AMT “Reincarnator” RD-2
23/10/17
User’s Manual
Thank You for purchasing the AMT RD-2 “Reincarnator”.
Please take the time to read through this manual to become acquainted with this device.
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NTRODUCTION
AMT wants to present our new product – AMT RD-2 “Reincarnator”.
It is a DI-box and a ReAmp-box in one device.
Some words about Reamping technology:
Many sound recording studios use Reamping for getting desired sounding.
The essence of reamping technology is a playback of pre-recorded "dry" guitar signal (the signal from
the pickups) through a guitar amp and recording simultaneously with the microphone the guitar cabinet
sound.
With this technique, you can once record a guitar track and then, an unlimited number of times to
playback and record it. In this case you can try to use different amplifiers, audio processing devices and
microphone positions. Even with a live recording of a guitar cabinet with a microphone, you can later
find out that you are not quite satisfied with the result, namely, satisfied with the quality of performance,
but not satisfied with the quality of the guitar signal processing. When recording "live sounding" guitar
cabinet, you can, at the same time, record a "dry" guitar sound, then, afterwards, using reamping you can
achieve the desired result.
The full reamping cycle consists of two phases:
1. Recording a track of "dry" guitar sound, using a DI-box device and DAW (sound card). At this stage,
the guitar cabinet sound can also be recorded with a microphone, or simply be monitored.
2. Playback with a ReAmp-box and DAW (sound card) of the previously recorded guitar track, feed the
signal to the input of the amplifier with simultaneous guitar cabinet sound recording, using a microphone.
The main DI-box function is basically the matching of a high guitar sensors’ impedance and a relatively
low input impedance of the recording device. In addition, a DI-box makes a transformation of an
unbalanced guitar signal into a balanced mic-level signal for sending to the input of the DAW (sound
card). Guitar sensors have sufficiently high impedance, something like 10-15kOhm, so if the signal is put
directly to the low-impedance input of the DAW (sound card), there will be a significant change in the
signal. In addition, unbalanced guitar cables are susceptible to crosstalk and at a great length; it is
desirable to move from an unbalanced line to a symmetric (balanced) one.
