Palmer DACCAPO Reviews

Cheapest reamp box around, and just as good as the others

The heading says it all really. The famous names in reamping charge 2 or 3 times as much for their boxes, and they're really no better.

The level control has a decent range on it, there's a +4/-10 switch, and a ground lift. What more do you need? It's tiny, really well built, and bright yellow (which is surprisingly useful in a dark studio).

I've run white noise through it and null tested the before and after signals - there's a very slight loss of high end, but no more than you'd expect running audio through a transformer, and no more than other reamp boxes.

All-in-all, a great product. If you record electric guitar/bass, you should have one of these in your tool kit.

A quality piece of gear from a well-known manufacturer

A rock-solid little box that's built like a tank and does what it's supposed to . I recorded some guitar (passive PUPs) using the Palmer PAN02 as DI through a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB-preamp/interface, then reamped the tracks using the Daccapo. I took great care in matching the output level with the actual output of the guitar and achieved fantastic results. My approach in signal level adjustment is to use the Daccapo's passive "level" knob as little as possible and instead tweak it using the 2i2. No noticable coloration.

Would Recommend

This was bought to enter the world of re-amping and after careful consideration between this and the Radial Re-amper, I chose to go for this based on reviews as well as the price point.

The product seems very sturdy and would definitely be recommended to anyone who records guitars whether as a hobby or a professional. I know of many people using these units in professional studio environments without any issues or complaints and so far none from me either.

The inclusion of a level control is also very handy and is something not always featured. I'd say this offers the best value for money than any other unit out there.

Best passive reamp box

Why a reamp box?

It was my first thought that using a passive DI-box "backward" will do the job (which is in most cases absolutly right). But since I wanted to experiment with different input gain settings on my amplifier without changing so much inside my DAW, a reamp box absolutly made sense.

(Using a high gain channel with less input signal can make a pretty good "cranked up" amp sound).

The DACCAPO has a very little influence on the sound, way lesser than a crosschecked active box. Maybe on high input amplitudes, the boy will not clip because it's passive.

The reamp box might be a gimmick, still, but a gimmick I don't want to miss now.

Handy tool, never knew how much I needed it

After reading about many studios using reamping boxes for guitar and bass, I decided to pick up a reamping box, the palmer dacappo had good reviews online and the price was certainly appealing. The unit itself is very easy to use, and connected to my interface without any issues. The unit itself is very quiet, and hasn't added any perceptible noise to my recordings. It has worked great on bass and guitar for me, it allows me to fix up any mistakes/tuning issues with the performance and still get a real performance and amp tone. For the price, this product is highly recommended!

Nice tool

nice tool to keep in every musician's toolbox

Useful yellow box

With limited budget and space in my small home studio I bought this Daccapo reamping box to help expand my recording options and it has been very useful in two main ways.

Firstly, in the more common use for these boxes, I've used it successfully for re-recording guitar tracks using a DI signal. The output seems clean and the level control knob allows for matching and even further driving if desired. As the unit accepts balanced a input signal, it can also be placed suitably far from the recording interface.

Secondly, this can also be used in a live recording situation to minimise equipment needed. I have DI-ed a guitar to the interface for recording and outputted the signal through the Daccapo to the amp to provide a live sound. The DI and Daccapo may then also be used to re-record the track later. Though you may need to check interface latency for this.

Both of these applications allow for maximum use with a minimal amount of microphones. It's not just guitars you can use it for either. Reamping snares is also common as this is essentially an impedance matching device.

With its low price I'm very happy with this little box. The only downside is that now I've got one I wish it had two channels so I could do even more with it, though I suppose I should just buy another! It also looks cool and is pretty small with a very solid build. I'm very pleased with this device, especially for its price.

reamping

I was skeptical at first, its price may be misleading, but it works great, it has a potentiometer to the output level that allows quick and precise adjustment. Now the reamping is easy, inexpensive and high quality, you do not need to spend double or look at all the ways to do it yourself, Palmer has made us a nice gift, recommended

Reamp your Soung!

This thing is really built like a tank and has high quality connectors. You can adjust the input level to your interface (-10dBV or +4dBU). It has also a trim poti to adjust the output level to your amplifier input. The rubber feet ensure a save stand, no slipping, on the floor or on your guitar box next to your amp.

I use it for guitar and also for bass reamping and I had never any problems with noise or humming. I also recomment the Palmer PAN 01 as DI box.

With these two tools you are ready for any reamping at the level of a professional recording studio.

Palmer Daccapo Reamp Box

This is a very efficient, effective and inexpensive piece of beautiful equipment every guitarist should have. It is passive so it doesn't take up any space. Whenever you need to be in a silent environment (for example recording at night for home players) you can just record raw tracks to your DAW and then reamp them as many times as you want through as many amps as you want. The best part is, you never lose the original recording and change it at any point you wish. Daccapo doesn't cause any loss in audio quality and it has volume, lift/ground, instrument/line level adjustments on it that are very useful. Highly recommended !!!

Great

Does what it does extremely well. Excellent build quality. Very happy.