Review and Step by Step AXE IO SOLO Configuration With Amplitube 5 and Reaper
Review and Step by Step AXE IO SOLO Configuration With Amplitube 5 and Reaper
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Equipment Used:
1. Workstation
a. Motherboard - GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite
b. Memory - 64 GB, DDR5
C. CPU - i9-13900K
d. Storage - 2 TB, PCIe 5.0, Samsung 970
e. USB 3.2 Gen 2
2. Audio Interface - AXE IO SOLO
3. Reference Monitor - PreSonus Eris E7 XT 2-Way Active Studio Monitor with EBM Waveguide
4. Guitar - EVH Wolfgang Standard Exotic Electric Guitar - Spalted Maple, 2 Humbucker Pickups
5. Applications
a. Axe IO Solo Control Panel
b. Amplitube 5
c. Digital Audio Workstation(DAW) - Reaper
First I will show you the equipment this interface is going to be connected to and operate.
As you can see I have a new computer with i9-13900k CPU, USB 3.2, PreSonus reference monitor, and EVH guitar with Humbucker pickups to name a few.
You'll need to download and Install IK Multimedia Product Manager, connect and register your devices, then download and install AXE IO Solo Control Software and all allowed software.
Run the AXE IO SOLO Control Application, verify your desired settings and get familiarized with the interface device and Control Panel Software.
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Set you initial settings, as shown on the screen
At the Interface, set your Toggle switches according to your guitar pick up type and tone you desired.
At this point, I'm trying to find out the differences among Direct monitoring settings. The result are on the screen. The monitor knob are set fully counter clockwise, Direct, 12 o clock position and fully clockwise, DAW. For me the best setting is MONO.
Setup your guitar input level as shown.
What I'm trying to achieve is to get the maximum signal by playing normal and hard hitting strumming or picking without clipping. LED bar should go up from green to orange.
To test this input signal level, run Standalone Amplitube 5 software, as shown.
The Idea here is not so much of how good it sound, but how it feels on the fingers the moment you strum the string and how fast you hear it relating to latency.
The Best way to test it, is to record the input signal level using your Digital Audio Workstation. I use Reaper, as shown. It can tell you if your signal is clipping or not and it also indicates your latency located at the top corner of the screen. You can experiment with different input signal level, record them for later use and apply different effects to your desired tone.
In conclusion I like this audio interface not only because it is designed for guitar players where you can vary your input impedance but together with its Control Panel apps, it's very intuitive, easier to record than profx6v3 and my old U-Phoria and it really works well with Amplitube 5 and ToneX where I may not need to buy a new tube amp and effects for awhile.
Now listen to the recording and let me know what you think.
