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In my particular case, it seems L6 has abandoned the 8in8out interface market in general, so they DEFINITELY don't care about my opinion. However, this experience has impact my purchasing decisions across all brands and hobby interests of mine, not just music. It's emboldened me to not just research device reliability and performance, but support as well, which is something I hadn't thought much about in the past except "do I get a warranty."

I realize this is an old thread, but the problem still exists. I've seen arguments to blame the OS instead of Line 6. I don't see anybody to blame. I'm on the fence about it. "It's simply outdated hardware," but is it really? The hardware is still perfectly functional, these aren't iPhones, we don't need faster processors, or more features. We just need compatibility to keep what I consider my awesome purchase from an awesome company up and running. Focusrite is on Gen 3 of the Scarlett series, but I bet the Gen 1's are still up and running, because the company pressed forward with the series, they didn't abandon it... but for how long? With Nvidia however, the latest drivers will work on your brand new 4090 series card, or your GTX780 from 2013. This is the right way to do it. I'm using a Toneport UX8, and disabled memory isolation to keep it going. I'm impressed that drivers even work in Windows 11 but they do. They just need to fix the memory isolation compatibility issue, but otherwise it works, so I do have to give credit where it is due, they just need a little extra push in the right direction. With that being said, I recently bought a POD Pro, knowing full well that support was over. I bought it for nostalgic purposes only, but I do run Windows XP in a VM on my machine, and pass through a USB-Midi adapter to the VM and run the Line 6 Pod Pro Edit program so that I can still access hidden features like noise gate threshold and such. It's actually better than running it natively, because I don't have outdated Java 1.6 running on my Windows 11 machine, and I can scale the VM window to make the Line 6 Edit interface nice and big. Also the audio processing is done in the Pod, not in the software, so no audio driver clicks or pops or anything else, it works perfectly. Going in blind on a new product though, and not knowing when the perfectly capable hardware will loose support isn't a good feeling. You can't even accuse L6 of purposeful obsolescence, because they never released a comparable updated device to the UX8 for people to purchase. I love L6, but wouldn't buy anything from companies that don't follow the Nvidia product support lifecycle, and unfortunately, few do. I get it, hardware ages, support must end, but compatibility updates do not have to end. Build brand loyalty, don't degrade it. Nvidia has a loyal diehard fan base, and I'm sure device compatibility has something to do with it, because even those GTX780 guys are still in the game.

I have both, but with a caveat. I have the toneport ux8, so podfarm platinum comes with it, because of the hardware. Also the helix license i got was for existing podfarm users. I am able to load podfarm platinum no problem with all model packs. So, I can at least confirm that they do work together on the same computer, with podfarm requiring my hardware, and helix requiring podfarm.

I was prompted to install the latest windows update, which is a full feature update of sorts. Now when an ASIO program loads, if I have VLC player open, the ASIO program plays everything 1/2 step up. If I go to play something on VLC, the audio skips and jerks, while also sounding a 1/2 step up. If I quit the ASIO program, VLC works fine. If I quit VLC and load the ASIO program, that plays fine. So now I need to figure out what the hell is going on. FWIW I'm using the UX8. It almost seems like VLC, or the windows subsystem is using ASIO for all audio, and there is a sampling rate conflict between the Line 6 driver settings and the windows subsystem. I'm a computer helpdesk guy, so I'm sure I'll figure it out, even if that means rolling back the update, but for those of you who aren't, just a heads up. If I can find out what happened, I'll come back and update.

Thank you Daruniel!!

All set, I just emailed you.

I'm here, how do I privately reach Daruniel to give my contact info? Or Daruniel, can you give me your email? I'll reach out to you, thanks.

I would agree $75 is steep if the sale is current but it's not going on right now, I have it ready to go today. It isn't a used pair of sneakers, it's a software license for software that is brand new every time it's downloaded.

I have a license but only for Pod Farm Platinum owners, I'll let it go for $200. It's $299 on the website, save yourself $99. DM me if your interested.

Old thread I know, but here's my guess. You might have a mic pre with the gain knob set to max, routed to the main outs, which could cause the meter to think there is signal. Just a guess. I would go to the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices control panel, and click "restore default" on both inputs and outputs tabs, turn down all knobs on the front of the UX8, then see what happens.

I sold my HD 500x but before I did, I unregistered the fully loaded bundle that I had purchased. Please reach out if you would like to purchase it, $75.

I've sold my Pod HD500x and now have no POD HD devices, and would like to sell my HD Fully Loaded Bundle, $79.00 take it.

Update: after removing the input circut board and checking resistance across ground leads, I found no issues. Upon buttoning everything back together, I found that Input 2 exhibited the same behavior. I wiggled the instrument cable at the jack inputs for input 1 and 2, and the problem comes and goes depending on which way the pressure of the cable is. Either the contact points for the jack are worn, and I can retention or replace the jacks, or I have cold solder joints. Well this is a much better outcome than i could have hoped for. For the record, Line6 support got back to me and said buy a new audio interface. No thanks, jacks are $2.99 each.

Hey everyone, I could use some help with my UX8. I notice that Instrument Input 1 is very noisy when the pad is off. The problem goes away when I engage the pad. However, this problem does not happen with Instrument Input 2. Also, on Instrument Input 1, with the pad off, if I turn the volume all the way down on my guitar, there is a strong hum. If i turn the volume up the slightest, the hum will go away. The problem does not happen on Instrument Input 2. ------------------- My Troubleshooting: I've tried multiple guitars and cables, all my gear plugs into a UPS, I've also tried to bypass the UPS. running just off of the power conditioner. The settings for Input 1 and Input 2 are set to mono, and instrument, in Line 6 Audio/Midi devices, and set to 48000hz, with 24bit sampling. To be sure everything else was the same, I created a dual patch in Pod Farm, both of the dual paths having the same amp and settings, with Amp Path 1 set to Instrument 1 and Amp Path 2 set to Instrument 2. I have the pad OFF on both Inputs, with my guitar volume all the way down. If i simply move my guitar cable between input 1 and 2 on the front of the unit, the loud hum is only there on input 1. ------------------- I don't believe the problem could be the input jack on instrument input 1, because the hum would be there with the pad engaged if it was. I'm thinking there must be a cold solder joint on the input circuit board, where there are different ground paths for PAD or NO PAD. Has anyone else experienced a problem like this? I reached out to Line 6 to ask if i could buy a new input board, they are easily user replaceable. Something tells me their "policy" will force me to spend more money on a new interface. If that's the case, goodbye Line 6, hello Scarlet. However I love the UX8 and the analog VU meters, and don't want to replace it if i don't have to. That Scarlet is expensive. Help?