Radial X-Amp: Chase the Perfect Guitar Tone After the Take

The Radial X-Amp is an active Reamper, a studio tool that takes a pre-recorded track and sends it back out through real guitar amplifiers and pedals so you can capture the tone with fresh ears, long after the performance is done. Built on a 100 percent discrete class-A circuit with two isolated outputs, it converts a balanced line-level signal from your interface back into the instrument-level feed an amp expects, then drives that amp cleanly and silently. For the engineer who has ever nailed a performance but settled for the wrong tone, the X-Amp removes the pressure of committing to a sound while the player is still in the room.

What Reamping Actually Solves

Reamping splits the two decisions that used to happen at once: capturing the performance and choosing the tone. By recording a clean, dry DI track alongside the mic'd amp, you preserve the exact performance and can later send that dry track back out to any amp and pedal combination you like, auditioning tones against the finished mix instead of guessing during tracking. The catch is that a recorded track lives at balanced line level, while a guitar amp wants a high-impedance instrument signal at a much lower level and a different ground reference. The X-Amp is the box built to bridge that gap correctly.

100% Discrete Class-A, Tuned for Guitar

Following the acclaimed circuit of the Radial JD7, the X-Amp uses a 100 percent discrete class-A topology optimized specifically for guitar. Class-A operation keeps the signal path free of the crossover distortion found in cheaper designs, delivering a huge 119 dB of dynamic range and a frequency response deliberately rolled off gently above 15 kHz so the clinical brightness of the recorder is softened into a natural, amp-friendly tone. The result is a reamped signal that sounds indistinguishable from an original live performance, keeping every expressive nuance of the player's touch intact.

Two Isolated Outputs for Bigger Tones

The X-Amp carries two separate outputs, and this is where it moves beyond a simple reamp box. You can drive two amplifiers at the same time to build a wet-dry rig, blend a clean amp with a dirty one, or A/B two amps against the same performance to pick the winner. One output is transformer isolated and the other is direct, and a 180-degree polarity reverse switch keeps both amps in phase so their low end reinforces instead of cancelling. It turns a single dry track into a full, layered guitar sound built from real air moving in a room.

Clean, Quiet, and Simple to Dial In

Reamping lives or dies on noise, because you are connecting studio gear to amps that often sit on a different electrical ground. The X-Amp answers with transformer isolation and a dual ground-lift switch that break ground loops and silence the hum and buzz they cause. A front-panel level control matches the box's output to whatever amp you plug into, and an LED peak indicator shows you exactly where the signal sits so you set a hot, clean level without clipping. Setup is fast, and once it is dialed, the box simply disappears.

Reamping Is Not Just for Guitars

Because the X-Amp will drive any amp or pedal from any recorded track, its creative reach goes far past electric guitar. Send a vocal through a guitar amp or a tube overdrive to add warmth and grit, push a kick drum through a wah pedal for a filtered thump, or run a synth line through a pedalboard to give a sterile sound some real-world grime. Any track in your session becomes raw material for hardware processing you cannot fully recreate in software, which is exactly why the X-Amp has become a standard tool in professional recording rooms.

Who the X-Amp Is For

The X-Amp is for the recording engineer and producer who track guitars dry as a safety net and want the freedom to choose the tone at mix time; for the studio building wet-dry and dual-amp rigs from a single performance; and for the sound designer reamping vocals, drums, and synths through hardware for character. Powered by its included 15V supply and built into a road-tough 14-gauge steel chassis, the X-Amp is the active, dual-output reamper that makes perfect guitar tone a decision you never have to rush.