Posted on May 29, 2007 10:17 am
crux
Typo Szar
Member Since: Jul 04, 2002
I posted a while back and kind of neglected to update that i figured out how to use the line 6 kb37's gearbox software to record, a belated thanx to everyone who was patient with my ignorance on the matter.
Anyhow, while tinkering with the thing, before i realized how to use gear box, i hooked it up to a lap top, turned on gear box and effected my instrument, then plugged the output into my mixer and into my m-audio delta 66. What i foudn was, the preamps in my mixer gave the very digital signal somewhat more of a grit that i liked, and also, since i dont own an outboard compressor, the digital compressor in gear box nicely evened out my signal when it got into my PC's DAW. My question is then two fold:
A. Is it actually acting like a real compressor that will take care of any highly dyanmic signal before it his my interface?
B. I know that once audio is turned digital the physics of its saturation (and thus "warmth") is very different than analog, but since i dont have the cash to get a tube preamp/comp could this rig suffice to get a thicker warmer sound, and maybe even some of that grit you can get from driving a preamp? Or am i just wishfully thinking, since the signal has already become digital, and it running analog into my mixer doesnt help that all?
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