Guitar Player Mag Feb 2013

Anyone read Craigs article on Chatter?

Good article.

I like the part about using the Y-Splitter to get the guitar to react with the amp while providing an good input into an interface.

Nice read Craig  

Craig Anderton

digi2ns


Anyone read Craigs article on Chatter?

Good article.

I like the part about using the Y-Splitter to get the guitar to react with the amp while providing an good input into an interface.

Nice read Craig  

I'd be curious to read the article. Is the split before the first gain stage?

My first thought is using Y-cord creates a parallel circuit which means you only get 1/2 of what ever you think you are getting.


Using a Y chord to enjoy playing into the impedance and reactance of the first stage of the actual amp will be somewhat nullified by the fact that the Y cord will only get you 1/2 way there and you also lose 1/2 of what ever impedance and reactance that is presented by direct connection by using the Ycord to get 1/2 of the guitar?



When I record direct and off the speaker simultaneously I split the signal after the first gain stage. The guitar, itself, reacts to the impedance and reactance of the first stage and then I split it and as a player I react to the sound of my speaker amp and cab while capturing a pretty good facsimile of the dry signal that is driving that tone.

If you just use a Y cord before the first gain stage the inputs of the two devices at the end of the split will actually interact and present swinging values that are not indicative of one single input... so it's not like plugging half into a guitar amp makes the guitar think it's plugged in to something that behaves just like the impedance and reactance of a guitar amp... it's just plugged in to something new and different. 





Was the article advocating splitting the raw guitar signal or a signal that has been actively buffered by a gain stage?



Was the article speaking about the phenomena of electronic reactance and it's effect on frequency response and tone? 

Or was it speaking about how listening to a real life guitar speaker can effect a guitar players approach to touch and feel? 



best regards,
mike

Ill have to re-read where exactly he put it Mike

I tried to get to it on-line but Im not an online subscriber, just the hard copies.

I'll read it at the store ;-)


Here's how I do it:















best regards,
mike

Thanks.

I see the answer I was asking for in there.


best regards,
mike

digi2ns


Anyone read Craigs article on Chatter?

Good article.

I like the part about using the Y-Splitter to get the guitar to react with the amp while providing an good input into an interface.

Nice read Craig  

No! But I use that trick a lot. It does tend to cut the individual signals slightly but nothin' to worry about.
 
I use it to route thru 2 different effect chains which go to their own stereo channels on the mixer. There I can mix or isolate the signals how I want without having to fiddle with the effects very much.
 
Steve