirst, you’ll need to record your guitar as a DI signal. A load box (if you want to record direct) or a speaker cab and microphone(s).You need the right tools and the right technique, and then you can be incredibly creative in getting the tones you want from your amps. The process of taking your DI guitar tracks and turning them into something you can actually use in a mix isn’t actually all that hard or complicated, but it’s something you have to do a very particular way in order for it to work. ![]()
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