NASED!

[dmatthews]

Betcha haven't seem that acronym before.
Anyway, it's New Attenuator Speaker Emulator Day!
Found an absolutely screaming deal on a used Rivera RockCrusher Recording device.
I've been wanting a way to record the whole band with my guitar being silent in the room but heard with faithful amp tone reproduction in everyone's headphones.
This device lives in-between the amp and the speaker and allows you to get your particular amp tone but at reduced or even zero loudness from the speaker. I've only just begun to dial it in but so far I'm very impressed. The 11 band EQ is the killer app!



Lots of controls and connections to tailor and shape your sound to the recording interface.
The idea is to use this as a basic track and then use a mic on the speaker for a second track for double tracking my part. I think this is it.

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

So you go from balanced line out to your AD converter?

 

[dmatthews]

So you go from balanced line out to your AD converter?

Goofing around with it for the first time today is going from balanced out to channel 2 of my Zoom R16, yes.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Congrats, Dave!

 

[veinbuster]

Goofing around with it for the first time today is going from balanced out to channel 2 of my Zoom R16, yes.

Interesting. Is the idea that you are using the EQ to shape the character of the 'speaker'?

 

[dmatthews]

Interesting. Is the idea that you are using the EQ to shape the character of the 'speaker'?

Yes, that is it exactly. They even give you 4 examples of EQ settings:
Celestion G12T-75
Creamback
G12K-100
Electrovoice EVM 12L

Found a V30 setting on their website which is what I'm using right now.

 

[prs19]

I was expecting a New Acoustic SE Day. Whoops I got that one way wrong!

 

[gush]

Man I would love one of these

 

[dmatthews]

Man I would love one of these

Is your use case more for the loadbox/attenuator, or for recording... or both?

 

[toothace]

Sweet!

 

[Huggy Love]

Nice grab, I haven't used mine to record direct yet but I can jam in the living room now.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Varah naahs! I'm a big Rivera fan, although I've never heard that one. I'm highly tempted to get their recording head that I've seen, but my fort runneth over, so...not just now...

Is your use case more for the loadbox/attenuator, or for recording... or both?

Yeah, because this one is designed specifically for recording, they also have others for attenuating and such.