Problem recording Nord > Focusrite > Logic

[damonaco]

Hi all,

Hope you're all well. I have a fairly urgent enquiry where I could really do with some good advice (have some big recordings to do this week). I've usually done my recording sessions with software pianos such as Ravenscroft 275 and Garriton but for this one I'd love to use my new Nord Grand.

I'm running two jacks out of the Nord output into a Focusrite 214 (the two inputs on the front) and connected to my MacBook Pro via USB C. I open a default audio patch in Logic which recognises the stereo signal from the Nord (looks like 1 channel but seems to be recording in audio rather than two channels panned). When playing the piano sounds crisp and bright and has a lovely tone (with the direct monitor on the Focusrite set to 'Input' but when the direct monitor is set to 'playback' it sounds awful - I can't tell if it's a stereo issue but the whole thing sounds worlds apart (the direct monitor switch is set to stereo rather than mono which is a feature on these). Tried bouncing the track down and sounds the same through iTunes.

I've been recording for years but am a bit of a novice when it comes to these issues and would really appreciate some help with it. Is it the Focusrite, logic badly set up or some setting with the Nord?

Thanks in advance

(attached image of logic set up).

[Berretje]

Hi Damonaco,

My issue was that I used the Focusrite app and had 2 separate inputs (not as stereo) and didn't pan them in there.
Not sure if this is the same issue...

[damonaco]

Hi, thanks for the reply. I'm on a Mac which won't let me download the app or driver to check. I'm sure I'm doing really simple wrong in Logic but can't get to the bottom of the issue.

[catosim]

There is a software controller for the Focusrite that you can use to control some settings before the signal is sent to Logic.
Focusrite Control: https://focusrite.com/en/focusrite-control

[hilbilly parade]

From Manual
DIRECT MONITOR is a “mix” control – it lets you set your own preferred blend of input signals and
DAW playback. As you rotate the control clockwise, the level of DAW playback increases and the level
of your input signal decreases. At the 12 o’clock position, a 50/50 mix of the two is obtained.

Note that if the DIRECT MONITOR control is set anywhere other than fully clockwise or fully anticlockwise, ensure that your DAW software is not set to route its input (what you are currently
recording) to its output. If it is, you will hear yourself “twice”, with one signal audibly delayed as an
echo.

[Berretje]

There is a software controller for the Focusrite that you can use to control some settings before the signal is sent to Logic.
Focusrite Control: https://focusrite.com/en/focusrite-control

That's the one I meant