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Also, any passive DI can send signal both directions. That impedance conversion goes both ways through a passive DI. You can reamp using a passive DI from your interface wired backward to change the signal back to the correct impedance.
ZX Spectrum also had the rainbow - although a 4 colour one, but if you look at the Commodore 64 badge you'll see what I'm talking about. It's the same 5 colour sequence.
Very informative as always👍 I’m looking into replacing my Tonex capture box with a reamp box. The Capture seems to lose a little bit of the signal strength which means I need to increase the gain on my interface to compensate. I’ve read that this is because the Capture is an active unit. Does the Canvas reamp lose any signal strength? I’m presuming the volume only attenuates and doesn’t boost the signal?
Okay, I understand the ideas here but I'm stuck on the Re-Amp. How are we getting the recorded DI signal to run through the new signal chain? Are we essentially pressing Play on the recording and outputting it back down through the interface and into the amp? Is that something you can do?
Basically yes. You connect the reamp from one of the balanced outputs of your interface then run it back into your amp+mic setup. Hit play and adjust your level with the reamp box.
@@SleepingLionsProductions I see, I see, Thank you! I have a mostly unused Scarlet Solo that I dont recall actually having an output, that's why I didn't know you can do that heheh
I have the Scarlet 18i20 which has 10 line outputs. I connect the reamp to one of those line outs and then in the DAW I can change the channel output to that particular line out and it will send audio for that channel there rather than the main stereo monitor outputs. Any interface that's a step above the most basic ones will have dedicated outputs that can be assigned for purposes like this.
For everyone who doesn't wan to shell out the money for the Canvas DI pedal, you can do the same thing with a simple Lehle P Split and a tured off buffered pedal (basicaly every Boss pedal ever) in front of it. ;) You can get a used P Split for around 80 bucks and there are also DIY options to build one. You can buy all the componets from Lehre directly and build it yourself. The P Split can be used as a DI and Reamp box, so you have a multi functional tool (just check out their very in depth manual).
Nice explanations, as always, but wouldn't it be better to use an active DI when you place it right behind the guitar? At least the rule of thumb that I learned is: active source -> passive DI, passive source -> active DI.
I'm struggling to find the logical thread behind that advice tbh, it possibly was relevant decades ago, but is an obsolete holdover from a worse technological time. Active DIs have a buffer/unity gain preamp element which perhaps would benefit extremely weak signals, but it wouldn't be correct to categorise all passive signals as weak. Perhaps in the early days of very low output coils on instruments using a passive DI would have resulted in a small level drop - but that's unlikely to be an issue with modern instruments. Similarly it may have been that extremely high output signals would have been an issue for early active DIs, but we've come a long way with these things. I've used both active and passive DIs with a range of different instruments over the years - active and passive, high and low output - and never come across a significant issue in any case.
@@ScienceofLoud I'm no pro, just self taught, that's why I'm asking. Nobody says that it wouldn't work in any combination, but most sources all over the internet still talk about that mentioned rule of thumb regarding active vs. passive DIs. The statements are mostly, that active DIs can handle a larger variety of signals and deliver stronger/cleaner signals with passive sources, sometimes with direkt audio examples of sound/signal quality when the passive source was plugged into active/passive. But maybe you're right and it really doesn't matter that much anymore, especially with such short ways like on a pedal board, when the next preamp/recording device is not far away I can see a certain insignificance.
can you draw or show a diagram on how to connect it on your first signal chain pedals??because i cant really understand this..because i have a buffer in my first and last signal chain
I am SO HAPPY to hear that sudden Green Day cover!! Would love to see a full one on streaming services or something if possible! Also, I spy another pickguard on that strat :O
You see a Commodore 64, I see the box for a blank VHS Retro-nostalgia aside, I still don't get why consumer-level recording devices don't include re-amp outputs, given that Hi-Z inputs are nearly universal on such machines
What about the British hero computer the ZX spectrum! You are quite right though surely this will have to become a standard feature for recording interfaces soon.
Colin, I've just picked up a nice ES135 for the early 90s with P100 pickups in it. 1) its a lovely guitar 2) it clearly sounds very different to my LP Jr with P90s and my Crimson with humbuckers. What do you know about P100s? Have you talked about them on the channel before.
@@ScienceofLoud There was a time in the early 80's when black and white portable TV's were being covered with three colour vinyl to make dodgy Breakout rip offs look better.
