I recently purchased a spider valve 112, and I really couldn't be happier with it. But I'm having a weird issue. I have a Line 6 UX1 for recording, and am using Ableton live 8.1.1. I purchased an xlr to 1/4'' and am running the direct out on the back of the amp into the instrument input on the UX1. When I monitor the signal, it comes out at half volume on Ableton and on POD farm. I figured maybe it was because I was using a balanced end on the 1/4'' side, so I then went on got a XLR to 1/4'' mono (which is a pain in the butt to find). Same thing. I've tried adjusting various things on the amp, on POD farm and Ableton, and nothing makes a difference. I tried the settings of Studio versus Performance in the amp, tried the grnd and lft switch on the back of the amp, all to no avail. I don't want to use the power amp out because I want the tube sound to come out in my recordings. Anyone else had any experience with this that can help?