Hi, thanks in advance for any advice, here is my question:
The quality of my guitar sound is quite noticeably better into headphones via the headphone jack on my DSM&Humboldt Simplifier pre-amp and cab sim pedal while I play the guitar than it is in playback after recording the part into Cubase 5 via my Steinberg UR22MkII audio interface. Does anyone know why? Or what I should try to troubleshoot the quality degradation? To me it seems like Cubase 5 is just digitizing the signal badly and losing information, but from what I can tell the preference settings are correct and should not be causing this issue (I realize it's probably time to upgrade regardless, this version I use debuted in 2009).
The guitar sounds great with lots of airyness and detail in it coming straight from the headphone jack of the pedal so why can't I capture that to my recorded track?![simplifier.JPG simplifier.JPG](https://homerecording.com/bbs/data/attachments/76/76960-f4a2dec15217e96a45e9a5f7edc07de5.jpg)
![61acj80uDSL._AC_SL1200_.jpg 61acj80uDSL._AC_SL1200_.jpg](https://homerecording.com/bbs/data/attachments/76/76961-b8511143161938ca0149dff6e6077b84.jpg)
The quality of my guitar sound is quite noticeably better into headphones via the headphone jack on my DSM&Humboldt Simplifier pre-amp and cab sim pedal while I play the guitar than it is in playback after recording the part into Cubase 5 via my Steinberg UR22MkII audio interface. Does anyone know why? Or what I should try to troubleshoot the quality degradation? To me it seems like Cubase 5 is just digitizing the signal badly and losing information, but from what I can tell the preference settings are correct and should not be causing this issue (I realize it's probably time to upgrade regardless, this version I use debuted in 2009).
The guitar sounds great with lots of airyness and detail in it coming straight from the headphone jack of the pedal so why can't I capture that to my recorded track?
![simplifier.JPG simplifier.JPG](https://homerecording.com/bbs/data/attachments/76/76960-f4a2dec15217e96a45e9a5f7edc07de5.jpg)
![61acj80uDSL._AC_SL1200_.jpg 61acj80uDSL._AC_SL1200_.jpg](https://homerecording.com/bbs/data/attachments/76/76961-b8511143161938ca0149dff6e6077b84.jpg)