Does anyone route theyre drummachines through a guitar amp??

stjohn · Post by **stjohn** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:22 pm

doing a recording prject at the moment for college...
im in desparate need of some drums, but ive not drummer or kit available... so im thinking about routing my machine drum in!

anyone done this sucessfully??

im thinking maybe do it with each bit separely solo'd!!

Frankie · Post by **Frankie** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:50 pm

before i had more proper monitors i'd hook up my drum machines to a friends amp. it is pretty wicked, all distorted and crunchy.

really fun for shows too. : )

Nod · Post by **Nod** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:56 pm

stjohn wrote:doing a recording prject at the moment for college...
im in desparate need of some drums, but ive not drummer or kit available... so im thinking about routing my machine drum in! anyone done this sucessfully?? im thinking maybe do it with each bit separely solo'd!!

Yep - I use all kind of outboard, including amps, when I can on drums but a personal fave is the Sansamp boxes (esp: the rackmount PSA1's). Throw a bit of kick and snare thru them and lightly mix that in with the original - & sometimes I'll throw that out of phase to drop the kick drum down an octave. Very cool sound

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:06 pm

I've heard of both nin and bjork routing all sorts of things through guitar amps including vst synths and drum machines, I may recall even hearing that beck does it but I might be mistaken about that one. I don't think they are the only ones either.

I've tried it before, routed some stuff out of live into a tiny combo that I had hid under a sink in my room (yes I actually had a bathroom sink in my room) it sounded pretty cool but my mic was too crappy to do it properly. If I ever get a proper condenser I'm totally doing it again though.

recording vst's through amps or monitors with a mic and then back into your computer is a great way to introduce accoustical environments to your mic which wouldn't normally be there and which reverbs don't usually do properly.

telekom · Post by **telekom** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:46 pm

Yeah, SR16 through my Zoom effects pedal - results in some crazy distorted beats...

theque · Post by **theque** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:50 am

according to a lot of the D&B boys on the grid, this is a popular tecnique. particularly overdriving it throught a valve guitar amp like a marshall. i should give it a try sometime.

v00d00ppl · Post by **v00d00ppl** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:51 am

i remember reading an issue of remix where the chem bros. put teir synths through guitar amps.......

i have put a lot of sounds throgh it, once you put the signal through it, record its output then chop it on your sampler and bam, u have a sound library that only a few people knew how you got to that sound.

Sartori · Post by **Sartori** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:09 am

I play my e-drums through a bass amp, you can really feel the kick drum in yer gut...

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:18 am

I've routed my machinedrum through my PodXt before, neat stuff.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:04 pm

v00d00ppl wrote:i remember reading an issue of remix where the chem bros. put teir synths through guitar amps.......

that's a VERY common practise. In fact, if you listen to 70's funk with synth lines it's almost never d/i - everything is run through an amp and cabinet, so that it sits better with the acoustic sound sources.

aisling · Post by **aisling** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:50 pm

Nod wrote:
stjohn wrote:doing a recording prject at the moment for college...
im in desparate need of some drums, but ive not drummer or kit available... so im thinking about routing my machine drum in! anyone done this sucessfully?? im thinking maybe do it with each bit separely solo'd!!
Yep - I use all kind of outboard, including amps, when I can on drums but a personal fave is the Sansamp boxes (esp: the rackmount PSA1's). Throw a bit of kick and snare thru them and lightly mix that in with the original - & sometimes I'll throw that out of phase to drop the kick drum down an octave. Very cool sound

great idea

4ace · Post by **4ace** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:13 pm

I've ran drums and synth lines through my PODxt pro via SPDIF........

Some MEAN sounding stuff.Plus all the fx outboard really helped, at the time i was still on a PPC powermac.

cyphersum · Post by **cyphersum** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:45 pm

another technique is to use 2 mics.

use mic 1 to record the amped sound(drum machine, synth, etc.) close to source

use mic 2 to record ambience from another area like down the hall, across the room, etc.

now you can change the balance of the mix between the two... provided you recorded on separate tracks

3dot... · Post by **3dot...** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:32 pm

Running stuff through guitar amps is Great...Running stuff through guitar pedals is great...putting the amp in the closet is cool...putting the amp in the bathroom is very cool... also leaning the amp against a wall creates a nice effect...

grok · Post by **grok** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:27 am

Just be carefull. I did it once when I was playing with the band. I hooked up my ultralite on a Fender Twin Reverb. Sounded bloody well, for about 30 min. then it was over with the Fender. Broke. over and out,

Had to pay the owner for a repair. The guy at the repair shop said them speaker cant handle deep base sounds. But it sounded like hell.

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