Big Trouble With D.I

[Andrasia]

Hi Guy I need you help!
Recently I discover a Huge Probleme with my rig! It's happens yesterday still until now!
WHen I record my guitar in D.I there is a kind of distotion (pretty Heavy in fact)
I don't notice that first cause I was playing with high gain sim...

That was not like that before and the best..I change nothing!
Here is my setup: Ibanez Viper directly trhought the Hi-z Input of my edirol ua25ex.
I check the input level no problem, no clipping and the trouble come even If I low the input to the maximum!

I attache an exemple (sloppy play ^^) : https://www.dropbox.com/s/b21jgw0emgdo081/Big%20Trouble.mp3?dl=0
Its the direct track with just a boost of 10db cause I usually record my D.I Fairly low..

 

[Andrasia]

Arg just tested on my réel amp! It's make the same!!!
So it's come from the guitar!

 

[nezvers]

switch pickups, do they have same problem?

 

[Andrasia]

Yes! It's emg pick, try change battery nothing change!

 

[KillFrenzy]

That's a DI?? Something in your guitar circuit must be really messed up. Did you open it?

 

[TRUIE]

It's "normal" that some clipping occurs with active pickups.
If it's too much, lower your pickup or do the 18v mod.

EDIT : just listen to the audio file... that's a lot of distortion !
Is your HiZ input setup properly ?
When plugin your guitar on a clean amp channel, you've got that much distortion too ??

 

[bryan_kilco]

It's "normal" that some clipping occurs with active pickups.
If it's too much, lower your pickup or do the 18v mod.

Yes, but his clip sounds like a good amount of natural distortion happening. Way too much for a DI. And doesn't seem like lowering pickups would help him here. Something is really wrong or he has gain on 11 somewhere in the chain.

 

[Andrasia]

It's Natural Born Distortion! Yes even on a clean amp it do that!
Crazy hum...

 

[StoneLord]

Maybe the battery clip or somewhere in the wiring is messed up?

 

[Andrasia]

Hey! I finally found...
It's was...my wife I have two box..one with new battery and one with the old...she just pick up randomly in and so the 9v I was trying was also non-loaded! :hotjump:

I tell her...don't touch my box (lol..) but as You know women =always right so I get a :"you should just label them" plus a middle finger (metal girl are worst^^)

So sorry,

P.S: I'm suprised because I think that having a non-loaded 9v will just lower the signal but not create such disto!

 

[nezvers]

lol