I just bought a Line 6 Spider IV guitar amp and am wondering what is the best way to record this into my DAW? I am using Mixcraft 7 and a Scarlett 2i2...
Being Line 6 I'd be surprised is the line out didn't have speaker modeling applied.
Which SpiderIV do you have? Do you get a sound(s) you like out of the speaker? If so, then miking the amp is the best bet. If its the 15 or 30 models, then the osund is probably not that full from the speakers, so the DI route (amp's DI/headphone output to Scarlett 1/4" input) may be the best route. Note that the headphone output is stereo (even with single-speaker Spider models), so if you are using any stereo FX, you will want to split the headphone output to left and right channels to separate inputs on the interface.
What do you mean by the headphone output is stereo? And that if I am using stereo FX, that I will want to split the headphone output to left and right channels to separate inputs on the interface. Could you please explain in depth, I am very confused and this seems like it might be an important concept for me to know...
Amp modeling, no speaker modeling on the Spider IV.