Yes. Mics are low impedance so if you run it through a reamp box it will match the impedance of the pedals. After the the pedals, you can put another di to bring the impedance back down
Okay. So if I have a raw DI input track recorded and I;m already using digital amp sims and effects, then this application is limited to only the use case that requires transferring the signal back out through physical effects. Right? Actually those boxes do give me an 80s vibe, but they reminded more of VHS tapes!
I don't get it. Why not just use virtual guitar amps? Is this if you want to use actual amps later in the production and then rerecord them with a mic?
With the ability to send any audio recording back through physical amplifiers and effects at a later time, re-amp boxes have the power to offer flexibility to the recording process. Find out how they could save your guitar tone.
Buy your own -
Canvas Re-Amp: sweetwater.sjv.io/g1DBzX
Canvas DI Stereo: thmn.to/thoprod/541978?offid=1&affid=367
Canvas DI Mono: thmn.to/thoprod/541984?offid=1&affid=367
Walrus Audio Canvas Re-Amp: www.walrusaudio.com/products/canvas-passive-re-amp
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Come for the Green Day, stay for the nerd talk about pedals and whatever.
Also, any passive DI can send signal both directions. That impedance conversion goes both ways through a passive DI. You can reamp using a passive DI from your interface wired backward to change the signal back to the correct impedance.
It's the poor man's reamp. But it also works really well because AFAIK a reamp box is just a reversed DI with a level attenuator.
The Commodore 64 was shades of grey or beige, if I remember correctly.
The black and rainbow was the livery of the Spectrum computers.
ZX Spectrum also had the rainbow - although a 4 colour one, but if you look at the Commodore 64 badge you'll see what I'm talking about. It's the same 5 colour sequence.
That SG came out real nice.
Very informative as always👍
I’m looking into replacing my Tonex capture box with a reamp box. The Capture seems to lose a little bit of the signal strength which means I need to increase the gain on my interface to compensate. I’ve read that this is because the Capture is an active unit.
Does the Canvas reamp lose any signal strength? I’m presuming the volume only attenuates and doesn’t boost the signal?
Okay, I understand the ideas here but I'm stuck on the Re-Amp.
How are we getting the recorded DI signal to run through the new signal chain? Are we essentially pressing Play on the recording and outputting it back down through the interface and into the amp?
Is that something you can do?
Basically yes. You connect the reamp from one of the balanced outputs of your interface then run it back into your amp+mic setup. Hit play and adjust your level with the reamp box.
@@SleepingLionsProductions I see, I see, Thank you!
I have a mostly unused Scarlet Solo that I dont recall actually having an output, that's why I didn't know you can do that heheh
I have the Scarlet 18i20 which has 10 line outputs.
I connect the reamp to one of those line outs and then in the DAW I can change the channel output to that particular line out and it will send audio for that channel there rather than the main stereo monitor outputs.
Any interface that's a step above the most basic ones will have dedicated outputs that can be assigned for purposes like this.
Just noticed the Palawan token/keychain on the Victory Amp. Wonderful place. I hope you enjoyed your stay there, Colin!
For everyone who doesn't wan to shell out the money for the Canvas DI pedal, you can do the same thing with a simple Lehle P Split and a tured off buffered pedal (basicaly every Boss pedal ever) in front of it. ;)
You can get a used P Split for around 80 bucks and there are also DIY options to build one. You can buy all the componets from Lehre directly and build it yourself. The P Split can be used as a DI and Reamp box, so you have a multi functional tool (just check out their very in depth manual).
You stole my riff 😢
In the near future I will not play level 11 anymore
Ah good, just got done rewatching my favourites from your previous videos.
Nice explanations, as always, but wouldn't it be better to use an active DI when you place it right behind the guitar? At least the rule of thumb that I learned is: active source -> passive DI, passive source -> active DI.
No. Active DI's aren't for passive guitars, and passive DI's aren't for active guitars. They're both designed for both.
I'm struggling to find the logical thread behind that advice tbh, it possibly was relevant decades ago, but is an obsolete holdover from a worse technological time.
Active DIs have a buffer/unity gain preamp element which perhaps would benefit extremely weak signals, but it wouldn't be correct to categorise all passive signals as weak. Perhaps in the early days of very low output coils on instruments using a passive DI would have resulted in a small level drop - but that's unlikely to be an issue with modern instruments.
