Pod Hd As Audio Interface

[magnus_p]

So here i am then trying to use my POD HD as audio interface with Logic. I will try to make this as short as possible.

 

1) At first I used my Apogee One as audio interface and then connected my POD with Apogee, from POD's outputs in to my Apogee. Both POD and Apogee was USB connected and as I could choose audio interface in Logic it was no problem. It worked fine until one day there was no sound what so ever, not from Logic or from the mac itself (iTunes etc). So then i disconnected Apogee and said to myself, why not just use POD as audio interface. I shared my time way back with UX1, UX2 and also the mighty UX8 and i had no problem. After the switch the sound was there again and all was fine.

 

2) I want to record guitars and basses in Logic and then i want to connect my microphone in the POD HD XLR input.. So.. How do i get to hear my voice? How do choose the XLR input in POD HD edit? I cant hear a thing in Logic. Can i use both inputs, one for the guitars and the second for the microphone and always have it like that?

 

3) There are situations i only want to use POD HD as audio interface and with no specific amp/fx sounds, just the guitarsound and then use plugins from Logic - How do I do this?

 

I have really tried to figure this out in the manual, with no luck tho.. Also, Im not a guy who wants to turn knobs everyday, i just want to set my sounds and play, at least now and then, when i got above all set i will try to tweak and use POD HD's full potential.

 

So if anyone can give me a good kick into the right direction here i would appreciate it a lot.

[silverhead]

I'll give it a try.........

 

2) To hear your microphone you need to have a dynamic (not condenser - requires phantom power) mic connected to the XLR MIC input on the Pod HD. Then you need to have your preset using MIC as one of its inputs. Typically, using a single preset for guitar and mic in your Pod HD means you will have a dual path preset, with both paths independent. This means there are two separate signals (Path A and Path B that are sent to the HD outputs - and, importantly, also to the USB output which is your interface to Logic. That means in Logic you need to setup two tracks to record simultaneously - one to record the guitar and one for the mic/vocal. You will see these individual options in Logic when you assign the Record Input for the track as you arm it for recording.

 

3) There is no 'dry' signal output from the Pod HD over its usb interface. You need to use a dual-path preset similar to the guitar/mic preset above. But this time rather than you select Guitar as the Input to both paths, and you simply place no amp/FX in the dry path. Then in Logic you select the path with the dry signal for recording. You can still monitor the wet signal through the HD as you record, or you can also record it in the same way that you recorded the guitar and mic simultaneously above. Here is a Customtone preset I uploaded some time ago to illustrate the configuration:

http://line6.com/customtone/tone/217206

 

 

Hope this helps.

[magnus_p]

I'll give it a try.........

 

2) To hear your microphone you need to have a dynamic (not condenser - requires phantom power) mic connected to the XLR MIC input on the Pod HD. Then you need to have your preset using MIC as one of its inputs. Typically, using a single preset for guitar and mic in your Pod HD means you will have a dual path preset, with both paths independent. This means there are two separate signals (Path A and Path B that are sent to the HD outputs - and, importantly, also to the USB output which is your interface to Logic. That means in Logic you need to setup two tracks to record simultaneously - one to record the guitar and one for the mic/vocal. You will see these individual options in Logic when you assign the Record Input for the track as you arm it for recording.

 

3) There is no 'dry' signal output from the Pod HD over its usb interface. You need to use a dual-path preset similar to the guitar/mic preset above. But this time rather than you select Guitar as the Input to both paths, and you simply place no amp/FX in the dry path. Then in Logic you select the path with the dry signal for recording. You can still monitor the wet signal through the HD as you record, or you can also record it in the same way that you recorded the guitar and mic simultaneously above. Here is a Customtone preset I uploaded some time ago to illustrate the configuration:

http://line6.com/customtone/tone/217206

 

 

Hope this helps.

Many thanks, really appreciated!

[magnus_p]

Still, Im not able to fix this.. I'll guess i have to give it some time, and perhaps have some patience

[silverhead]

Still, Im not able to fix this.. I'll guess i have to give it some time, and perhaps have some patience

Your original post was quite broad - you asked several general questions. Now it seems you might be having a specific problem. What exactly can't you 'fix'?. Let's take one thing at a time - describe a specific problem you are having.

