Hi all,
I picked up a Banshee 2 last week, and have an Axe II, which I inherited from my brother... this is what caused me to start learning guitar, but I'm still a novice, particularly on the technical side of things. I practice every day though. Sorry if what's below is frustrating - I'd genuinely appreciate any help.
I've Googled and read various forums, but can't work out how to get this thing (Banshee) to work. I read on a different fractalaudio thread to set it up as follows:
guitar > banshee input > banshee output (called 'To Amp') > Axe front input (called 'Instr')
I'm not using the FX Loop, though have seen some posts that discuss this, and maybe I should. The tube of the Banshee is right next to my mic (which is an Audio Technica AT2020). I get signal from the mic in Cubase, so that part seems fine. My mic is running directly into my interface, which is an Audient iD14.
I wonder if my problem is caused by any of the following:
1) I'm meant to be using a certain preset/chain within the Axe - I have seen some 'Talkbox' presets within Axe Exchange. So far I've just been trying it with the stock presets that come with the Axe.
2) My routing (inputs to outputs) is all wrong - from what I've read, the sound of the guitar should come through the tube, (and I'm sure this sounds ridiculous) but I'm not getting any sound through the tube, which is why I'm not getting the talkbox effect. I live in an apartment, so write with headphones, though I do have KRK Rockit 5 speakers which I rarely use. Normally I just write with the headphone jack plugged into the interface.
3) (This one is highly unlikely given my limitations) There's some problem with Banshee - when I click the on/off metal foot button/stub, the Banshee doesn't actually turn on or off... and when I turn the Gain, Tone, Output knobs, nothing changes - all I hear is a white noise/static type sound.
Any help/advice is HUGELY appreciated, and thanks for reading this far.
I picked up a Banshee 2 last week, and have an Axe II, which I inherited from my brother... this is what caused me to start learning guitar, but I'm still a novice, particularly on the technical side of things. I practice every day though. Sorry if what's below is frustrating - I'd genuinely appreciate any help.
I've Googled and read various forums, but can't work out how to get this thing (Banshee) to work. I read on a different fractalaudio thread to set it up as follows:
guitar > banshee input > banshee output (called 'To Amp') > Axe front input (called 'Instr')
I'm not using the FX Loop, though have seen some posts that discuss this, and maybe I should. The tube of the Banshee is right next to my mic (which is an Audio Technica AT2020). I get signal from the mic in Cubase, so that part seems fine. My mic is running directly into my interface, which is an Audient iD14.
I wonder if my problem is caused by any of the following:
1) I'm meant to be using a certain preset/chain within the Axe - I have seen some 'Talkbox' presets within Axe Exchange. So far I've just been trying it with the stock presets that come with the Axe.
2) My routing (inputs to outputs) is all wrong - from what I've read, the sound of the guitar should come through the tube, (and I'm sure this sounds ridiculous) but I'm not getting any sound through the tube, which is why I'm not getting the talkbox effect. I live in an apartment, so write with headphones, though I do have KRK Rockit 5 speakers which I rarely use. Normally I just write with the headphone jack plugged into the interface.
3) (This one is highly unlikely given my limitations) There's some problem with Banshee - when I click the on/off metal foot button/stub, the Banshee doesn't actually turn on or off... and when I turn the Gain, Tone, Output knobs, nothing changes - all I hear is a white noise/static type sound.
Any help/advice is HUGELY appreciated, and thanks for reading this far.