Overview - Radial Engineering Reamp X-Amp User Manual

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OVERVIEW

Designed as a creative tool, the Radial X-Amp is an active device that
allows pre-recorded instrument tracks to be sent through guitar amplifiers
and effect devices. Since guitar amps and recording devices work at
different signal levels, they are not directly compatible. In essence, the
X-Amp allows these devices to 'speak' to each other. The Radial X-Amp
is an active 'impedance and level-matching device' that converts line level
signals from a mixing console or tape recorder to guitar level signals to
drive one or two guitar amplifiers without introducing ground-loops or noise.
To start Reamping, one would generally record a dry guitar or bass track
using a direct box such as the Radial JDI, Radial J48 or Radial JDV.
Afterwards, the pre-recorded dry track is routed through the X-Amp, which
in turn is connected to a guitar amplifier. The 'Reamped' sound is recorded
to new tracks.
Recorder
(dry track)
The advantages of recording a track this way are many: Once the
original track has been recorded, the engineer and producer can try
different amplifiers and sounds without tiring out the player with relentless
repetition. For the player-engineer, the track can be recorded, then the
player can then sit in the control room and listen to a variety of guitar effects
or amplifiers before committing a final sound to the track.
The X-Amp can also be used on other instruments. Keyboard tracks can
be given extra life by warming up their sound by sometimes driving them
through distortion pedals or tube guitar amps. Vocal tracks can also be
twisted into new sounds by introducing these fun effects.
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Dry Track
Mic
Guitar
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