Originally Posted By: Tony Wright
Originally Posted By: Charlie Fogle
Using the 2i2, if you input a keyboard or any other line level device, be sure the input switch on the front panel is set to line in position and not mic in.

Distortion will occur if the switch is not in the correct position.


Hi Charlie

In practice the instrument position simply gives you more gain than the line in so you can adjust the input with the gain knob while observing the halo colors.

Tony


If that is the case then you should likely route the keyboard line level output through a DI box before the scarlett input. There is an impedance mismatch between line levels and mic levels. I don't own a scarlett 2i2 but do have a Presonus 22VSL and it does not have line level inputs. That makes a line level input much to hot and causes distortion. It is also likely the source of your distortion.


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