Best way to a/b gear

[drewphishesp]

So I got a bunch of new preamps, compressors etc and I want to make some recordings to a/b them. I have the use of Logic Pro to record and I also have a simple looper

Is the best thing to do just use the looper make a loop and adjust what it's going into and recording that way or to record something into logic, send it back out thru the various preamps and back into logic

What will get me better results?

 

[31HZ]

The looper idea is plenty simple and you don't even need Logic -- just listen through a headphone setup, or run it through an amp.

 

[FretRiff]

Looper+headphones is easy for A/B, but recording separate tracks to switch between in a DAW might be more useful and less cumbersome (and results can be saved/retrieved) if you're comparing A/B/C/D or variations between them.

 

[BGroovy]

I’m a record separate tracks over a beat kinda guy. I’ll bounce each variation and then I can listen on different speakers to hear how each sounds in a mix in different environments.

 

[drewphishesp]

I'm going to record it into logic so I can listen back for sure. My question is should I record one loop into logic clean. Then send it out thru preamp 1, then preamp 2, etc so I get the most consistent results