Am i doing something wrong here.
When i use amp sims and even my kemper through my Apollo Twin it sounds good sometimes even great. No weird noises nice and thick sounding.
The moment i open up Cubase it all changes. My pickups glitch out and make noises the sound coming out of my monitors becomes like wind and real noisey.
When i open up a project and load in the exact same settings and preset from my standalone jam i will record a little riff and it sounds terrible on playback. Its lacking everything its harsh and horrible on the ears.
My kemper sounds the same too.
My chain is TS (Mogami) cable from my guitar (it doesnt matter which guitar they all have the same result) into my PRO 48 Active direct box comingout from the thru using TS (Mogami) cable direct into Apollo Twin HIZ input. Ive tried lowering the input level as low as it can go so its not peaking going into Cubase.
I just cant get it right. Clean presets sound fine but the moment any distortion/high gain comes into the chain its game over. Its fizzy its glitchy thin and just awful when i playback what i have recorded
I must be doing something wrong because all of the videos ive seen online of people using the same amp sims and kemper profiles they sound fantastic.
Ive been told on forums to use a shorter usb cable for my interface but at the same time keep the interface far away from my PC like whuutt?? hahaha.
Giving up on recording guitars as this has been an issue since forever.
Any advice before i chuck it all in the bin.
Dunno if that could be the source of your problem, but why are you going from your DI-out to the HiZ-input of the Apollo? A DI box has a line level output, so you should patch that to a regular line input of your Apollo (or switch the HiZ input to line level if that is possible, I dont know this interface).
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OP wrote they are connecting the Through output of the DI box to the Hi-Z of the interface. This is not incorrect but the DI is doing nothing and they could’ve just as well plugged the guitar straight into the Hi-Z input.
@AdamMassacre If you’re not using the balanced XLR output of your DI box you can just take it out of the signal path as it’s not doing anything.
Try dialing in an amp sim patch with plenty drive. Turn the volume of your guitar all the way up. Holding your guitar, slowly rotate 360° on the spot. Is there a direction where noise/interference is at a minimum?
And I also obviously didn’t read the OP completely… or just missed that one word, or probably just ignored it because I’d just assumed the balanced out to be used with a DI.
I guess i was thinking maybe it would calm the hot signal of my guitars. I read on a forum a DI box specifically the pro 48 would clean up the signal and reduce the input with the pad button engaged. The HIz input on the Apollo is too hot for my guitar and i cant lower the signal any lower than 10db UAD need to fix this. The line in into the interface would also be a TS cable right?
Are we experiencing ‘noise’ or buffer glitching? It almost sounds like buffer glitches because it sounds good until playback?
Or is it noise/ground loop issues? (ignore below if I’m misunderstanding)
Are we using a laptop? Try running off battery for a moment, see if it changes. I’ve resorted to a ground lift on the ac. I don’t think this is ideal, but I’ve done it.
Computer power supply’s in general can be tricky. A few years ago I built my audio PC and that particular powersupply was awful for noise. I ended up swapping the older powersupply back in.
(none of this is helpful likely, but maybe it will give you some ideas)
Im using a PC.
It seems to have randomly fixed itself…i didnt do anything or change anything…im now scared to close Cubase and shut down my PC incase it un-does whatever it has done haha.
A DI typically doesn’t clean up your signal (other than supplying a ground lift). I suppose you could use it to attenuate your guitar signal by the use of the pad button, but that would require you to use the balanced output of the DI. The Through output is not affected by the pad. Instead, connect the DI with a standard XLR microphone cable to a mic input of your audio interface.
Edit:
I forgot to say, you could also just lower the volume on your guitar if it’s too hot for your interface. It would most likely yield the exact same result as attenuating by the use of your DI box pad.
or just missed that one word, or probably just ignored it because I’d just assumed the balanced out to be used with a DI.