Wondering if anybody has experience of recording a modelling amp, and what is the best way to go about this.
I have a Vox Adio Air GT amp, and while it produces some great sounds, i cant replicate these sounds in my DAW ( Cakewalk by Bandlab). I know you are supposed to be able to connect this amp to PC via USB, but frankly im finding this a nightmare.
I have tried running a lead ( a splitter 'Y cable ) from the headphone out into my interface but that does not sound near as good as the amp alone......
Is there a solution to this, or am i trying to achieve the impossible ?....would i have the same problems with a Yamaha THR10 ?
Any help ? advice on this matter is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
- I mucked about for ages installing and uninstalling drivers, but it was it was really glitchy and cut out every few seconds. Turned out I'd connected it to a USB3 port on my PC, which it apparently didn't like; plugging into a USB2 port fixed things.
- If you're playing along to a backing track while you record, there a latency which you have to compensate for - the time take for the sound to get from the PC to the Adio, plus the time taken for the guitar signal to get back to Audacity. I solved that one, rather crudely, by connecting the the input to the headphone socket (via a 3.5mm to 1/4-inch adapter), then playing a click track in Audacity and simultaneously recording it. That allowed me to find the time difference between the two signals; then there's a setting where you input the negative of that value to compensate.
(Sorry if some of that's blindingly obvious, but it might help.)As for "when am I ready?" You'll never be ready. It works in reverse, you become ready by doing it. - pmbomb