Posts by Rapidfire

    Jeff Beck Pickups and a scallop neck so deep you can almost see the truss rod. I love it. 8)

    Rapidfire I want to here you play that gorgeous instrument, it's needs it's own area code.

    Awesome axe!! I have a Malmsteen model and absolutely love it. Its hard to go back to a regular fretboard.
    I just moved to WA State and I am still setting everything up. Ill post some videos soon!

    I don't really understand how scalloped frets work. I mean, you are supposed to fret up against the fretwire without pushing down on the string too hard to throw out the pitch. The ideal way to fret is to keep your finger from actually touching the fretboard at all. At least that's what a teacher told me. Is it only for bending to get more of your center finger on the strings?

    It helps you grip the string better for vibrato and bending. Its great for players thats have a light touch. I really like scalloped fretboards but some people hate it.

    For home use i just go to my interface (focusrite 6i6) using spdif and monitor through my studio monitors.


    to use your headrush you can use the r or l main out just make for to have the output set to master mono(unless you have 2 headrush speakers then go with master stereo). You could also use the monitor output for your headrush speaker.


    for home use and recording a set of good studio monitors is the way to go in my opinion.

    this fixed my problem. Thank you!

    I have a 6i6 and had the popping cracking problem. Change your buffer size and lower the spdif volme quite a bit. I dont think the 6i6 can handle the volume. It sounds nuts but it worked for me.

    I plugged in an xlr to the front and realized the spdif vol was WAY louder so i adjusted accordingly


    hope this helps

    Does it only happen when your daw is open or all the time?


    are you muting the signal in the focusrite controller when you are monitoring through your daw?


    i run my spdif vol around -5db. If i run it closer to 0db it cracks and pops when playing rhythms.


    im using the focusrite 6i6 as well

    I just tried many things:

    Recording in 44,1 Khz: Doesn't change a thing. Interesting fact: Even if I record in Analog, I still get some crackles, but they seem less obvious than in SPDIF.

    I tried to turn the SPDIF volume knob down a little but it didn't change a thing either.

    Then I thought this might be due to some clipping in the input section. I have noticed that the DI tracks sometimes clip if I hit the strings really hard. But even if I turn the clean sens to -5db, these crackles still happen.

    So in conclusion, I get these crackles, whatever I do. Maybe they come from some things in my playing. I have noticed that they seem to appear more in my rythm playing, especially when I play heavy palm mutes and sudden dynamic changes. But they don't seem to appear much on my solo tracks. Maybe this comes from the profile used too.