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Recent content by jshirkey

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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

Okay. It might start to clip around 9 O'Clock or so, depending on the amp, etc. But I'd like to find a set-and-forget level that will work well with whatever I happen to be dialing in.
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- Post #41
- Jul 29, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

Do y'all think I should set the output level of the Axe Fx to +4 db or -10db? Likewise, how about my two analog inputs on my Audient? At the moment, I have both the Axe Fx and the Audient set to +4. As I understand it, the Axe Fx offers -10db, so that connecting to "consumer gear" won't lead...
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- Post #39
- Jul 29, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

I think I read this sentence too quickly: "For your output, simply adjust your preset output to the desired level (usually around -10 dB FS) with the amp block level parameter and you're done." I saw "preset output to the desired level" and thought you had switched over to talking about the...
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- Post #37
- Jul 28, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

Okay, I finally got it. I won't even fool around with recording the Axe Fx any other way. I still need to read more about gain staging inside the Axe Fx because if I make a little change to the output level of the amp, it then increases the output level overall, so I dial Output 1's level block...
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- Post #35
- Jul 28, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

I know I have to sound like a broken record, but there is one piece of the puzzle I'm not getting, and I think it has to do with how my Axe Fx signal is being recorded. The short answer, I think, is that it's being recorded via USB from the Axe Fx when I choose inputs 1 and/or 2, which seems to...
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- Post #33
- Jul 28, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

I'm coming back to the thread to ask a question about making sure signal levels are right for recording. GlennO wrote the following (above): "Good" in this context usually means around -10 dB FS as indicated on your DAW input meter is a good target. Note that this is true of anything that...
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- Post #31
- Jul 28, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

Thank you. I'm eager to get it all hooked up over the weekend. My one fear about the ASP880 is that a lot of people have posted about them suddenly dying. There's a long thread about it on gearspace.com. Three year warranty, though, so I should be good. Fingers crossed.
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- Post #30
- Jul 27, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

Got it. I'm not sure I could do that b/c I'll use the optical cable to connect the ASP880 to the iD24. Unless there is some way for me to connect via AES/SPDIF also, I think I'll have to use the L/R outputs of Output 1 to connect via XLR to the ASP880. From there, the signal will be output over...
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- Post #28
- Jul 27, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

I think I get it now. It just took me a little longer than usual b/c I have stuff connected in all kinds of directions. Easy for my pea brain to lose sight of the big picture. Just about positive I'm recording the AxeFx digitally via USB, and output 1 L/R is what I'm hearing through my...
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- Post #25
- Jul 27, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

It does, though. I get what you're saying, but I can't figure out exactly why things sound different when played back through the different interfaces. Is it just the A/D converters? I have no idea. That stuff is over my head, and I'm trying hard enough to get a handle on all the different...
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- Post #23
- Jul 26, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

Okay, I've just come back from doing a bunch of tests using both interfaces and playing with levels. Note: I still haven't created the aggregate device, but that's my next move. I have been switching back and forth between interfaces and recording samples with each at various settings. With...
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- Post #21
- Jul 26, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

I'm selecting tracks 1/2 in Logic, yes. The signal is low in volume and the waveform indicates that. When recording with the iD24 as my interface, I can't use config #5 exactly the way it's outlined b/c I don't have a S/PDIF or ADAT connection between the Axe Fx and the iD24--at least not yet...
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- Post #19
- Jul 26, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

Maybe I'm not doing something right. I just quickly checked the guide, using config 1 as the simplest example: "Simply plug in your guitar to the instrument input, connect your Axe-FX to the computer with a usb cable (on the FM3 use the USB-B port),open up your DAW and set the input channels to...
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- Post #17
- Jul 26, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

I'm going to do that today. Thanks. I was messing around late last night, and I discovered two things. First, I don't have to go out from the Axe Fx, into the SB, and then back out to my Audient. I think the first time, for whatever reason, one channel was out of phase with the other, so...
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- Post #15
- Jul 26, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording
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New Interface. Best way to connect my Axe Fx III?

Okay, I'll create an aggregate device. Still, I have the basic issue of how to cable everything. I may have to wait until I hear back from Ken at Soundsculpture, but I don't know if I need to run cables from output 1 of the Axe Fx into the SB, then out from there to my Audient interface.
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- Post #13
- Jul 25, 2023
- Forum: DAWs and Recording