Recording A Guitar Or Bass - Arturia AUDIOFUSE 16RIG User Manual

5.3. Recording a Guitar or Bass

Guitars, basses, and other instruments with magnetic or piezoelectric pickups run at
instrument level . Signal levels will be hotter than mic level, but usually not as hot as line
level. In addition, the pickup needs to see a very high input impedance, or its tone could be
compromised.
1. Connect your guitar or other instrument to either of the front panel inputs with a
standard 1/4" cable.
2. AudioFuse 16Rig will auto-detect that you have connected a 1/4" cable and that
channel in AFCC will add a button labeled INST. By default, channels are set to
receive a line-level signal; you'll need to click the INST button for instrument-level
use.
Press IN 1 or IN 2 to immediately access the appropriate channel. It will be
3.
labeled FRONT LINE rather than ANALOG IN.
4. Scroll to the INST button and click it.
5. Play the instrument while adjusting the gain knob. The loudest parts of your
performance should cause the channel's VU meter to peak between -10 and
-6dB.
6. If your instrument is so loud that it overloads the VU meter even at the lowest
gain setting, press the Pad button to switch on the 20dB input gain reduction.
Your instrument is now set up to feed the clearest, cleanest signal to your software.
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