Blackstar POLAR 2 | Recording Guitar Just Got Easier

[@SixStringAlliance]

What’s your favourite Audio Interface?

[@Producelikeapro]

Amazing video, as usual! Thanks Jamie!

[@SixStringAlliance]

Cheers Warren

[@veechaeuphrates8512]

Thanks for the review this sounds like exactly what I was looking for. An interface that can do direct guitar and mic amp.

[@SixStringAlliance]

Glad I could help!

[@Jin-lj5mk]

Nice playing bro Is their any latency?

[@SixStringAlliance]

Thanks. Latency is dependent on how powerful your system is. I got the latency pretty low with this little MacBook. It worked great

[@cobowe]

Will it take a 30db treble booster?

[@SixStringAlliance]

@@cobowe Yes, I would imagine it would as I’ve ran into the IK Multimedia Axe I/O with KAT strap boosters, the same ones Brian May uses, and that worked fine. The only issue I had was clipping, it took some adjustments to get the level set, which won’t happen with this interface.

[@michaelscott2269]

So as a person who has never used one of these, let me ask. This guitar plugged into that interface which is hooked up to the MacBook, is giving you that sound? Then you’re recording a track then, yougo back and play the recording from the MacBook and you are recordimg another track playing to first. The sound is coming from the speakers obviously, but are the speakers hooked up to the interface or the MacBook. I honestly don’t understand how you get the sound from from the different amps which you’re calling plugins…I’m just not understanding…

[@SixStringAlliance]

Hi Micheal. I’m using the Blackstar software amp suite which come with this interface. You can use the stand alone version which you open like an app on your Mac, and simply use the Polar 2 interface as a way of getting your sound into the Mac. To hear it either hookup powered monitor speakers to the speaker outputs of the Polar 2 or simply plugin speakers. The way I’m running it is I’m opening the Blackstar amp software within my recording software. I run Cubase. I made the track in my studio, although you could import any backing track. I then created a track and selected the Blackstar amp software and recorded. That’s the process really broken down. Maybe it would be a good idea to watch some basic tutorials or using a DAW, (recording software) and an interface. Maybe I should back a video on the basics! Hopefully this helps. If you want to have a setup and choose Polar 2 which is a great interface, it comes with the software amp and some basic music software. I’m not sure if it includes a DAW, but you could use something as basic as Garage band. I hope this helps.

[@michaelscott2269]

Absolutely this helped. I appreciate your time in responding and the information. I’m going to give this a try. I’m from the old school and started playing when I was about 13 in 1969. Played in lots of bands in high school and college too. I was used to plugging my Strat into a Marshal and a couple of pedals, cranking it and rockin…now all these years later all this new technology just feels so strange..! Thanks again my friend…!

[@WCWMidnight]

​@SixStringAlliance thank you for taking the time to explain this. Many others online wouldn't have done that. I am sure others will appreciate that.😊

[@michaelscott2269]

You are sooooo right. Great job..!

[@SixStringAlliance]

@@WCWMidnight my pleasure. For me it’s important to interact with viewers and help if I can. I can remember 30 years ago using a primitive version of Cubase thinking “what the hell am I doing??”. So I understand how confusing and frustrating it can be. Easy explanation can really help. I’m thinking I should do an “interface/daw” basics video, from plugging in to recording basic tracks