Re-Amping - Arturia AUDIOFUSE STUDIO User Manual

1.4.4. Re-Amping

AudioFuse has a great Re-amping function that opens up many creative options when
mixing. Re-amping is sometimes called "reverse D.I." and is when you play a dry (sometimes
called "direct" or "D.I.") recorded guitar or bass track back out to an amplifier to record
the result. This lets you play the exact same guitar or bass performance through several
different amplifiers (or the same amplifier set to different settings) and capture the
amplified sounds as usual with microphones. Having the ability to re-record the same
performance through different amplifiers lets you create really interesting mixes such as:
• Mixing low frequency growl of one amp with the high frequency sparkle of
another for the perfect guitar tone
Hearing two different amps panned left and right but playing an identical
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performance
• Re-recording a great performance through a different amp long after the session
has ended
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!: Note that it is not possible to simply play a standard line-level signal into an amplifier since
amplifiers expect to see a high-impedance (Hi-Z) instrument level signal. Playing a regular line-level
signal will generate sub-optimal results due to the impedance and level mismatch between what is
played and what is expected at the amp. To re-amp properly, the proper reverse DI circuitry must be in
place like with AudioFuse Studio.
To do this:
1. Make a "direct" recording of a guitar or bass in your music software. This is done
by plugging the instrument directly into one of the AudioFuse Studio's front panel
inputs (this process is described earlier in this chapter).
2. Set the Aux outputs of AudioFuse Studio to function as re-amping outputs. This
can be done through the AudioFuse Control Center application. Refer to that
software's User Manual [p.59]
3. Connect the re-amping outputs to your amplifier.
4. Playback the direct recording to the amplifier while recording the output of the
amplifier with a microphone (this is described earlier in this chapter).
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to learn how to do this.
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