I'm attempting to set up my laptop,to fiddle about with a software recording system on my laptop using Reaper(64).
I've downloaded a trial version of Reaper & I've bought a used P.S. Audio Box,to get my guitar signal into the software,i have a couple of questions,maybe someone can help me with.
In reaper there's an interface box,where I can set-up the input/output,to/from the audio box,what is the correct/best settings from the drop down box settings?at the moment it's set to ASIO?,& it's working.
The other question is with my Guitar plugged into the Audio Box,i'm hearing an amplified guitar signal,which I can control with the guitar volume knob,where is this amplified signal coming from?
As you can tell i'm clueless about this,so any answers would be great.=)
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Regarding the guitar signal you're hearing - as already said, you might be hearing the pure guitar pickup signal going into the AudioBox (pre-analogue-to-digital conversion) because you've got the mic control set to put some of the incoming signal into your monitor mix. Turn the mix control on the AudioBox all the way to the "Playback" side (clockwise) to get rid of it.
Or, if you're sending that signal to a track in Reaper, there's almost certainly a setting somewhere in Reaper (which I don't use, can you tell?) that allows you to monitor an input signal after it's been turned into digital, run through your amp sim plugins and converted back to analogue so you can hear how it sounds with some amp sim processing. Turn that off for the track and it should go away.
Good luck!
There should also be a software mixer that you can use to set the i/o levels for the interface onscreen.
To make matters worse I have 2 threads running,because I didn't know the problems i'm having could relate to both the Audio Box &/or Reaper,so I asked for help on both
i'll clarify that the problems are probably me,not the products,but the net result,is I can't get reaper working properly either.
Can I ask another question about the Audio Box,in the Manual it refers to adjusting the "buffer"?,but I can't locate the dropdown it refers to,in the PS instructions.
I think I've downloaded the correct software(universal control?)or that's the only one I can find,but when I open it it just shows me a box,that looks as blank as me,any suggestions,what I've done wrong here/.
Oh,dogload,i'm not suggesting there's anything wrong with Pre Sonus,,but I know there's plenty wrong with me.