Pianoman43
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Hi all,
First post here, and new to recording, so go easy. I'm trying to record from an electric piano (Kawai CA67) via a Presonus Audiobox USB 96 hooked to my computer with Windows 10 and Studio One Artist. My setup is:
>> Piano hooked to Audiobox
>> Audiobox hooked to computer
>> Headphones (Beyerdynamic 990 pro 250 ohm version) hooked to headphone output of Audiobox
Since this is my first time recording something, I'm running into a few issues. First, I was quite surprised at how soft of a volume clipping occurred. Is this normal?
Second, the headphone volume is very soft, even with the Audiobox phone output at max settings. I tried to buy a headphone amplifier at Guitar center and hooked it up as follows:
Audiobox headphone output --> amplifier --> headphones
But it just seemed to start introducing clipping to the headphones at a +1dB amplification, rendering it basically useless. My main question is: can I Y-cable the piano output as such without lowering recording quality:
Piano --> y-cable
Y-cable output 1 --> Audiobox --> computer
Y-cable output 2 --> headphone amplifier --> headphones
This way I can get full headphone volume and deliver a lower volume to the Audiobox and avoid clipping. Will the signal delivered to the Audiobox will be lower quality due to the splitting, or is that not something I need to worry about?
Thanks for your help!
First post here, and new to recording, so go easy. I'm trying to record from an electric piano (Kawai CA67) via a Presonus Audiobox USB 96 hooked to my computer with Windows 10 and Studio One Artist. My setup is:
>> Piano hooked to Audiobox
>> Audiobox hooked to computer
>> Headphones (Beyerdynamic 990 pro 250 ohm version) hooked to headphone output of Audiobox
Since this is my first time recording something, I'm running into a few issues. First, I was quite surprised at how soft of a volume clipping occurred. Is this normal?
Second, the headphone volume is very soft, even with the Audiobox phone output at max settings. I tried to buy a headphone amplifier at Guitar center and hooked it up as follows:
Audiobox headphone output --> amplifier --> headphones
But it just seemed to start introducing clipping to the headphones at a +1dB amplification, rendering it basically useless. My main question is: can I Y-cable the piano output as such without lowering recording quality:
Piano --> y-cable
Y-cable output 1 --> Audiobox --> computer
Y-cable output 2 --> headphone amplifier --> headphones
This way I can get full headphone volume and deliver a lower volume to the Audiobox and avoid clipping. Will the signal delivered to the Audiobox will be lower quality due to the splitting, or is that not something I need to worry about?
Thanks for your help!