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[thesteven]

On mustakatu said

@fretman, no, the spreadsheet is associated with this video instead:

I tend to think of interface gain staging for recording guitar & bass as applicable to getting a good DI recording.
Unfortunately getting a good recording may not necessarily be the issue with getting a good sound out of an amp sim plugin.

Early Line 6 plugins like Amp Farm or DI Silver/Gold didn’t like hot levels (or even moderate levels). They were programmed to use the meager levels their related DI boxes put out – and feeding the plugin a what should have been a properly gain staged input would overload the plugin killing any dynamics in your playing as well as just sounding like crap.

If you have a good DI recording and your plugin isn’t sounding right – try adjusting the input gain to the plugin (not on the plugin) and see if it requires a lower or hotter signal to hit its sweet spot.