Durec is a dream.
As Cubase becomes slower and slower these days I like to record guitar together with playback coming from PC.
So if there is perhaps an "orb" which playing / improvising / practising, then I have it on my USB stick. I do not need to mess around with DAW, I simply start playback with Music Bee, and record the music, and i.e. 2 Mics in front of the amp with Durec.
The best thing is ... I have now a special setup with an UFX+ in my guitar rig, which also allows me to record my Guitar playing.
So I connect the guitar to the UFX+, from there I go out to something like a tube screamer, which supports for decend sound with bedroom levels. From there I send Preamp back to UFX+.
From there I send the signal straight back into the amp to retain the punch of the preamp.
AND .. I also feed the signal to 2 Multi Effects, and their returns I also send to the amp.
So I create a parallel Effectloop by this ...
It sounds amazing, and as I also record my direct E-Guitar signal, I can of course also easily reamps via TotalMix.
In totalmix you can select the channels which become played back if you recorded smth on an USB stick.
Its so easy now to
a) find the proper sweet spot
b) optimize the effects
Have a look here how flexible you can work with it.
And with an ARC USB connected to UFX+ or UFX II you can even select different profiles or totalmix snapshots.
But as I just got the ARC USB I need to look how I can make best use out of it.
Also interesting is, that I can change the level between Guitar and Amp, can make the pickup a bit hotter, without having a hot pickup .. I could even use the EQ of the UFX*
The same in the communication between UFX+ and the Effect Return which goes to the amp.
I can make it hotter or not so hot, and balance this a little with the Master volume of the amp.
So many possibilities ... if you are interested in Durec, simply do it, its amazing !
Sorry, article only in german
http://www.tonstudio-forum.de/blog/inde … arren-Rig/
But here the diagram with the signal flow, maybe this explains it better to you.
And look for a full digital Mixer like the Behringer like this (smaller / cheaper models available)
https://www.thomann.de/de/behringer_x_3 … 2_259395_0
You get such a MADI module:
https://www.thomann.de/de/behringer_x_madi.htm
Then you can use the UFX+ even in standalone mode as recorder ..
The UFX+ is a beast :-)
Here description of the advantages over the UFX and latency of the driver compared to other products
http://www.tonstudio-forum.de/blog/inde … 8-RME-UFX/
And here what nice things you can do with MADI in general
http://www.tonstudio-forum.de/blog/inde … Cber-MADI/
Sorry the last 2 only in germany, but maybe you understand a little and I provided diagrams.
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