Hi there,
didn't install reaper yet, but got some surprising results with my equipment. The bass guitar and the acoustic i have didn't even show on the scale. My second guitar with a similar setup had a slightly lower output of -6 db. My third one, with a smaller pickup actually, was clipping. So, yeah, it could be dependent on the string proximity of the pickup. But all of them are not THAT close, and have a similar setup. It is for stage, when I have to switch guitars. The distance from strings to pickup is 3-4 mm I'd guess.
All on a factory preset, 'justice fo y'all'. Last time I had my own one enabled, so the output was the same here.
The real question for me is: Is there really no possibility to change the output somehow? I mean, every audio interface, that I have seen so far, has a volume knob for input...
Next step I'll try the same with Reaper.
Best Regards and thank you.
EDIT: Reaper gave me the same outputs as mentioned above, imo a little bit more. My session guitar(the first one, that had an output of up to -3 db) goes up to clipping even.
EDIT2: Battery of Acoustic and Bass was probably empty. EDIT again (sorry!). The cable was not working with bass and acoustic for some reason. Output is also very high.
EDIT3: I mean I could go for an empty preset and just record with that, adjusting the volume in the output and then using Helix Native. But the point for me is actually to have a preset with a sound running and to change it maybe afterwards...
And finally, the biggest mystery for me is: Actually the output with the mentioned preset was lower than the DI. For all guitars.