Radial x reamp box ebay9/13/2023 ![]() So Joe said to me, “Well, why don’t we just take the DI, stick it into a guitar amplifier, put a microphone on it, dirty it up and record it?” I said, “Well, there’s going to be some problems with that because of impedances.” We didn’t have any real method for dirtying up a bass that’s been cut as a DI. John: Yes, remember … this is the early ’90s, pre-digital. Radial: So you started looking for a solution. I think we really need to dirty this thing up.” We don’t have any ‘growl.’ It doesn’t sound like a live record. And I just kept thinking, “I think one of the problems is that we don’t have an amplified bass. So we started mixing and, I don’t know, we just weren’t feeling it. Radial: So, problem solved, theoretically! So once we started mixing, I said, “Well, I’ll just use the direct feed track.” So, I pushed up the DI track and it was clean like a DI track should be. John: Yes, the bass performance was great except for the buzz. Radial: But the performance was fine and intact? So, when it came time to mix the record in San Francisco, I push up the fader for the bass amp, and there it is - that annoying buzz. Remote trucks are noisy inside and I was likely just listening to both the mic and amp. ![]() Radial: Were you aware of it at the time? They tried to fix it during the show, but it was one of those nasty 60 cycle hums coming out of the rig. ![]() John: The direct out from the bass was clean, but the amplifier itself was problematic throughout the show. Radial: What about the direct out from the bass? I ended up with a pretty nasty buzz on the bass guitar amplifier on the recording. John: Yes, apparently, sometime between soundcheck and the live show, the microphone feed coming from the bass amp developed a buzz. Radial: So the beginning of the reamp era started with bass, not guitar? And another track with the microphone on the bass amp itself. We recorded a direct signal from the bass via a direct box. ![]() John: I had recorded a live album for Joe Satriani in New York and it was done in the traditional way - with a remote truck parked outside the venue. You’re in the studio and are looking for a way to feed a guitar amplifier with a pre-recorded guitar track from a two inch Studer tape recorder. Radial: Let’s start by rewinding back to the 80s. You can find out more about John on his website at. In this interview, we talk to John about the early days of his reamp business and how it took off. Radial approached John about acquiring the assets of his company and in 2011, John sold his design and the assets of his company to Radial, and the rest, as they say, is history. John’s first homemade reamp box design became so popular based on word of mouth that he wasn’t able to keep up with the demand by artists such as Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Prince, and others. And while Radial continues to innovate the process of reamping, as exhibited in its latest product, the Reamp Station, reamping had its humble beginnings starting with San Francisco-based engineer and producer John Cuniberti. In professional and home studios around the world, Radial’s reamp units have become synonymous with performance, innovation, and rugged reliability. ![]()
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