hi fflbrgst... indeed; nothing wrong using usb directly.. I may venture although I like to take advantage of the audio interface mixer and central mapping to sonar... (and wouldn't it be A-D-D D-D-A ... (once the signal is out of the pod is digital and the focusrite is also digital?)..
In any case, thanks all for the support... it seems the issue was with Sonar all along :( (well not so much an issue but a driver mismatch.. I was using a WDM driver thinking it was the best option because but it really needed the ASIO driver..)... once I update it in sonar; the pod sound was crystal clear :)
So please disregard my request!.... I am glad I did this though 'cause I ended up updating the firmware/flash to the pod and installed the hd edit which is a really cool tool (I was afraid to touch the pod interface) but this tool is really graphic and awesome...! so it was a win for me.. (and the monkey update utility is great too!!) I only need to modify some stuff... (my only recommendation to this product would be to have the first banks with a couple cleans and normal distortions which is probably what you use the most.. even though the first distortions and effects are cool are too rare to be in the first banks...).. ok until next time!! cya
and Thanks again all for the help, comments & recommendations!...
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