Adjust Gain of HX Stomp Dry Signal into DAW?

[timtheark]

Hello! Is it at all possible to adjust the gain of the dry signal running from my HX Stomp into my DAW? (inputs 5+6)

I understand this could perhaps no longer be considered "dry," since it would be technically affecting the signal ... so maybe not?

I've previously used a Focusrite Scarlett Solo which has a big ole' gain knob, which allowed me to dial in a healthy waveform when recording unprocessed guitars into my DAW.

Tracking now with my HX Stomp as my interface (which I enjoy, since I can hear the processed/distorted guitars through my headphones with zero latency while sending only the dry signal to my DAW to be processed/distorted further down the line), my guitar waveforms are quite thin.

 

Any suggestions? Thanks!

[phil_m]

Like you mentioned, the whole point of the dry signal, is that it's the unaltered signal from your guitar so you can use it for re-amping. You can always add gain after recording, but you can't really remove it (not without decreasing the S/N ratio, anyway). If you want the signal to be louder in your DAW, there's a bunch of ways to do it. I think all DAWs have a normalize function that will raise the level (just don't raise it all the way to 0.0dB).

[timtheark]

Gotcha - I appreciate it!