mxracer591

So I am coming to the realization that there is something wrong with my set up. I can build my own tone and get them to sound ok, usually with a bunch of gain on an amp and a tube screamer maxed out. Whenever I download tones from the internet, they always sound really clean, when in samples they will have a lot more gain. What I think is happening is that I'm not getting a very hot input at all. I looked through the manual and noticed a master input knob on the upper left hand corner of pod farm that is conveniently missing on my version? I ran the monkey and everything is up to date, pod farm 2.57, all the drivers are current, etc. I have tried a different guitar and got the same results. Anyone know how I can fix this?

Hmm.. the green light does come on and the ux1 is the recording device in the control panel. I tried switching usb ports. Maybe I have the 32 bit drivers? I'll try a few of these things tonight when I get off work tonight and update. Thanks for the help!

The volume knob is up all the way, actually it doesn't change regardless of where it's set. It is pod farm 2.57 I believe, my "monkey" says everything is up to date. The guitar cable is brand new... I guess that could be it but because it's a monster cable I'd hope not. I tried the +18 db boost and it just makes the crappy sound I have louder. The input line on the mixer has no effect on the volume. It seems like the more I think about it maybe it's the unit itself?

It's a Ltd 400 series with emg active pickups. I changed the battery and tried another guitar as well with same results. It seems like pod farm isn't picking up the preamp signal. The only way to get any distortion is to do it digitally by cranking everything. This does not work. The sound monitoring isn't ideal but I have headphones plugged into the laptop (Windows 7) and tick the "listen to device" setting on the recording control panel. My laptop is slightly outdated but I would still think this should work.

Hello, I just recently bought a UX1 interface, which came with pod farm software. I'm fairly new to playing guitar on a computer, kinda used to just plugging into an amp and jamming. Anyway, I got everything installed, ran the "monkey" to ensure that all of my drivers, software were up to date, and I have barely any input when playing. If I just wail on the guitar, I'm lucky to hit -30 db. It sounds terrible as well. I feel like the only reason I'm getting any sort of distortion is because of my output levels on my amps and record sends are so high. I've watched a few videos on youtube on different setups and everytime I copy what they do.... it doesn't sound remotely like it. Just basically a clean guitar. Their input meters on the top left of pod farm look like they are actually running at a reasonable level as well. Any help here?