mmaghrabi Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 HI All, Did any one notice that when recording something in any DAW, the recorded sound always sound worse than the actual tone monitored(like having input monitoring turned on ) So i have my head phones connected to pod all the time and it always sounds good. when i record it in cubase or ableton. the quality of sound diminishes ..and sounds kinda phasey is that just me or do you get the same problem..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Check your audio system settings in your DAW. Are you sure you are using the POD HD and its ASIO driver as your audio input/output device? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmaghrabi Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 thank you for you responses. well no its the recorded track that sounds bad so practically what i mean is ,i am noodling on the guitar i come across an idea , so i open cubase put an audio mono track(the line 6 driver is the one i am using), then i record what i am playing, i know the sound gets phasey offcourse because i have direct monitoring on , but thats when i am playing , ,its the playback quality is what i dont like, it never sounds the same. maybe phasey is the wrong word to use here, but what i mean is that it gets unfocused and whimpyish a bit when i playback th recording i am talking like 15% worse . i dont know maybe its could be me then:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Check your Output mode. For recording it should be set to Studio Direct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arislaf Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Happened to me on mixcraft, that I had to turn off the live monitoring to fix the tone. that sounded whimpi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmaghrabi Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 even i i trun off live monitoring , the recorded sound is different from the sound i get if iturn live monitoring back on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmaghrabi Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 i am using the same speakers for both i guess there is no way of properly demonstrating the issue to you. because i cant record the live monitored signal for you to compare agains a recorded file. i tried audacity and got the same problem. you play something you like , and it sounds great when live monitoring it . you switch off monitoring and record in audacity or cubase or ableton, then you play it back and all of the sudden it sounds worse. at first i thought maybe the sound coming out of the headphone jack in the pod is just better than USB. so i unplugged the US port and used a fast track pro as an audio interface taking the input signal directly from the headfone jack. no change !!! the signal still sounds worse. Actually coming to think of it i remember that i was able to replicate the sound by plugging my headphones direcly in to the pods left or right out put i just tried it right now and it sound way worse!! this is the sound quality i get when recording , the same i would hear if i plugged my head phones to any of the output ports. please forgive me if i sound stupid,i know what i am saying is a bit crazy.. but i could swear that whatever i am hearing noodling while direct monitoring sound way louder and cleaner than when its recorded!!! I know it sounds more of a DAW setting issue ,.but the thing that is making me reluctant to post it on the cubase forums is that it happens in 2 other daws!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashcraaft Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 My 2 cents: You have activated the +18 db option in the ASIO driver and you signal is digitally clipping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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