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Silent DI Cranked Amp Recording With The "Julius" Loadbox (5 different amps/clips)
Just made a video testing the new "Julius" Load-box/Dummy load I got off Reverb from the guy who makes them (8 ohms / 200 watts). This is a "reactive" design & that's supposedly better than "resistive" for keeping the amp's dynamics/feel/tone etc intact/unchanged.. and that was pretty much my experience with it ..so I'd say that's pretty accurate :bigthumb:
Recorded with my old Zoom MRS 1044 digital multi-track recorder. (Amp's 8 ohm "speaker" output -> Behringer Ultra G DI Box -> Little Bear {Cheap Chinese} Cab sim pedal -> Zoom MRS 1044 recorder.)
Guitar (Jackson DK2 w/Lace Deathbucker bridge pup) plugged straight into the front of the amps - no effects in front or in the loop - no bass guitar track.
All the amps were cranked up to about 2 o'clock (volume).
I thought I'd record it completely "dry" so that the differences in the amp characteristics/tone with the load-box in place, are'nt diluted or messed with...also used the cheap chinese cab sim pedal for that reason (it's fixed EQ and can't be adjusted).
Anyway, sweet little box that's very well made with quality components & does the job it's meant to really well. I've always wanted to be able to record that cranked amp tone (silently) for the extra weight/presence/dynamics/harmonics that I've been missing with my usual low volume recordings and this is certainly excellent in that regard. Now I just need to buy an actual bass guitar & lay down some bass tracks and things should start sounding pretty cool (hopefully)
Just made a video testing the new "Julius" Load-box/Dummy load I got off Reverb from the guy who makes them (8 ohms / 200 watts). This is a "reactive" design & that's supposedly better than "resistive" for keeping the amp's dynamics/feel/tone etc intact/unchanged.. and that was pretty much my experience with it ..so I'd say that's pretty accurate :bigthumb:
Recorded with my old Zoom MRS 1044 digital multi-track recorder. (Amp's 8 ohm "speaker" output -> Behringer Ultra G DI Box -> Little Bear {Cheap Chinese} Cab sim pedal -> Zoom MRS 1044 recorder.)
Guitar (Jackson DK2 w/Lace Deathbucker bridge pup) plugged straight into the front of the amps - no effects in front or in the loop - no bass guitar track.
All the amps were cranked up to about 2 o'clock (volume).
I thought I'd record it completely "dry" so that the differences in the amp characteristics/tone with the load-box in place, are'nt diluted or messed with...also used the cheap chinese cab sim pedal for that reason (it's fixed EQ and can't be adjusted).
Anyway, sweet little box that's very well made with quality components & does the job it's meant to really well. I've always wanted to be able to record that cranked amp tone (silently) for the extra weight/presence/dynamics/harmonics that I've been missing with my usual low volume recordings and this is certainly excellent in that regard. Now I just need to buy an actual bass guitar & lay down some bass tracks and things should start sounding pretty cool (hopefully)
