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No. I have never done this. I have done it three different ways. 1. Pod Farm open, running independently of the DAW. Recording input set to "dry" so that even though i HEAR the processed signal, what gets recorded is the dry signal. After this, then I apply the VST. This results in a bad, muffled sound. 2. pod farm open, input set to processed signal. What I hear is what gets recorded, so there is no need to use a VST. This results in the same exact degradation of the sound. Muffled, buzzy, low quality. 3. as you said, from the UX2 to the DAW with pod farm completely off. This way, I cannot hear what I am playing! It's useless to me ebcause if I want to record with a heavy metal tone but I just hear a clean tone, I can't play! Not only that, but this also does not solve the sound degradation issue. I need pod farm open so that I can hear my own playing. It is possible to simply set it to input a dry signal so that effects can be added after recording. this does NOT solve the issue.

I tried amplitube and the sound I got through it was extremely distorted and alien-sounding. not recognizeable as guitar at all. With my UX2 and pod farm, the sound is degraded a bit so that it's unusable, but with amplitube and the ux2, it was like staticy alien sounds from space.

I am never not using POD Farm. It is the only amp simulator that I have and I do not know how to get a signal through the UX2 without opening POD Farm.

I have tried it all the way down, all the way up, and everywhere in between. Same resutls. Can you direct me to one? I would really, really hate to spend another $200 on something that works as poorly as this.

My options here are 16/44 or 16/48. It says that 16/48 is not supported by the device. Is there somewhere else that I should be changing this option? Does this mean that my computer is not good enough to use this box? Please see the attached video for my options. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ewpke7fh4uegz1m/wre.mp4?dl=0 I don't know what this means at all. "clipping in?" What does that mean and how do I tell if it's happening? It's not the input level. I have played with input and output in pod farm and on my DAWs enough to be able to get a good level every time.

So to reiterate: Alice in chains song off the album > DAW > UX2 > speakers > GOOD QUALITY Guitar > UX2 > POD Farm (dry or with effects) > UX2 > speakers > GOOD QUALITY Guitar > UX2 > POD Farm (dry or with effects) > input to DAW > live monitoring > BAD QUALITY Guitar > UX2 > POD Farm (dry or with effects) > input to DAW > recorded and played back > BAD QUALITY

And yes,I have tried track monitoring, and yes, I can hear the lower quality while monitoring. It's clear and perfect when played throgh POD Farm, but when the signal is routed through any DAW for recording, it degrades.

I have done this; media files played through the UX2 sound perfect. It is only the quality of recording an instrument theough the UX2 that has degradation.

Am I being stupid by assuming that the recording should sound exactly like the pre-recorded monitors? Is this device SUPPOSED to work by recording a lower-quality sound? Maybe my problem isn't technical, but I'm just expecting a better result than is realistic?

This is not how digital connections work. A digital signal either works 100% or does not work at all. There is no loss of quality through the cable or inputs like there is with analog.

I don't understand your question. If I record dry, there is a degradation in quality. It goes from clean and clear to muffled and buzzy. If I then add a VST of pod farm to that dry-recorded track, the degradation just carries over to the added effect.

This is disappointing. I don't know why a dropbox link wouldn't work for you. I'll see what I can do. Are the links broken for everyone?

I've opened 3 and they've been pretty useless.

I am not mixing my recording with anything. It sounds good when played live over the monitors and it sounds bad when recorded. I'm not sure how to be more clear on this. The guitar makes a sound that I can hear on my monitors. That's a good sound that I like and what to record. Then I press "record" in my DAW and I listen to what I recorded and it sounds bad.

What's the difference? how do I choose one or the other with my software?

guitar > UX2 > computer. I am using the line6 ASIO driver. I don't understand a single word of that. What's a live patch?

Please help me diagnose the problem I'm having so I can finally, finally get recording. I have owned this product for close to 3 years and it still isn't doing anything for me. I bought the UX2 in the hopes that I could begin some basic, rudimentary, at-home recording. I plugged it in and installed it and it worked great -- right up until I started recording. Every single recording that I create with my UX2 sounds like garbage. I have not had the time or money to try a new box or new software after sinking hours and hours into this one, tweaking this and that in hopes that I might find the problem. When I play live, it sounds great on my monitor. When I record it, the recording comes out muddy, noisy, and greatly reduced in quality. I can't use any of this! Here are example recordings. When I play live, these tones sound great -- clear, rich, low-end performance-quality. Listen to them and tell me something isn't wrong with this product. https://www.dropbox.com/s/238lqudzkb96kym/33.wav?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/j464nw579nmeajc/22.wav?dl=0 Steps I have taken to fix the problem: 1. Changing DAWs. - I have used Audacity, Reason, Audition, Cakewalk, and Ableton. All of them have the exact same issue, so I have to conclude that it is either the box or the software. 2. Changing settings - I have checked the bitrate (16bits 44100) - I have recorded dry and then added Pod Farm effects as a VST. - I have checked volume and signal levels. - I have tried with and without distortion -- the loss of quality is the same with both. - I have changed windows settings to see if that's the issue. - I have run my programs by themselves with all other programs shut off in case it was a processor issue (my computer is fairly powerful, 6Gb ram, dual core 2.6Ghz) 3. Uninstall and reinstall - No change 4. Used the low-gain input - still a loss of quality.

I just spent almost a month troubleshooting my problem with recording from my POD UX2 onto my hard drive. My problem was that the recording sounded nothing like what was coming out of the monitors -- the monitors were nice and crisp and heavy and sounded good enough to be presentable, but the recording kep coming out fuzzy, muted, tinny, and overall just total lollipop in general. So here's how I got around this issue. 1. I got some advice to record only the DRY INPUT from POD Farm. To do this, you have to go to your mixer on the standalone software (open it on its own on your computer) and set it to record dry input only. 2. use your DAW to IMPORT POD Farm so that you can run it INSIDE the DAW itself. What this means is that you'll be recording a plain signal with no amps or effects, then ADDING the effect on top of that plain signal. Don't worry -- you can still MONITOR how it will sound by keeping the standalone software open. If you're like me and you're too stupid to figure this out on your own, you usually have to find something in an effects or preferences menu in your DAW or a menu item called "plug-in manager" or something else with the word "plug-in" in it. That will lead you to a window where you can go to your C drive, find your Program Files folder, and open the line6 folder inside that and import all the effects in there into your DAW. I had to have someone hold my hand through that. There is just too much to understand about this stuff. 3. Don't use lollipop software. I tried using POD Farm running inside of a few programs before I tried Adobe Audition, and that was the first one to actually sound good. In Cakewalk Music Creator LE5 and the Reason software that came packaged with my POD, the POD effects always turned my signal to mud. In Audition, it's nice and clean and it actually sounds good. I can't recommend anything other than Audition for this since I haven't tried anything else. So, there you have it. If you are having a hard time getting your POD UX2 to not sound like your guitar is plugged into a rusty old car muffler, try recording a dry signal into good software and then adding the effects you want after the recording is done.