Guitar splitter box

Manfred-Klose

Today when recording in the studio, there was a certain sound i was looking for in the guitar, i didn't want to double track the guitar, as it would defeat the purpose of the style of music i was doing. So i got the idea of running a second amp, but didn't have a guitar splitter, so this is what i did.

By using one of those blue boss DI boxes:

Boss DI > gets power from mic channel.
Input > from guitar
Para out > amp 1
Unbalanced out > amp 2

it worked perfectly, i got lots of noise, but i got the sound that i wanted, and phased the mics together.

Anyone with experience with this technique of recording?
Is there something i can look at locally? a decent guitar splitter that wont cost a fortune.
Or maby even schematics to build one?

I have done research on the internet, just looking for a different opinion.

AlanRatcliffe

That's exactly how I do it Manny - only my Boss DI is an older black one (They're blue now?). Works fine.

Strictly speaking you could also use a splitter cable to split the output from any pedal that has a buffered bypass or the output from a transparent boost pedal set to unity gain. Craig Anderton has a splitter/buffer in his book Electronic Projects for Musicians.

You can obviously use the para out for the amp and DI to the DAW and use Guitar Rig, Amplitude or any other software modeller as your second amp. You can also clone the DI track and use as many instances or different modellers as you like.

Manfred-Klose

yes i am aware of the guitar rig thing. there just some things guitar rig cant do that a valve amp can.

only my Boss DI is an older black one (They're blue now?).

sorry i forgots its black, i confused it with the blue samson one ?

Strictly speaking you could also use a splitter cable to split the output from any pedal that has a buffered bypass or the output from a transparent boost pedal set to unity gain. Craig Anderton has a splitter/buffer in his book Electronic Projects for Musicians.

how stupid of me, there is a boss DD6 and boss Ce-5 with 2 outputs, thanks alan, would never have thought of that.

EDIT:......................MMMMMMh , i might as well put that delay on and try and record delay in stereo............

AlanRatcliffe

Manfred Klose wrote yes i am aware of the guitar rig thing. there just some things guitar rig cant do that a valve amp can.

You mean the ability to play in a room with earsplitting volume for proper amp/guitar interraction? ? That's about the only thing AFAIC, and if you play with an amp in the room and use the DI to split off the DI guitar to the DAW, you have the best of both worlds and can combine.

EDIT:......................MMMMMMh , i might as well put that delay on and try and record delay in stereo............

Something tells me I've just created a monster! ? The only problem with that is once you go that way, you really start wanting to run stereo at gigs, which makes for a cumbersome rig.

Manfred-Klose

You mean the ability to play in a room with earsplitting volume for proper amp/guitar interraction?

haha. i use guitar rig at home, but at studio i have to use with what i can do.
i might have a look at amplitude sometime, a friend told me it apparently better than a valve amp ? will have check it out for myself.

Something tells me I've just created a monster! The only problem with that is once you go that way, you really start wanting to run stereo at gigs, which makes for a cumbersome rig.

i am pretty much a plug and play person at gigs. dont worry to much about anything, as long as my guitar is in tune i'm happy, and my amp sounds good i'll be OK.

oh by the way the sound that i wanted , was kind of a ramstein meets 70's sound on a single coil custom shop strat. i got it by running one signal into the marshall JCM800 Slash, with a pretty standard high gain setting mic up with a SM57 just of centre(4x12''), and the second signal into the peavey delta blues(15'') with a very punchy rock n roll sound mic up with a vintage Electro voice mic(cant remember the model name, but its good for lower mids). together it gave a very wide sound and full sound

nick

My Ibanez CS9 has stereo out, I just connect one side to amp1, other to amp2 ?

Sidecar

Even a Boss TU-2 Tuner can work.