thomasabarnes
Yeah, I think this distortion matter is solved with some discipline in your performance. Don't play so loud at the points where the distortion is happening, and, alternatively, if you're recording the guitar by micing the amp and running the mic into the input of the audio interface, maybe positioning the mic farther away from the amp may help.
 

 
Sorry, I was going to respond to your other questions, but when I read that, I was a tad irritated.    Like I said in a previous post, I've been recording guitar for 11 years.   I don't know the ins and outs of a computer, but I can record guitar decently when I have equipment that's working.

thomasabarnes
I listened to some of your Music yesterday. It sounds good.
 

Thank you!  I really appreciate that.

thomasabarnes
To me it really does sound like a problem created by playing loud at points where the audio distorts (because the distortion is only heard on part of the guitar track and you can record vocals without them being distorted,)  a mic placement problem for recording the amp, or a mic preamp problem, again have you tried turning the Hi Z setting on the back of your interface on and off when you record? One of those Hi  Z settings could mean you are bypassing the preamp on the audio interface and recording directly at Line level.

It's not an issue of playing loud. 
 
I have not yet tried the Hi Z settings, but I will record tomorrow and will do that.
 
I do not have another interface. 
 
I have not used the Auto Sens yet.
 
I have not paid attention to whether the distortion is there with the headphones.   I plug in and play then hear the results during playback.
 
I have not had this issue in the previous 10 years of recording guitar, so I doubt that it's the way I'm recording, since the way I do it has not changed.
I don't mean to sound irritated . . but I am, I guess, at this problem I'm having.   There has to be a solution somewhere.  
 
Thanks!
Greg

We are offering different things to look at, because we are on the outside looking in, and don't have enough to go on to figure it out yet.
 
Bob Bone
 

We understand your frustration, and folks are trying to help out. Please don't take it the wrong way.
 
FWIW, equipment degrades too. I have an M-Audio Ozone that has been clipping itself for the past two years... nothing has been connected to the inputs or outputs on it (no audio signal to even clip!)... but the clipping indicator sporadically flashes while it is on (started doing it at 12 years old). If you can isolate pieces of gear, it will help to find it. Distortion/clipping is overgaining the signal so the primary culprit is anything with an amplifier in your signal flow (any powered piece of gear with a gain/volume/output level knob).

When you say "distort" I would think to check your gain staging first, and make sure your tracks and busses are not being overloaded and clipping, which could cause distortion. 
 
 

Everything checks out fine when I record, but the guitar doesn't sound good in playback." 
 
The above statement say's it all. 
It was recommended a way, way back you check with headphones, Audio interfaces have direct monitoring so we can hear what is happening as we record. My guess is you will hear the distortion in your headphones while monitoring your guitar. If not, like I said, your interface A/D IS fkd. Or the drivers? 

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