Luth2000
Inspired
Hi everyone - sorry to bring up a subject that seems to have been discussed over and over, but in my studies of the web, and experimentation on my own with a Fractal Axe FX II XL+ and a brand new FM3, my opinion is that clean USB recording with Logic doesn't exist. It was great to get the FM3 yesterday, and try all the USB hookups with the latest/greatest hardware and updates, with new different cables. But here I am reporting similar facts to the rest of the world.
The only way I've reached satisfying performance out of my FX II XL+, has been to run analog out of the unit into the analog IN of my Apogee Element 24. Everything runs clean, and all audio is undistorted. It is run at 44.1.
As soon as I run that unit thru USB, or the new FM3 through USB, (which requires 48 kHz) the digital artifacts appear. I've tried:
a) Making sure that the units are plugged into the same source, which is a FurmanPL-Plus.
b) Replaced USB cables, and tried different ports on the MAC (direct, no hub)
c) Tried various buffer settings on the MAC in Logic, as high as 512 with no luck.
d) I've read that "the fractal wants to be the clock source" but can't see how that happens. My Apogee Element 24 options are: Internal, Optical, and Word Clock. FM3 options seem to be default (visible on Apple/MIDI Setup dialogue box).
e) I tried running in/out thru the FM3 today and monitoring through the FM3 headphones (to take as much out of the loop as possible), and still had occasional artifacts (cracking).
f) Obviously levels are fine, not distorting, guitar sound is awesome, except for the artifacts.
So when I search these problems, as stated before, the web has many many cases like this, and the threads never really seem to state a resolve. There are a lot of suggestions, some progress and reductions of crackling, but we never get to the clean "no noise" goal that we are searching for.
Perhaps the "FM3 Status Update Nov-6" thread below will address the above and have a fix. I hope so - it seems like we need to come to a conclusion about this issue.
thanks,
Luther
The only way I've reached satisfying performance out of my FX II XL+, has been to run analog out of the unit into the analog IN of my Apogee Element 24. Everything runs clean, and all audio is undistorted. It is run at 44.1.
As soon as I run that unit thru USB, or the new FM3 through USB, (which requires 48 kHz) the digital artifacts appear. I've tried:
a) Making sure that the units are plugged into the same source, which is a FurmanPL-Plus.
b) Replaced USB cables, and tried different ports on the MAC (direct, no hub)
c) Tried various buffer settings on the MAC in Logic, as high as 512 with no luck.
d) I've read that "the fractal wants to be the clock source" but can't see how that happens. My Apogee Element 24 options are: Internal, Optical, and Word Clock. FM3 options seem to be default (visible on Apple/MIDI Setup dialogue box).
e) I tried running in/out thru the FM3 today and monitoring through the FM3 headphones (to take as much out of the loop as possible), and still had occasional artifacts (cracking).
f) Obviously levels are fine, not distorting, guitar sound is awesome, except for the artifacts.
So when I search these problems, as stated before, the web has many many cases like this, and the threads never really seem to state a resolve. There are a lot of suggestions, some progress and reductions of crackling, but we never get to the clean "no noise" goal that we are searching for.
Perhaps the "FM3 Status Update Nov-6" thread below will address the above and have a fix. I hope so - it seems like we need to come to a conclusion about this issue.
thanks,
Luther