Trouble with high input and clipping

[hypersync.09]

doesn't your input channel have a pad switch ?

[baltasar fisk]

Nope, no pad switch.
I'm looking for some alternative way to lower my input.

[Kaoz]

Buy a mic, plug your guitar into an amp, mic the amp, voila.

Or alternatively get a DI.

[NeoHippy]

Originally Posted by baltasar fisk

Hi!

Don't know if I start this thread in the right place but lets give it a shot.

I have purchased a Focusrite Saffire(vertical with white front) and have a large problem with clipping. The problem is located to one of my guitars, an Gibson melody maker SG wich seem to have an output level somewhere around 19k. When I use my telecaster I get around half the input compared to the Gibson. I use both guitars straight into the line-in channel.

So, my question is if there is any way to lower the input-signal without turning the volumeknob down on my guitar =)

Cheers!
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It is not db but DC Resistance that is approx 19K Ohm, just to be clear.

Anyhow, I have set gain to absolut minimum, put every knob in the internal saffire interface to minimun and I even used the built in compressor and tuned the input there as low as I could.
After all these adjustments it still clips.

Did you switch on Hi-Z on the line input?
You need to do that!

cheers

[baltasar fisk]

Originally Posted by NeoHippy

Did you switch on Hi-Z on the line input?
You need to do that!

cheers

About the amp-thing, as I just helped my wife release a child to this world I'm kind of stuck with silence in my studio =)

About the above quote, no I don't believe I have done this switch. Where is this made?
On the front there is a switch between "line" and "Inst", this automatically changes to Inst when I connect the cable. When I manually change it to Line it becomes silent.

[NeoHippy]

Originally Posted by baltasar fisk

About the amp-thing, as I just helped my wife release a child to this world I'm kind of stuck with silence in my studio =)

About the above quote, no I don't believe I have done this switch. Where is this made?
On the front there is a switch between "line" and "Inst", this automatically changes to Inst when I connect the cable. When I manually change it to Line it becomes silent.

Ok, well then it seems as the interface switches automatically.

The input impedance should rise when inst is selected.

sorry dude.

cheers

[baltasar fisk]

Problem solved!
After lowering the pickup about 7 mm (pretty much to the bottom) the clipping problem went away.

Cheers!