Cubase Direct Monitoring, RME Babyface Pro FS, Scuffham Amps S-Gear, Helix Native

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It all seems wacky if you ask me. I like the idea of using the fx from helix native and s-gear.

S-Gear is great for metal and no doubt it’s the best amp sim for distortion. Helix amps sound too thin and yeah helix fx wow. Good combination huh? I use Naitve Instruments for drums and bass but…. I can’t seem to get Steinbergs asio to work with my babyface pro fs for the record low latency i see everybody bragging about in youtube videos.

What’s the best route to get it all working smooth? S-gear works on mac and pc users are being deprived? RME and windows will lose sales in the audio department because of that? I want cubase 15 for the added features or is it Cubase itself needing to be able to remember all of the configurations to lay down a track with the afformentioned gear during the day is a mind scramble.

I’m slowly learning Totalmix FX with my babyface and i know how to be able to hear a dry signal in it by unmuting instrument 3/4 and that…. Woah. It got to the point today. I was needing to plug into the 4 jack instead of 3 and once i finally got a signal on 3 helix native worked then i heard monster feedback from the my babyface and then s-gear was all crunchy distortion compared to helix.

Helix distortion = dookie

S-Gear MPH Shred for metal oh yeh.

Another thing to remember though. Helix native 64/192 sweet.

S-Gear MPH Shred? 64/96 ? Then what? Render a wav with yur drums, bass and guitar at 64/192 right? Why? I mean that’s what i can do.

This is causing me to get a mic for my amp forget all of the amp modeling as far as distorted guitars go. Need i say more?

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Do you have a specific question?

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RME ASIO is the driver you would need with RME interface for great low latency.

No - S-Gear works on both platforms

Because of what?

What?

No don’t render anything at 64/192….Why??….well just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. If you recorded at 24/48 upsampling isn’t going to do anything useful for you here. If anything the resample will degrade you audio.

So trying to read between the lines and work out what you are actually asking I would say you have 2 options.

  1. Use the analogue outs of the helix into the RME and run at whatever bit depth and sample rate you want….though most people probably still work to 44.1k or 48k and 24bit, 96k is definitely an option if your computer is up to it.
  2. Aggregate the Helix and RME with a third party driver like VB Matrix and you can use both together but you will not get the famed RME low latency as aggregation always adds more latency.