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actdmusic: Thanks for the reply. The thing I struggle with is when pressing Stop when recording, the Record button stays red for a few seconds while the barely visible pinwheel is spinning. Given that the touch screen is not always accurate, its not easy to tell that the recoding has actually ended.

dboomer - Thanks. I was misunderstanding. Issue solved.

I've been using my StageScape for about 8 months now and have a few suggestions for future software: 1. Record interface: would like larger, more obvious indicator to show when the Stop button has been pressed. The tiny pinwheel not easily visible. 2. Global FX: would like to be able to change the order of the FX chain. Having Reverbs first is backwards in my opinion. 3. A programmable option to use a foot switch to toggle Record/Stop would be handy for person (like myself) who runs the mixer while also performing. Thanks for listening to suggestions. Great product overall.

600 ohms. AKG K 240 - an old model.

I found the problem. It's the headphone amplifier that's distorting at levels above 12 o'clock. When I run the main outputs to another mixer and listen with phones there everything is clean with plenty of dynamci range. Is this normal (as in a known design flaw) or a hardware problem?

To answer dboomer: I do get distortion with the trim all the way down. When I originally plugged into line inputs and did an Auto Trim, the result said "inputs too hot". Same thing when I plugged in my piano. So I have tired running through DI boxes with -20db pads. The Auto Trim no longer says too hot, but distortion still there. Any chance I have a defective unit?

One more follow up: Contrary to what I said in my origial post, the Electric Piano (Rhodes, Wurly) from my RD-700 piano also exhibit similar distortion when I play with high dynamics. Sounds with lower dynamics sound fine.

Follow up to my own question: After looking at the spectral analysis using using of the EQs, I see that the spectral peaks of the organ tones are much higher than the overall signal level shown on the input meter. Whereas the input meter is reading -10 to -5dB, the spectrum is showing the indivdual organ tones (200-2500 Hz range depending on the drawbars and note played) as being +5dB (if I am reading the real-time spectral analysis scale correctly). This is a huge difference. Am I actually getting clipping distortion on those peaks? Thinking that I might be saturating the input preamps, I've tried trimming the input gain much lower and then pushing up the output levels. But this didn't really improve much and made it hard to get enough volume in the mix.

I am setting up my new StageScape and have run into a problem with the fidelity of my digital organ (Hammond XK-3). Problem: The organ sound is distorted no matter what the trim or levels are set to, including using Auto-Trim and Trim Tracking. Distortion sounds like digital distortion or clipping even though the input and output levels are around 0 dB or below. (BTW - I am an electrical engineer with extensive analog/digital experience) If I take the exact same signal chain and run into my Mackie 1604 analog mixer, the sound is clean. Listening to the organ through headphones also sounds clean when the StageScape sound is distorted. I've tried numerous signal path combinations and it makes no signficant difference. If I run my digital piano (Roland RD-700) or another line-level source (e.g. iPod) through the same input chain, everything sounds fine. The Deep Tweak setting has EQ/compressor, etc. all disabled. Setup: All AC mains plugged into the same power conditioner. Hammond stereo outputs into either balanced XLR inputs 11-12 or balanced TRS 13-14 (doesn't change the problem) Alternate setup is to run Hammond through a passive stereo DI (with or without -20dB pad; with or without ground lift). Doesn't change the problem. Is anyone else using StageScape with a Hammond or other clonewheel organ? Has anyone else run into this? Thanks for help/advice.