tc7four
New Member
I recently got my Axe FX II and trying to incorporate it into my DAW setup as I’m recording songs for a future release. I use Cubase Pro 10 with a MOTU 624 audio interface. My initial thought and basically what I’ve been doing since my beginnings as a bedroom producer, is to connect the line outs of my amp modeller to the audio interface’s inputs and hit record. Lately I’ve been considering using the Axe’s digital output (SPDIF) as from what I read, the signal quality is better. Unfortunately, the 624 doesn’t have SPDIF but TOSLink digital input/outputs so in order to make this work I’d have to get a converter box to do that (SPDIF to TOSLink). The other option is to use the Axe as an audio interface but its sample rate is 48kHz and all my projects are in 44.1kHz. And I’ve found that when converting from 48 to 44.1 you tend to loose some of the audio quality from the file, especially things that you changed with plugins. The MOTU audio and mixing capabilities are far better than the ones in the Axe. So, do I buy another, cheaper audio interface with an SPDIF option or do I simply plug the Axe’s outputs to the MOTU inputs and be done with it? How do you guys go on about recording your guitar? Any ideas or suggestions? I know I’m not going to get the sound that expensive equipment can produce but I still want to have a good result for my music.
Sorry for the lengthy post and thanks for reading this.
Sorry for the lengthy post and thanks for reading this.