Harsh clipping on my guitar recordings

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    • March 18, 2011 at 9:17 am
    samgoody
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    Hey guys,

    I’ve been messing around with trying to record my guitar, but I’ve been having a bit of a problem. My current setup is guitar >> Zoom G2.1u (equivalent to a Line6 POD) >> Cubase LE. The Zoom unit connects to my computer via a USB cable. The guitar sounds alright through the headphones, but when I play back my recording the signal seems to be suffering from harsh clipping. Even if I select a clean patch on the Zoom, I end up getting this clipping in the recording unless I pick really really lightly. I’m not exactly sure where I should be looking to solve this problem, so any advice would be appreciated.

    Cheers.

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    • March 18, 2011 at 12:32 pm
    Richard Lundmark
    Richard Lundmark
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    WHat latency settings do you have? A too low latency can make the recording choppy and distorted if your hardware can’t handle it.

    • March 18, 2011 at 3:37 pm
    Steve Hubbard
    Steve Hubbard
    Member

    Hey Sam, I really digged the pics of that Rasmus!

    I would consider what Richard has mentioned. Are you sure it is clipping, or is it ‘digital distortion’ that is associated with your processor crapping out..

    In Cubase, is the signal peaking? If you turn down the overall volume of the unit, or the patch volume, does it make a difference? There could also be some sort of boost set, somewhere in the driver? Seems unlikely, but possible!

    • March 18, 2011 at 6:08 pm
    samgoody
    Member

    Thanks for the input guys. Indeed, the signal was peaking in Cubase, and I would get that “digital distortion” as you mentioned Steve. I had already tried adjusting the patch volume down, and even tried adjusting the volume in Cubase, but none of this tinkering made a difference. I also looked at Richard’s suggestion about the latency issue, and here’s where I made forward progress. I’m still new to Cubase LE, so I couldn’t really find out what the latency settings were. However, I remembered from Pavel’s tutorial on using Cubase before (https://www.infiniteguitar.com/guitar-lessons.php?lessonid=504) that he had suggested installing the ASIO4All driver to reduce latency. This has now solved my problem, and I no longer get the harsh, digitally distorted sound that I was getting before šŸ™‚ It never would have occurred to me that latency settings would be the culprit. Pavel, Richard, Steve, thank you all very much!!

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