darkhorse7 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I just bought POD HD500X and it is my first time using any POD. So, I installed the Line 6 Monkey and Pod HD500X Edit and I thought I should be able to hear the sound once I plugged the HD500X into my laptop via usb. Well, it turns out that I cannot hear a single thing! On my sound device setting in the control panel, I have Line 6 POD HOD500X as my default recording device and I was using POD HD500X as my default playback device. HOwever, when I could not hear anything from my laptop speaker this way, I changed my default playback device to my default laptop speaker. Turns out, I can hear my guitar once I go to Audacity and start recording but the volume is so minimal that I have to put my laptop speaker's volume at 50% to hear anything from HD. However, it is annoying to constantly record and delete within Audacity just to hear my guitar through HD500X. So, my question is... What can I do so that I can hear my guitar through the laptop's default speaker when I plug my HD500X into my laptop via USB while using HD500X Edit? Please tell me that there is a way to do this! I was able to get some really really nice sounds when I recorded it through audacity and I do not want to be forced to return it for not being able to hear it! :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 There's not really any way to do it, at least on a PC. On a Mac, you might be able to. When you use the HD500X's audio over USB, it becomes your computer's soundcard, so that means that input and output are taken care of on the same device. You need to either use headphones connected to the 500X or get some monitors you can connect to the 500X's outputs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkhorse7 Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Hmm... I see.. I thought it would be something like Plug-N-Play but I guess it is a lot more complicated. Would I be able to hear the older POD models, such as X3 Live, through my laptop speakers then? I was actually debating between HD500X and X3 Live in the beginning... Or, if I want to hear what I am playing over the laptop speaker, what would be the best alternative to HD500X? I would probably have to give it a hard thought since the sound that I recorded from HD500X was so nice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel_brown Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 On a PC you get ONE (1) sound card at a time. When you use the POD over USB it becomes the sound card instead of the one built into your laptop. The link below is a possible solution for but it won't be easy and may have too much latency. But it's supposed to do what you're asking. Input from the PODHD and output through a different sound card (your laptop). http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.htm If the link above doesn't work then your options are: headphones or monitor speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radatats Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 actually you can have two sound cards active, one for playback and one for record. Right click on the volume icon and select Playback device and choose your laptop speaker. Tab over to Recording devices and select the HD500. You will also have to open the POD ASIO driver and turn down hardware monitoring. There is also a block you can check for a boost to your input signal if it is weak. You should be able to record with the POD now and listen through the laptop. You will not just be able to hear your POD however. You will still have to open a DAW and use the Record option to listen. If you don't have to disconnect all the time and its not too hard, you are better off leaving both record and playback on the POD and plugging your speakers into the POD instead. Use an adapter from the headphones out if you don't want to use the 1/4 outs. This way you will just plug and play with the POD and all your computer audio will come through as well. You can jam to backing tracks for instance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 While you can arrange to have two active soundcards as described above, it requires the use of a non-ASIO compliant audio driver such as ASIO4ALL. The ASIO protocol requires that the same audio device be used as both the input and output device. Working around that specification by using ASIO4ALL has unpredictable results for many users as reported here. It seems to work well for some people and it definitely causes problems for others. The most important thing to note is that if you're do use ASIO4ALL and encounter problems, there will be no support from Line 6. They will tell you, rightly, to use their fully compliant Line 6 ASIO driver; they do not, and realistically cannot, provide support for other drivers, especially ones that are known to be non-compliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkhorse7 Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 Thank you all for your comments. I eventually figured out a way to hear my guitar on my laptop while playing through HD500X. I just have to run the Audacity and turn on "start monitoring" and there! I can hear my guitar! However, with that problem out of the way, what I am faced with now is the latency. The sound is played about 0.5 seconds after I hit the strings and that causes my playing to slow down when I am playing with the music in the background and it is driving me nuts! So, I was wondering if there is a way to get rid of this latency problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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