And they do sound great but I don't think they're really needed to get sounds. I feel things like the Radial & Little Labs boxes are super elegant. Backing vocals maybe I want longer echo times in the choruses? Instead of automating a plug I'll use a pedal and real time tap tempo. Maybe like a mono Nord DI right? I'll poke that out to a phaser & adjust the sweep like a Leslie cab ramping up & down. performance style.įor instance maybe something came in with a really lame B3 sound. but sometimes they end up going through an EQ for some judicious "no fears" filtering and maybe even hit the desk where I'll ride things around as they get tracked back into the session.
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Most times I'll patch 'em off the converter output and do most level adjust from the DAW send, rarely touch the trim screw on the box.ĭI returns sometimes get patched back to converter inputs. they're certainly more elegant but the main reason I got 'em was because of a project that came in where reamping dry guitars was part of the gig. especially on the work for hire end? I don't wanna try to get a sound back a month later. Often think of the pedal stuff as "sound design" and given that, and some tweaky pedals like a Zvex or memory man? Where you'll never get the same setting twice? Mix revisions & recalls being what they are. Occasionally they run "live" during the mix prints (I'm on a desk) but usually not. Many many times though I'll wind up printing stompboxes back into the session on a new set of tracks.
Most pedals, even reverb & delays maintain at least some amount of dry signal which is going to "compete" against the source. Worth noting here that blend/polarity? Sometimes seems to matter. Then dial in whatever actual level you need on the return/DI side. You'll know when its too much for the pedal, they'll clip in a really bad way.
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Then solo sends & return and slowly crack open the send level. right out of patchbay to pedal input > pedal out > DI on mic amp back to a channel on the desk at unity gain or maybe -5dB. Typical setup for say, I have an old AC cord deluxe electric mistress and I want to put that on something right? Bus out of the desk with the level OFF to start. That's what everyone did before you could just, like call vintage king & have a reamp box at your door 2 days later. Jam a 1/4 cable in there and run with it.
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Lotta times with a full analog desk? I'd use a bus out and simply drop the level way down. And then impedance mismatches galore yes. MXR phase 90 type want to see level that's 20-30dB lower then line level. Like if I'm sending the vocal out to a ring modulator? Drums to a fuzz & space echo.? More concerned about function, are the pedals doing what they're supposed to or are they getting glitchy & freaking out?īiggest impact is level on the send side. and it kinda is but the disclaimer is that I'm not too worried about fidelity. Ok some of this may seem crude on a technical level. Sends & blend?įWIW I wanted to love the Meris pre w/ FX loop. something we probably all have a few of sitting around unused at mix.
like a few have said the best option for return side is a DI on a mic pre.
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