GUITAR
CAN DIGITAL AND ANALOG CO-EXIST? | Chris Rocha
Can I just say that it’s a great time to be a guitar volume from the amplifiers and he loved what After I went full-digital I started experimenting
player? This day in age there are so many he got coming from my direct signal chain. with a hybrid setup. I integrated analog drive
companies coming out with cool gear that
enhances our guitar tone.
pedals, digital amp and cabinet simulation and
I found myself receiving compliments from fans digital effects pedals. That’s actually what I’m
and other guitar players which was reassuring. currently using and I’m loving it. I dusted off my
A few years back I had to put away my analog
pedalboard, made some upgrades and run it
pedalboard and tube amps because I needed I began to receive interest from other guitar directly to the PA system. I encourage other
to find a solution to record and produce on players that wanted to achieve the same guitar players to get creative with their setup
the fly, where ever I found myself at. However, sound so after some creative meetings with my and try stuff out.
I did not want to sacrifice my guitar tone and manager we created a way for others to be able I also needed to use the same setup for my to download my exact presets. I started buying My transformation from analog to digital at
live concerts with Miel San Marcos. I began other multi-effect pedals and spent some time first was out of necessity but I’m grateful that
by investing in a MacBook laptop and a Line 6 fine tuning my sound. Once I felt like I had it happened because it brought me to where I
Helix. By doing so, I no longer needed a tube achieved a sound I was happy with, I made am at today. Just yesterday I saw that Strymon
amp to record in the studio, I could just run them available on my website for purchase. We put out their version of a digital amp and IR cab
it direct to my interface. At first, I was a little have gotten such a great response from people simulation all-in-one pedal. The industry sees
doubtful that I would reach the tone I desired who are downloading and using my presets the need to branch out and create these tools
but with some tweaking and experimenting I on stages globally. I believe that the future is for us, so let’s take advantage and get the best
was able to do just that. Our Sound Engineer heading that way. People want to insert presets possible tone we can and push the envelope at
was very happy with me because he didn’t and use them as a starting point for a particular the same time.
have to deal with that overwhelming stage sound that they want to achieve.