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Problem
Items to check
Can you hear sound by connecting
headphones?
Is the [OUTPUT] knob of the Rubix
turned down?
Could the volume of the application
you're using be turned down?
The sound played
by the computer
Windows
is inaudible or too
Is the computer's system volume
quiet
setting turned down?
Windows
Are you using voice communication
software?
Are you using the correct jack?
Is the [Hi-Z] button set to "OFF"?
My guitar is too
quiet
Is the input level too low?
Could you be using a connection
cable that contains a resistor?
Are you using the correct jack?
My microphone is
Does the sensitivity of the
too quiet
microphone match the nominal
input level of the Rubix?
Is the DAW software configured to
When a signal is
record in stereo?
input via either
If so, the signal input via the
the INPUT 1L or
INPUT 1L jack is recorded on the left
INPUT 2R jack only,
channel, and the signal input via
only one channel is
the INPUT 2R jack is recorded on the
recorded
right channel.
A device
connected to one
Could the level indicator be lit red?
of the input jacks is
distorting
Action
If you can hear sound through headphones connected to the PHONES jack, check
that you have correctly connected your audio playback system (external monitors),
and adjust the volume of your equipment.
If the sound in your headphones is inaudible or too soft, check the other
troubleshooting items.
Use the Rubix's [OUTPUT] knob to adjust the volume.
Raise the volume in the application.
Use the following procedure to adjust system volume.
"Control Panel"
1.
Open the
[Hardware and Sound]
2.
Click the
icon.
After the volume mixer appears, select the Rubix's
3.
menu and adjust the volume.
Use the following procedure to disable automatic volume adjustment.
"Control Panel,"
1.
Open the
[Sound]
icon.
If you have selected Icon view, click the [Sound] icon.
[Communications]
2.
In the
tab, set
activity"
[Do
nothing].
to
[OK]
3.
Click the
button to close the
Connect your guitar to the INPUT 1L (or INPUT 3L) jack (p. 2, p. 4, p. 7).
Set the [Hi-Z] button to
"ON"
Use the [SENS 1L] knob (or [SENS 3L] knob) to adjust the input level (p. 2, p. 4, p. 7).
Use a connection cable that does not contain a resistor.
Connect your microphone with an XLR connector to the XLR connector (p. 2, p. 4, p.
7). The sound level will be very low if you use a microphone with a phone plug.
The Rubix's microphone nominal input level is -60 dBu for the XLR connector, and -44
dBu for the TRS phone type jack. If the sensitivity of the microphone is low, the sound
will be quiet.
Change the DAW software's settings so that it records in mono.
Turn the SENS knobs toward the left to reduce the input level (p. 2, p. 4, p. 7).
"Category."
and set the display mode to
[Adjust system volume]
icon, and then click the
[OUT (Rubix22)]
[Hardware and Sound]
click the
"When Windows detects communications
"Sound"
window.
(p. 2, p. 4, p. 7).
Troubleshooting
from the
"Device"
icon, and then click the
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