What i hear is not what is being recorded

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Yalsharqi

New Member
Hello there!



I hope you are all doing well.



I have an issue recording my guitar.



Im sorry in advance, i wrote the whole issue in details to prevent any misunderstanding.



my signal chain is:



Godin multiac (nylon string) >> apollo solo >> M1 MacBook pro >> logic pro >> output sony mdr-mv1 headphones connected to the Apollo solo.



First of all when i plug everything to the macbook, i can hear the guitar even though no application is running, logic, apollo console.. etc) all of them are closed.



Now i adjust the gain and make it lower on Apollo solo to have a clean sound (not distorted)

Because whenever i raise the gain for a certain amount, the signal will distort.



Then i open my logic pro and create a new track. I can hear the guitar even without clicking on the monitoring button. Whether i click it or not, it doesn’t make any difference.



I modify the sound of the guitar using logic plugins, but i can hear no difference at this stage.



I import a backing track on another track and start recording. The first thing i notice is that the backing track is very loud and i cant hear my guitar. I keep on recording though. The result is, i cant hear anything i played because the gain is very low on Apollo, the only thing i hear is the backing track it self.



So what i do is i rise the gain on the apollo, the signal get distorted, and i record again. And boom , logic recorded the guitar with the plug-ins modifications i made and it was beautiful. But what i was hearing while recording is an awful distorted sound that is not pleasing at all.



The conclusion is, what i hear through monitoring is different than what’s being recorded..



Can you please help me sort this thing out.



Thank you
 
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chrisso

Venerated Member
Apollo monitoring is always live, at least it is on my system, with no daw opened.
When in the DAW though you need to adjust levels for proper monitoring. If you can't hear your guitar, turn the backing track channel way down in Logic's mixer. Backing tracks are often mastered for maximum volume. I don't use Logic, but there must be an input monitoring button you need to turn on on your guitar audio track, so when you put it into record you can monitor what you are playing. Set the input volume only so it peaks correctly on the Apollo and your Logic audio track. If you can't hear it, turn your headphone volume up AND turn other sounds in your track down in the Logic mixer. It is irrelevant to your recording process. You will mix the correct balance between guitar and backing track after recording, at the 'mix' stage.
If you want to hear your fx on the guitar you can place them in Console and select 'Mon' or 'Rec'. In Mon you can hear your fx, in REC your fx get added to the guitar audio you've recorded.
 
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Yalsharqi

New Member
chrisso said:
Apollo monitoring is always live, at least it is on my system, with no daw opened.
When in the DAW though you need to adjust levels for proper monitoring. If you can't hear your guitar, turn the backing track channel way down in Logic's mixer. Backing tracks are often mastered for maximum volume. I don't use Logic, but there must be an input monitoring button you need to turn on on your guitar audio track, so when you put it into record you can monitor what you are playing. Set the volume only so it peaks correctly on the Apollo and your Logic audio track. If you can't hear it, turn your headphone volume up AND turn other sounds in your track down in the Logic mixer.
If you want to hear your fx on the guitar you can place them in Console and select ;Mon' or 'Rec'. In Mon you can hear your fx, in REC your fx get added to the guitar audio you've recorded.
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Thank u, ill try this. I hope it will solve it
 
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chrisso

Venerated Member
When you arm the guitar audio track in Logic you should stop hearing it, until you click input monitoring.
Backing tracks being too loud, guitar being too quiet is all about balancing everything in Logic's mixer so you can hear what you are doing.
 
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Yalsharqi

New Member
chrisso said:
When you arm the guitar audio track in Logic you should stop hearing it, until you click input monitoring.
Backing tracks being too loud, guitar being too quiet is all about balancing everything in Logic's mixer so you can hear what you are doing.
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The issue is no matter what i do, monitoring stays on if i click input monitoring or not
 
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chrisso

Venerated Member
Sorry, I don't know Logic.
Since Luna I stopped using Console a few years back. Someone else will chime in.
 
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chrisso

Venerated Member
Turn on software monitoring?
This is a pretty basic (sorry) run down of how to set up your backing track and then your audio input:
 
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