Instruction Manual

Connecting the TORPEDO VB-101
4 Dry recording and re-miking
Here is a particular configuration that makes the most of the TORPEDO VB-101’s great flexibility.
When recording, this particular way of connecting the machine will allow you to rework a given
recording after it has been made. The purpose is to work on the miking when you have sufficient
time to do it perfectly — while mixing with all the other instruments, for example — and to multiply
the tracks with various miking settings if needed.
The reamping techniques (i.e., recording a guitar or bass through a DI and sending that signal
into an amplifier) are already known. What we are going to talk about here is something we call
"re-miking".
This is done in two steps :
1. Dry recording the amplifier (i.e., recording the sound of the amplifier at the speaker output with
the TORPEDO VB-101 but without a speaker simulation);
2. Using the TORPEDO VB-101 as an external processing unit inside a digital or analog loop by using
the AES/EBU or the S/PDIF I/O.
THRU INPUT
8 Ohms 150W RMS
POST SIMULATION PRE SIMULATION
LEFT RIGHT
S/PDIF AES/EBU
IN
IN
OUT
OUT
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOSTURE.
CAUTION
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SCHOCK
CAUTION
DO NOT REMOVE COVER.
!
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
AVIS : RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE. NE PAS OUVRIR.
CAUTION
REPLACE FUSE WITH SAME FUSE TYPE AND RATING
POWER
ALWAYS CONNECT YOUR AMP
OUTPUT TO A SUITABLE LOAD.
DO NOT SET YOUR AMP MASTER
VOLUME TO MAX IN ORDER
TO AVOID POSSIBLE DAMAGES.
NOTICE
SERIAL NUMBER
MADE IN FRANCE
R oH S
2002/95/EC
ANALOG OUPUTS ANALOG INPUT
USB
WORDCLOCK
IN
SYNC
SPEAKER
DIGITAL I/0
OPTIONAL ETHERNET
AUDIO ENGINEERING
IN OUT/THRU
MIDI
2
3
4
5
6
1
USB
WORDCLOCK
SYNC SIGNAL
WordClock
SEQUENCER
+
REMOTE
Audio Interface
AES/EBU/S/PDIF
DIGITAL LOOP
ANALOG
INPUT
Big Amp
O
I
OTHER
DIGITAL
DEVICES
SPEAKER OUTPUT 8 OHMS
150 W RMS max
Output mode L R
Stereo Stereo
Dry/Wet Dry Wet
Wet/Dry Wet Dry
1 Electric guitar or bass 3 TORPEDO VB-101, rear view 5 Audio interface
2 Guitar or bass amplifier 4 DAW with TORPEDO Remote 5 Master clock
4.1 Step one: recording the dry signal
There are several options to get your amplifier’s dry signal with the TORPEDO VB-101:
1. Using the PRE SIM output to get the direct analog signal before the first analog-to-digital stage
of the TORPEDO VB-101
2. Using the ANALOG line Out or AES/EBU-S/PDIF digital Out with a Dry/Wet or Wet/Dry Output
Mode configuration
24 Two Notes Audio Engineering Torpedo VB-101