Hi folks, I'm hoping I can get a bit of guidance here. I'm pretty much a n00b when it comes to recording, so I hope it's a fundamental issue I'm having. When I hook the Axe-Fx (std) with the 4CM method thru the power section of my THD Flexi via the loop and into my guitar cab, the tone is insanely good. I have no problems with any presets or creating new patches, it sounds great. I mean friggin GREAT!!
When I run the Axe into my audio interface, a Presonus Inspire 1394 into Logic Express on my Macbook Pro, I cannot get a good tone to save my life. Clean sounds are pretty good, but as soon as I try to add any amount of gain, I get this horrible distorted clipping on top of everything. I'm running 2 guitar cables thru the unbalanced outs into the Presonus then firewire into the Macbook, and monitoring with my Sennheiser HD 280 pro headphones thru the Presonus. I've adjusted the input 1 level so I'm not clipping, I don't seem to be clipping thru the Presonus, I've adjusted the output levels and the levels in Logic, and all I get is just really, really distorted junk on pretty much everything, even patches that sounded good thru the guitar rig. I have the option to use XLR cables, would this make a difference?
I've checked the wiki (thanks Yek!) and I don't think I'm doing anything blatantly *wrong*. But I must be. Thanks in advance for any help y'all can provide.
When I run the Axe into my audio interface, a Presonus Inspire 1394 into Logic Express on my Macbook Pro, I cannot get a good tone to save my life. Clean sounds are pretty good, but as soon as I try to add any amount of gain, I get this horrible distorted clipping on top of everything. I'm running 2 guitar cables thru the unbalanced outs into the Presonus then firewire into the Macbook, and monitoring with my Sennheiser HD 280 pro headphones thru the Presonus. I've adjusted the input 1 level so I'm not clipping, I don't seem to be clipping thru the Presonus, I've adjusted the output levels and the levels in Logic, and all I get is just really, really distorted junk on pretty much everything, even patches that sounded good thru the guitar rig. I have the option to use XLR cables, would this make a difference?
I've checked the wiki (thanks Yek!) and I don't think I'm doing anything blatantly *wrong*. But I must be. Thanks in advance for any help y'all can provide.