PANDAPANDELO Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I have dialled in a great sounding acoustic patch. Hearing with my headphones, it sounds GREAT! Then, I put everything to record in my audio interface (Focusrite Scarlet Solo), using Garageband as my DAW, and the sound was completely different! It was lifeless, dull, muddy. Do you guys know what could it be? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundog Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Are you using a Helix? Have you tried using the Helix as your audio interface? Any difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nylander88 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Don't make presets using headphones, though you can do it it's not recommended. You need to make patches at a high volume through speakers ( like a frfr or studi monitors) because the headphone out is a different gain structure if I'm not mistaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PANDAPANDELO Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 2 hours ago, soundog said: Are you using a Helix? Have you tried using the Helix as your audio interface? Any difference? Yes! I'm using the HX Stomp. I'm plugging the HX Stomp with USB into my Macbook, and then using the Garageband for recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PANDAPANDELO Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Nylander88 said: Don't make presets using headphones, though you can do it it's not recommended. You need to make patches at a high volume through speakers ( like a frfr or studi monitors) because the headphone out is a different gain structure if I'm not mistaken. The funny part is: When I use the headphone into HX Stomp, the sound is great. When I send the signal to my Garageband via HX Stomp's USB, I get a woofy and muddy sound. When I use the headphone in my mixer (QSC Touchmix 8), the sound get too bright! I get a lot confused. Hahahahahahahaha! I can manage to get the sound good in any way. But I need to change heavily the Eq, depending where I'm listening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunedinDragon Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 13 hours ago, PANDAPANDELO said: The funny part is: When I use the headphone into HX Stomp, the sound is great. When I send the signal to my Garageband via HX Stomp's USB, I get a woofy and muddy sound. When I use the headphone in my mixer (QSC Touchmix 8), the sound get too bright! I get a lot confused. Hahahahahahahaha! I can manage to get the sound good in any way. But I need to change heavily the Eq, depending where I'm listening. That's not funny at all and it's really not mysterious at all. It's a misunderstanding of how all of this stuff works. I'd HIGHLY suggest you watch the following video from Jason Sadites on all of the external things that affect the sound of your presets in different situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty42 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 16 hours ago, PANDAPANDELO said: The funny part is: When I use the headphone into HX Stomp, the sound is great. When I send the signal to my Garageband via HX Stomp's USB, I get a woofy and muddy sound. When I use the headphone in my mixer (QSC Touchmix 8), the sound get too bright! I get a lot confused. Hahahahahahahaha! I can manage to get the sound good in any way. But I need to change heavily the Eq, depending where I'm listening. What you hear through your headphones that are plugged directly into the Stomp should sound identical to what you record in your DAW. If it *doesn't*, then something isn't configured correctly. Unfortunately I'm not a Mac user, so I can't help you with the configuration specifics, but there is a real problem somewhere if what you're hearing on playback doesn't sound almost exactly like what you heard from the headphone port of the Stomp. Don't give up--there is a solution to whatever the issue is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundog Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Why does Mr. Sadites have such a large head? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsvette12 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 On 5/15/2020 at 3:32 PM, PANDAPANDELO said: The funny part is: When I use the headphone into HX Stomp, the sound is great. When I send the signal to my Garageband via HX Stomp's USB, I get a woofy and muddy sound. When I use the headphone in my mixer (QSC Touchmix 8), the sound get too bright! I get a lot confused. Hahahahahahahaha! I can manage to get the sound good in any way. But I need to change heavily the Eq, depending where I'm listening. Not sure about stomp but in helix choose multi out in settings and in helix edit path you have multi out on at least the last output block - I also had this problem In daw I chose input 1 one on input section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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