Similarly it may have been that extremely high output signals would have been an issue for early active DIs, but we've come a long way with these things.
I've used both active and passive DIs with a range of different instruments over the years - active and passive, high and low output - and never come across a significant issue in any case.
@@ScienceofLoud I'm no pro, just self taught, that's why I'm asking.
Nobody says that it wouldn't work in any combination, but most sources all over the internet still talk about that mentioned rule of thumb regarding active vs. passive DIs. The statements are mostly, that active DIs can handle a larger variety of signals and deliver stronger/cleaner signals with passive sources, sometimes with direkt audio examples of sound/signal quality when the passive source was plugged into active/passive.
But maybe you're right and it really doesn't matter that much anymore, especially with such short ways like on a pedal board, when the next preamp/recording device is not far away I can see a certain insignificance.
can you draw or show a diagram on how to connect it on your first signal chain pedals??because i cant really understand this..because i have a buffer in my first and last signal chain
Reamping is a great way to double track guitar without recording your parts twice.
You have fundamentally misunderstood both double tracking and reamping
Sinclair Spectrum colour scheme surely? :)
I am SO HAPPY to hear that sudden Green Day cover!! Would love to see a full one on streaming services or something if possible! Also, I spy another pickguard on that strat :O
There will be a lot more Green Day coming soon - as well as more pickguards and pickup arrangements for that Strat.
@@ScienceofLoud Smashing!! Love both of those things - that headstock design on the strat is absolutely killer!
Love your bass playing now friend. Keep killing it you handsome devil!!!
You see a Commodore 64, I see the box for a blank VHS
Retro-nostalgia aside, I still don't get why consumer-level recording devices don't include re-amp outputs, given that Hi-Z inputs are nearly universal on such machines
What about the British hero computer the ZX spectrum!
You are quite right though surely this will have to become a standard feature for recording interfaces soon.
Focusrite are being threatened by BIG REAMP, making things convenient and sensible would damage re-amp box sales.
@@ScienceofLoud Big Reamp? I think she was the year above me at school
@@ScienceofLoud You could always use the passive DI in reverse. Shhhhhh.
You could do that, but I don't think I could be bothered constantly swapping the cables around. Time is money and all that.
More ZX Spectrum than C64, but I'll give you a pass on that.
I don't need to also get the DI box also , right? I can just use the Reamp box?
Reamp boxes are too expensive for what you get so i just use a di box in reverse.
Somewhere, Les Paul is smiling.
Knowing Colin was born in the 80s, makes me feel younger being born in 91
9:23 are we gonna see a lore
video soon ,also hows thing doing?
Colin, I've just picked up a nice ES135 for the early 90s with P100 pickups in it. 1) its a lovely guitar 2) it clearly sounds very different to my LP Jr with P90s and my Crimson with humbuckers. What do you know about P100s? Have you talked about them on the channel before.
P100s are humbuckers, with stacked coils if I remember correctly.
The colors remind me of the old Apple logo too.
Polaroid, too. I guess everyone even remotely tech-related wanted a rainbow logo because color computing was the latest and greatest
Suddenly being able to display more than 16 colours was a huge deal!
I remember the Atari 2600 years all too well.
@@ScienceofLoud There was a time in the early 80's when black and white portable TV's were being covered with three colour vinyl to make dodgy Breakout rip offs look better.
Wan ay ma boys is cault Sam.
I also love the retro design.
Moo
This dude is like a roadies best friend
AD30 = the 🐐🍊
With a reamp box, can you use a microphone that goes to guitar pedals?
Yes. Mics are low impedance so if you run it through a reamp box it will match the impedance of the pedals. After the the pedals, you can put another di to bring the impedance back down
Okay. So if I have a raw DI input track recorded and I;m already using digital amp sims and effects, then this application is limited to only the use case that requires transferring the signal back out through physical effects. Right?
Actually those boxes do give me an 80s vibe, but they reminded more of VHS tapes!
Yes, a re-amp is used to send recorded signals back through physical effects and amplifiers.
@@ScienceofLoud Thanks Colin!
I don't get it. Why not just use virtual guitar amps? Is this if you want to use actual amps later in the production and then rerecord them with a mic?
Man, if only there was a video that goes to great lengths explaining exactly what you are asking...
Very cool wee gadget but a bit pricey.
Get a cheap passive DI. It can be used as a reamp if you use it backwards.