Hi to all, hope this is the right place to ask..
Ok here’s the situation.
At the beginning, before 5 years or so, all I wanted is to record some guitar and voice over some drums and bass, and hopefully create some songs.
Bought me some decent PC and while I was putting all parts together I knew that (if I wanted some decent sound) I should have some decent sound card. So I did some research and somewhere I’ve found that M-Audio ProKeys Sono 61 would be all I need. It is a midi keyboard, but it has sound card built in (which supposed to be a better choise than integrated sound card in motherboard of PC)
So I did, and at first it was fun learning DAWs, VSTs etc, but right from the beginning I had that noise with the electric guitar plugged in. First type of noise is when I use some clean amp simulations (Amplitube) and that noise is heard when I play. If I want to eliminate it, I have to engage noise gate, but that kills the sustain.
The other type of noise has nothing to do with guitar, but comes from M-Audio itself, especialy when I turn Direct Monitor knob over the half or so. The same thing is with the Gain knob.
What confuses me, is that Gain knob after half starts to blink green (which should be good thing right?, because when it goes red I know it is „clipping“ thing)
Now, i know that „noise issue“ often has the hole „electricity power in the house“ philosophy, but here’s not that thing in question.
The noise ocures ONLY with guitars. Especialy the „first type“ of noise.
If I use microphone for example, and I record some voice, there is no noise in recordings. I do hear some noise (the „second type“ that comes from Direct Monitor knob) but I can live with that. Often just roll off that knob a bit and it’s all fine.
But with guitars (never mind if it’s a strat or LP), as soon as I touch the strings, there is noise again. I stop playng, the noise stops too.
So: I plug in the guitar - here’s the noise - I turn down Direct Monitor knob - the noise goes off – I touch the strings – here’s the noise again - I engage the noise gate (in Amplutube) - loose some signal - try to add some Gain, or turn Master - the noise comes back..and so on an on, and I NEVER had the chance to hear ONLY clean guitar strings.
Now..after years of struggle with all that, I’ve decided to do something about it and to get some new audio-interface, or maybe DI Box?
My question is: is it possible that guitar signal is too loud (strong?) for M-Audo, or it’s to weak? (My guess is that is too weak, since the Gain knob never goes red, I don’t know )
I’ve seen some videos about DI Box, but I’m not really sure what that thing does (my english is not so good for all those technical terms), so if it’ll solve that noise problem, maybe I wont have to buy new audio-interface ?
Or is it that M-Audio ProKeys Sono 61 is outdated thing, and that new audio-interfaces are just better in handling signals that comes from electric guitars..?
looking forward for your answers, I’m 50 years old and don’t want to mess around with gear much, so any simple advice-solution would be great.
Thank you and sorry if my post is too long
Cheers!
Ok here’s the situation.
At the beginning, before 5 years or so, all I wanted is to record some guitar and voice over some drums and bass, and hopefully create some songs.
Bought me some decent PC and while I was putting all parts together I knew that (if I wanted some decent sound) I should have some decent sound card. So I did some research and somewhere I’ve found that M-Audio ProKeys Sono 61 would be all I need. It is a midi keyboard, but it has sound card built in (which supposed to be a better choise than integrated sound card in motherboard of PC)
So I did, and at first it was fun learning DAWs, VSTs etc, but right from the beginning I had that noise with the electric guitar plugged in. First type of noise is when I use some clean amp simulations (Amplitube) and that noise is heard when I play. If I want to eliminate it, I have to engage noise gate, but that kills the sustain.
The other type of noise has nothing to do with guitar, but comes from M-Audio itself, especialy when I turn Direct Monitor knob over the half or so. The same thing is with the Gain knob.
What confuses me, is that Gain knob after half starts to blink green (which should be good thing right?, because when it goes red I know it is „clipping“ thing)
Now, i know that „noise issue“ often has the hole „electricity power in the house“ philosophy, but here’s not that thing in question.
The noise ocures ONLY with guitars. Especialy the „first type“ of noise.
If I use microphone for example, and I record some voice, there is no noise in recordings. I do hear some noise (the „second type“ that comes from Direct Monitor knob) but I can live with that. Often just roll off that knob a bit and it’s all fine.
But with guitars (never mind if it’s a strat or LP), as soon as I touch the strings, there is noise again. I stop playng, the noise stops too.
So: I plug in the guitar - here’s the noise - I turn down Direct Monitor knob - the noise goes off – I touch the strings – here’s the noise again - I engage the noise gate (in Amplutube) - loose some signal - try to add some Gain, or turn Master - the noise comes back..and so on an on, and I NEVER had the chance to hear ONLY clean guitar strings.
Now..after years of struggle with all that, I’ve decided to do something about it and to get some new audio-interface, or maybe DI Box?
My question is: is it possible that guitar signal is too loud (strong?) for M-Audo, or it’s to weak? (My guess is that is too weak, since the Gain knob never goes red, I don’t know )
I’ve seen some videos about DI Box, but I’m not really sure what that thing does (my english is not so good for all those technical terms), so if it’ll solve that noise problem, maybe I wont have to buy new audio-interface ?
Or is it that M-Audio ProKeys Sono 61 is outdated thing, and that new audio-interfaces are just better in handling signals that comes from electric guitars..?
looking forward for your answers, I’m 50 years old and don’t want to mess around with gear much, so any simple advice-solution would be great.
Thank you and sorry if my post is too long
Cheers!