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Re: Headphone output vs line output

support@line6.com — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:39:15 GMT

Woo hoo!!!!!! That's the fix!! It took all of 2 seconds ... once I knew what I was looking for.

Thank you sooooo much! It was driving me crazy.

This XT Pro is an amazing machine, but there's so may bells & whistles, settings, parameters, what have you, that it's easy to get lost in them all.

Thank you, thank you, thank you again!

Re: Headphone output vs line output

support@line6.com — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:09:33 GMT

Okay, the problem is almost certainly within the XT.

I dug out my POD 2.0 and, without changing anything on the Onyx, connected the POD analog outs to the Onyx. No fizz or buzz at all.

So, as I suspected, I must have hit or switched something on the XT in my experimentation, and I don't know how to get it back to normal.

Please help.

Headphone output vs line output

support@line6.com — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:21:11 GMT

Houston, I have a problem.

I had my POD XT PRO connected to my Mackie Onyx 820i mixer, via the unbalanced analog outs, and everything worked and sounded fine. But I was experimenting the other day with some other connection possibilities — the usb connection, i/o & dig select button, etc, as well as making adjustments on the Onyx. But after a while, I decided to go back to the way I had it connected before with the analog outs.

The problem is now what I'm hearing in the Onyx, is an awful lot of fizz and buzz added into whatever guitar tone I select on the XT, as if the signal is being distorted. And it seems that no matter what buttons or controls on the Onyx are pushed or dialed, I can't get rid of the fizz & buzz. However, when I plug my headphones directly into the XT, everything sounds as it should, perfect: no extraneous fizz or buzz whatsoever.

So, I'm wondering if in my experimentation with the XT if I inadvertently hit some button or made a switch to something (in one of the XT windows that popped up) and is now sending the "wrong" signal to the analog outs? Is it possible that I can hear something in the headphones (when plugged into the XT) that is different from the actual XT output?

If that's the case, how might I correct this problem?

I realize that the fizz & buzz problem might be emanating from the Onyx because, as I said, I made switches there, too. But I'm starting with the XT first, just to make sure the signal I'm hearing in the phones is the signal that is being sent.

If what I hear in the phones is indeed what is being sent to the Onyx, then it will be on to the Onyx to recheck (again) my connections there.

Thanks so much.

Re: Recording processed and unprocessed simultaneously

support@line6.com — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:15:58 GMT

I have recorded with the XT Pro via the USB port (ie: directly to my computer/DAW) one track at time and so do not use the Mackie at all in this application.

From what you've described, I would think that I should be able to do on my XT Pro what you do on your X3. An ASIO interface via USB I would think should be something that the XT Pro would be set up for just like your X3. I mean, if I'm already successfully using the USB connection, does that not mean that the XT Pro is already set-up with an ASIO interface, or that I would be able to download (and the XT Pro accept) an ASIO driver to activate the multi-track recording option you describe?

Recording processed and unprocessed simultaneously

support@line6.com — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:38:44 GMT

I don’t know if this is the right place to ask this, but I’ll start here. I have a POD XT Pro, a Mackie Onyx 820i mixer, and an iMac with Logic Pro.

I thought I had read somewhere that it is possible to record both an unprocessed guitar AND the processed sound of that guitar at the same time. I can’t seem to find anything in the POD manual addressing this question.

What I want to wind up with are two separate tracks of the same guitar performance. One track would be the processed guitar (most likely in stereo, taken from the POD), and the other track would be the unprocessed guitar of the same performance (most likely in mono).

The idea would be that the processed track would have the “committed” sound on it, while the unprocessed track would be open to select a plug-in (from the Logic library) at a later date.

Just like a guitarist might play through two different amps simultaneously, and send one amp (and its settings) to one track, and the other amp (and its settings) to second track. The two differently treated tracks of the same performance would be blended to taste at mixdown time.

If this has already been discussed, could someone please direct me to an appropriate link. I’ve tried a search — no luck.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Quick & dirty question: POD XT Pro multiple outputs

support@line6.com — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:41:23 GMT

Ah ha! I found the answer to my own question. I was just looking in the wrong section, or overlooked the relevant section.

The manual clearly states:

"You can even record both the unprocessed guitar out and the processed left/right outputs at the same time, so you’re ready for complete flexibility in later tone adjustments, or you can just stick with what you had."

However, for the left/right outputs, I think I'll go with the usb connection rather than the analog outs. Less conversion hassles I would think.

Quick & dirty question: POD XT Pro multiple outputs

support@line6.com — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:18:47 GMT

Is it possible to make the following recording connections with the XT Pro. (I'm using a Mac with Logic 9 and a Mackie Onyx 820i mixer)

First, I want to record a stereo guitar track with a selected amp/preset for, say, "rock & roll crunch".

So, I plug my guitar into the XT Pro and then from the Balanced L-R Analog Out into Channel 1 and 2 of the 820i, and then from the 820i (via the USB connector) into my Mac. This will give me my stereo rock & roll crunch guitar track. Easy peasy.

But ... can I also record AT THE SAME TIME the same guitar take on another track that is totally clean and unaffected so that I can, at a later date, either reamp that track through the XT Pro or select plug-ins from the Logic library?

Thanks.

Re: POD 2.0 vs. POD XT Pro

support@line6.com — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:53:32 GMT

One thing I forgot to ask you, have you found there to be a "fizz" problem with the overdrive/distorton (on some of the settings?) with the XL Pro that I've read about?

I guess what people are talking about is that the overdrive/distortion is not a pleasant sounding kind of OD/distortion and hence term it as "fizz".

However, I have read in a couple of posts (not necessarily here) that a downloadable software upgrade rectifies any perceived fizz and thus renders a more pleasing natural overdrive/distorton sound.

Thoughts, feelings, experiences?

Re: POD 2.0 vs. POD XT Pro

support@line6.com — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:04:16 GMT

I'm quickly coming to the conclusion here that the only way for me to get "the" answer is to see if I can rent or borrow an XT Pro and listen for myself.

Re: POD 2.0 vs. POD XT Pro

support@line6.com — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:02:29 GMT

First of all, I don't have the XT Pro, just the 2.0, but was thinking (as you did) to "upgrade" to the XT Pro — new and improved, gotta be better ... but as I'm sure all of us know, that isn't always the case.

Secondly, I'm not so concerned that the two units don't have exactly matching presets. I'm not opposed to tweaking. I just thought that if they did have exact matches (in terms of amp, cabinet, and effects selection), then that would give me a good idea of XT Pro's starting point, so to speak, except I would assume the "exact matches" would (hopefully) be sonically superior, richer.

Third, one slight drawback to the 2,0 is that it could have used more clean presets, which is what I was hoping the XT Pro would have with the additional 7 banks of presets (ie: 16 banks in the XT Pro vs, 9 banks in the 2.0).

Fourthly, I record with Logic Pro, and given what it has available — in conjunction with the POD — I should/can be able to get whatever sound/tone I want. But I must confess, my preference is to use an external hardware device like the POD.