Question

Please help me get a decent size signal for the following setup:

Fender Strat Electric with vintage noiseless pickups --> 1/4 guitar cable--> PRO D2 with -15dB pad NOT activated ---> XLR cable --->AudioBox USB 96---> standard hookup to Desktop CreationStation from Sweetwater.

Guitar crancked up to "11"; input on the interface all the way up --->In Studio One 4.6, audio track input selected as "microphone".

No issues with hooking up Keyboard audio output (Fantom X6).

Answer 1

Why are you using a DI? You should be able to go straight into the Audiobox with passive pickups. It sounds to me like the DI box is crushing the signal completely. Is it an active or passive DI? I only use the DI box when I’m going through an amp. For ‘direct to daw’ I just go straight into the Audiobox with my Strat.