Clean tone sounds great through real amps but is distorted going direct into the DAW (HD500x)

[Fuser-Invent]

I created a clean tone that sounds very clean when its played through my real amps but when I try to plug my hd500x into my audio interface and DAW the tone is distorted. I understand that all the tones will sound different going to a real amp or going direct in but there is no distortion/overdrive when I hear it through my amps and its very apparent when going direct in for recording. I'm not new to recording but I've always used microphones and never gone direct in from a pedal like this. I tried both the XLR and 1/4" outputs going into a Tascam US-1800 and Adobe Audition and also tried the USB connection, bypassing the Tascam and going into Audition. Does anyone have any idea what's going on or how to use this pedal to go direct in or do I need to mic the amps?

[cdkane]

Make sure you have it set to studio/direct, set the output to line (next to the exp pedal) and also try setting the inputs on the pod to guitar/variax.

[Fuser-Invent]

I'm an idiot, I had a VST plugin running that I thought I had turned off. cdkane's comment got me to go back and retrace all my steps again and I found it. Thanks cdkane!

[cdkane]

Ha ha no worries every now and then it happens to me when I open a session and have been using Amplitube, sounds like 8 metalzones being played through an answering machine.