Islandboy

No, there's just the mic directly into Garageband with no effects or presmps etc etc.

That's worrying to hear. Is there any solution, or is it a faulty device or is it common on all Sonic Port VXs? I tried it on setting 1 on the dial, but there was still a load of noise. Could one of the Line 6 techs please comment on this? The noise floor is horrendous. I'd love to know how the audio for the marketing video was made, as it's as silent as you like. There must have been a huge amount of gate on there, especially if the vocals were compressed somewhat. I'd love to clear this up and get back to what I imagined I would be doing with the device....rather than it sitting around doing nothing :( Thanks.

Thanks for the reply. I use a pop filter and I'm about 12 inches away from the mic as recommended. The gain is on 3 and hardly makes the gauge needle move on the iPad. The White noise Levels are so high. I'd hate to know what putting gain to 10 would do and what that could be useful for. I'll try again with a gain setting of 1 and record it and post it here. Thanks.

Hi all, I've been having issues with recording vocals in Garageband on the ipad. There is a load of white noise in the recording. The vocal recording is in a vocal booth, so there's no interference from anywhere. The signal is also too hot - even at '3' setting on the dial and at the recommended distance from the mic I get overdriven vocals. I'm converting the tracks into itunes as an .aif then importing into ProTools thereafter. I like the concept of this device, but at the moment it is very frustrating to find it useable. I also need to massively roll off the higher frequencies. The silibance makes ears bleed. As a side note, I work in the mixing world, so I know what I'm doing, but I can't see light at the end of the tunnel with this as a vocal mic. If anyone can aid me here, I'd be very grateful. I'd like to blame the drivers. but there aren't any for mac ;) The mobilepod app is also not activated, so there are no amps or preamps selected that could make this noise. Thanks!

I'm starting to lose the will now.... I downloaded the Windows drivers and have tried to connect it to Pro Tools 10 there....it says "the selected ASIO audio device could not be initialised. Please choose another audio device" Doesn't this thing want to work for me? It's listed as an option in the Playback engine Panel, but no go! I also tried it with the Asio4all, but nothing is showing up in the input there either within Pro Tools. Yes, I have downloaded and instlled the driver. I have tried flicking all available switches on the device, unplugging and replugging the USB, rebooting etc. This is not really what I call fun :/ I hope that someone can help me, otherwise I might just send it back. Ps. It has never worked in Yosemite OSX either. I just would like to record some vocals within Pro Tools with the inbuilt microphone lol!!! Thanks :)

Thanks for the replies! I can get it working no problem in Garageband on the iPad. I thought the switch at the side only determines the type of microphone? I'm on mono at the moment. The dial only controls the gain, no?

Hi all, I've connected the Sonic Port VX to a Mac (10.10 - Yosemite). The device shows up in input and output ok (in System Preferences). Opening up Pro Tools, the device also shows up under Hardware settings, but I can't get the microphone to be recognised. Yes, there is the option to choose the VX as an input, but that's it. Pro Tools says that there is no in or output when i press the record button and nothing shows up in the input section of the empty audio track to suggest that the Sonic Port has been chosen. Am I doing something wrong? I've tried just about everything I think, but to no avail. I've not installed any drivers or such, because Mac doesn't require them. Is that right? Can the VX just be plugged to a USB and be automatically recognised as a recording device in Mac? That's not happening with me. Thanks!