Newb here, what am I missing from this setup?

[jenkemdealer]

I'm only vaguely experienced with audio interfaces and routing, and recently purchased a POD HD500X from GC after the salesperson told me I could accomplish what I wanted from it. Yet after the initial setup I'm having a very difficult time doing that.

 

What I want is to route the sound out of my PC so I can hear the guitar and GP6 simultaneously through the same headset. Right now I have the POD connected via USB and the headset(3.5mm) connected to mobo. Setting the POD as audio device/recording device does nothing. I've tried using guitar rig and HD edit to no avail.

Is this something I can accomplish? If so, how?

 

 

I realize it's probably better overall to have the POD routed to external speakers, if I were to buy a pair, what would you recommend?

 

I have also noticed that there's no 3.5mm jack on the POD itself, so what other accessories do I need to get?

 

Thanks!

 

 

[silverhead]

If you get a 1/4" to 3.5mm adapter you should hear both sources through your headset connectd to the Pod headphones output.

 

For external speakers I recommend a pair of studio monitors, no less than 5" speakers.

[cdkane01]

The POD becomes your soundcard essentially so your mobo sound is inactive,so as above if you wanted to hear everything you will need to use the outputs of the POD.

 

As for speakers the sky is the limit really. Last night i couldn't be bothered firing up the pc so plugged in a pair of logitec pc speakers to the 1/4 output.

 

Get a few 1/4 to 3.5mm adapters and you will have a tonne of options.