Re-amping drums

[1ace1]

Tried re-amping a snare the other day for the first time. Worked very well.

Did not use specialist re-amping amp, just a small guitar amp with a 414 to record it. Sounded fantastic!!

Anyone out there doing anything similar or have any tips regarding kit to use etc?

Any replies would be great.

A:)

[RetroBoy]

Hey there,

Yes, re-amping the snare is a very popular technique. I have seen this used many times over the years. I used to use a small Marshall practice amp - which was great. Now I use the SansAmp plug to great effect.

Mind you, it was only after I saw vocals being re-amped (Bono's) that I started to truly appreciate the joys of distortion!

Retroboy

[1ace1]

Cheers retro boy for reply.

Reamping vocals? Is that literally running vocals through an amp?

When I reamped the snare, i laid an amp on its back, placed a snare on top of it and then fed the snare signal through the amp whist recording with a 414.

Was just trying to imagine recording a voice box on an amp for vocals... Now there's a piece of hardware.... A voice box!

A:)

[RetroBoy]

Wow, I was only talking about playing the signal (Drums or vocals or whatever) through an amp and rerecording it.

I hadn't thought of actually putting the snare in front of the amp, must try!

That said, I have put a metal wastepaper bin, with the mic inside, in front of an amp when reamping stuff - same difference I suppose.

I have seen engineers using the original SansAmp pedal thing instead of an actual amp.

If you want to get trippy while re-amping keyboards - have two people swing round 2 Shure 58s (slowly!) while rerecording!

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by 1ace1

Cheers retro boy for reply.

Reamping vocals? Is that literally running vocals through an amp?

When I reamped the snare, i laid an amp on its back, placed a snare on top of it and then fed the snare signal through the amp whist recording with a 414.

Was just trying to imagine recording a voice box on an amp for vocals... Now there's a piece of hardware.... A voice box!

A:)

i had done similar, but used a 12" speaker with the foam ring still on it fed by a power amp and placed it on top of the rim of the snare. had the snare sitting stradled between 2 chairs and mic'd the bottom of the snare, then flipped it over and did it again. played back a gated version of the snare track to minimize bad triggers.

[TLK Tom]

Best thing to do (for snares) is to shove a studio monitor (something like a Mackie hr824 or Genelec) on top of the snare, then mic it up from underneath or on the shell. As long as you use something loud and punchy you can get really good results. If its distortion you want, try sticking a RAT pedal over your snare channel ;-).

T

[TLK Tom]

Lol pretty much like the above poster just said :E