Hello nice people! I am connecting my electric guitar to my UR44, then adding an audio track, and trying to use AMP Rack plugin (selected from the inserts list) - I am getting all sounds distorted / like with overdrive with all presets and all amps. Do you can think of a reason? All levels, including input, looks fine. Thank you!
Hello @RockLior, welcome to the forum.
If you don’t use Amp Rack, does your guitar sound clean then?
If not: try connecting somethings else, for example a mic. Does that sound clean?
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Might be obvious, but check the input levels on the UR44, start at zero and bring them up gradually. Particularly if you have active pickups on the guitar.
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Hi @Northunder , appreciate your reply, yes the sound of the guitar is indeed clean when connected directly to the UR44, when connecting a mic everything is OK and sound is clean.
Hi @manassas77 , Thank you for your help! already did that, and it is not an issue of input levels on the UR44 . My guitar is a Gibson custom, not an active one.
I haven’t used the Cubase amps in a long time - is there an input gain on them that could be an issue? What about another amp sim - Guitar Rig or Amplitube - do you get the same problem with those?
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Hi @manassas77 , For as far as I found out the only GAIN INPUT is in consol.
Also through the VST Bass Amp with a bass guitar I get distortion.
BTW, by connecting the guitar or bass to the UR44 when not through cubase, it sounds fine.
if I open an audio track in cubase and connect the guitar or bass, I am not sure it is 100% clean - very difficult to hear, I suspect there might be a slight distortion. And maybe when I open one of the plugins it just amplify it… could be a possibility… not sure
Hmmm … not sure what else I can suggest. Just tried the Amp Rack with a direct connection from my Gibson 335 into my Focusrite and it works straight out of the box.
So can you record a clean guitar sound into Cubase, with no insert FX?
Do you have any of the DSP FX that come with Steinberg products activated in-line with the UR44?
What about trying a different input on the UR44 ? What about an XLR connection instead?
If you are still getting issues can you post a screenshot of your audio connections and studio setup?
Also if you don’t have another guitar sim, a version of Guitar Rig is free with the Native Instruments Komplete Start:
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/bundles/komplete-start/
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Hi @manassas77,
Thanks for trying to help me 
, and actually your good suggestions at least helped me to focus the problem!
I downloaded the Guitar Rig, and indeed also with the standalone version through UR44 I get distortion - hence at least now I know it is something related to the UR44.
I will try to connect to it through the XLR input via a DI box and see the outcome. Thanks to you I am now positive that there is a slight distortion (almost not heard), and probably it gets enhanced when connected to a plugin.
Thanks again Dude! 
Good stuff - I hope you get it sorted with a different cable route.
Actually the thanks is mutual … I haven’t tried the Amp Rack in an age, and I now realise there are some pretty cool emulations in there. It’s like having a new plugin 
Cheers!
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