Oct 20, 2006 12:06 pm I use one of these www.jlhproducts.com/axetrak/ and it's GREAT. it sounds gimicky, but damn...great compromise of volume issues and warmth of sound...
Warming up a POD
Posted on Oct 20, 2006 12:01 pm
BeerHunter
www.TheLondonProject.ca
Member Since: Feb 07, 2005
Hey all,
I've been digging around using the search function but I'm getting far too many results to go through and I hope you can help.
I would like to run a POD through some tubes before it gets to my sound card to try and warm up the track(s) a bit. Behringer has a couple of products (T1952 and T1954) that I'm interested in as the price is right. Am I on the right track here? POD -> T1952?? -> Delta 66.
We have been running the POD DI into the soundcard but I would like to improve on this setup. Any suggestions on warming up these tracks (rackmount preferred). BTW - I've tried re-amping but the only problem is that I cannot be cranking my amp at 2 AM (when the inspiration seems to strike).
TIA,
Lonnie
www.behringer.com/T1952/index.cfm?lang=ENG
www.behringer.com/T1954/index.cfm?lang=ENG
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Oct 20, 2006 12:06 pm I use one of these www.jlhproducts.com/axetrak/ and it's GREAT. it sounds gimicky, but damn...great compromise of volume issues and warmth of sound...
Oct 20, 2006 12:20 pm in my experiance with 'budget' tOOb pres, i've found the distortion (even with a 12AX7) isn't at all that pleasing....to me the real warmth comes from tOOb power amps....the preamp distortion is more 'krackly' while the warm smooth harmonic distortion comes from cranking the master volume up on the amp itself....i'd try before you buy anything. if ya wanna hear what i'm talkin' about, take your pod to a music store and hook it up to a tOOb amp and crank it....i don't think any kinda tOOb DI box/pre will do the same for your sound....then again, i don't have much experiance with that sorta thing.....all i can say is my balari tube pre, and my blue tube pre's distortion plain sucks...i go for cleanlyness not 'warm distortion' when i use 'em.
Oct 20, 2006 12:30 pm Ya, I forgot about those guys (AxeTrak). I even spent awhile talking to them at the last NAMM show. Hmmm, might be an option although I'm not sure if my extension speaker connection interupts the main speaker on my amp?? Do they usually?
I still would like to find some other way to warm stuff up as I could use it on vocals as well.
WYD - I'll see if I can test out some tube gear at our local music shop. I do have a tube amp and can get great sound from it but it has to be cranked. This is a problem for late night sessions and all.
thx
Oct 20, 2006 01:54 pm Hey WYD, I do follow you on that the big ol' tube power amps are where the "oomph" comes from. However, I've successfully used a little 12AX7 pre just before my Digitech stomp box, and the result is a nice little dab of warmth. Too much gain, or even tube (eh?) can make it break up at the wrong place, but a little dab'll do ya. Used sparingly the little tube pres can be a useful tool.
However, I've heard too many tunes where people have cranked them, and then they wonder why its all crackly!
I can do that. But I'm rubbish with compressors.....
Oct 20, 2006 02:11 pm BeerHunter, the tube pre will definately warm it up if used properly. I recomend not adding enough tube to distort but just evough to add the warmth you need. I seem to get a good deal of warmth with my POD xt but then I have spent countless hours and fully loaded it with the extra packs and kept it fully updated as well.
One thing I do use on almost every guitar track though is the PSP Vintage warmer. www.pspaudioware.com/
It really can add that missing piece to the analog sound puzzle we all get running digital studio's. I use it everywhere from single tracks of almost every instrument and voice to drum mixes to final mixdown. It is a very big tool for getting that analog sound back into the digital recording. Even if it is DSP to begin with, its sound is purely analog.
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