LuckyDinosaur
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I just bought a Solid State Logic SSL2 MKII and in every other aspect I'm quite happy with it, but I've noticed this is a problem with most (all?) audio interfaces. Even if you are using medium output passive humbuckers in your guitar, you need to have the gain at zero or almost zero in order to avoid the input indicators going red. Some people would suggest "just lower your guitar volume", the problem is that with passive guitars lowering the volume also changes the tone, using the volume at max is quite common and part of the sound of most guitarrists.
I've seen people complaining of this bad design for decades and one would imagine the enginers working for pro and prosumer audio companies would do better than this for such a basic aspect. Do they even plug an electric guitar when testing their designs? Aren´t they aware people have been complaining about it for years? I don´t get it.
Something interesting is that one of the reasons I bought the SSL2 MKII was because it had the highest maximum input of my other options, the specs state "Max Instrument Input Level: +15 dBu", wouldn´t that be equal to 4.3V? On paper sounds like plenty, but in the practice it´s not. Maybe I'm missing something.
I've seen people complaining of this bad design for decades and one would imagine the enginers working for pro and prosumer audio companies would do better than this for such a basic aspect. Do they even plug an electric guitar when testing their designs? Aren´t they aware people have been complaining about it for years? I don´t get it.
Something interesting is that one of the reasons I bought the SSL2 MKII was because it had the highest maximum input of my other options, the specs state "Max Instrument Input Level: +15 dBu", wouldn´t that be equal to 4.3V? On paper sounds like plenty, but in the practice it´s not. Maybe I'm missing something.