[magnus_p]

Well, the thing is following:

 

Ive set up my POD HD desktop as audio device on my mac and in Logic, no problem there. But when i hit rec in Logic and start to play/record the guitarsound sounds kind of double, but when i play what i just recorded it sounds ok, its like im hearing two guitars when i record it. I know i had this issue a few years ago when i had my UX2 as audio interface but i think i managed to sort that in podfarm, it was smth with "send" i think but i cant find that option in HD EDIT.. Dont get me wrong, i do see the inputs and can switch to guitar, mic and same (what same is i cant figure out tho) and the option with global, preset, 22k, 40k and so on i also dont understand really.. Ofcourse this is smth that will work just fine, i just have to sort it out. I almost gave up and returned to my audio interface and plugins but i managed to think it over as there are huge difference between the sound quality POD HD > Plugins, so i will hang in there until this works.

 

Also, do i have the same possibilities in HD EDIT as on directly on the POD?

[GTLazer]

The doubling will be caused by you simultaneously live monitoring from the POD and software monitoring in your DAW. You need to turn off the monitoring in the DAW, that way you can monitor your playing from the POD in real time, without the latency delay caused by DAWs.

 

'Same' is only an option on 'input 2'. It just means that it feeds the same input as input 1 into input 2. So, for example, if you change input 1 from 'guitar' to 'mic', input 2 will automatically change as well. In the customtone Silverhead posted, input 1 is guitar and input 2 is mic (as far as I know), so you have two separate signal paths for your two different inputs.

 

'Global' and 'preset' are options to update either all or one patches from the settings menu. So for example, if you set input 1 as guitar, input 2 as same and set to global, it would update all of your patches with those settings. If you use a wider range of settings (such as a mix of guitar and mic), you would normally be setting these options for individual patches.

 

The input impedance option is a bit of a mystery to me. I don't really see it making a huge amount of different to anything, so I leave it on Auto. Someone else here will be able to explain it better, no doubt.

 

And finally, yes, you should be able to do everything in Edit that you can do on the POD, and vice versa. It's all very different, though, so it takes a bit of getting used to.

[magnus_p]

The doubling will be caused by you simultaneously live monitoring from the POD and software monitoring in your DAW. You need to turn off the monitoring in the DAW, that way you can monitor your playing from the POD in real time, without the latency delay caused by DAWs.

 

'Same' is only an option on 'input 2'. It just means that it feeds the same input as input 1 into input 2. So, for example, if you change input 1 from 'guitar' to 'mic', input 2 will automatically change as well. In the customtone Silverhead posted, input 1 is guitar and input 2 is mic (as far as I know), so you have two separate signal paths for your two different inputs.

 

'Global' and 'preset' are options to update either all or one patches from the settings menu. So for example, if you set input 1 as guitar, input 2 as same and set to global, it would update all of your patches with those settings. If you use a wider range of settings (such as a mix of guitar and mic), you would normally be setting these options for individual patches.

 

The input impedance option is a bit of a mystery to me. I don't really see it making a huge amount of different to anything, so I leave it on Auto. Someone else here will be able to explain it better, no doubt.

 

And finally, yes, you should be able to do everything in Edit that you can do on the POD, and vice versa. It's all very different, though, so it takes a bit of getting used to.

I really appreciate your input! And now i have sold my audio interface and left only with my POD HD desktop so now i dont have any other options than learning my POD :)

[magnus_p]

So.. Now i got monitoring fixed.. But i have more questions :)

 

In HD EDIT, there is a mixer, level faders for path A and path B, is A instrument and B xlr?

 

The thing is, i have 2 audiotracks in logic, one left guitar and one right guitar. I play a riff for the right guitar and do the same for the right guitar. So when im recording the left guitar sound comes from both monitorspeakers but when i press play in logic its only sound in the left speaker, and it will be the same when i record the right guitar, both speakers sounding when i record and only the right speaker when i press play in logic, so after this its stereo (both tracks are monotracks and left pan to left in the logic mixer and right pan to right). Is there any way to just hear the left speaker when i record the left guitar? Pan in HD EDIT? Level faders?

 

Also, when i record the guitar its way more volume compared to how loud the guitar is when i listen to it.. (The riff i just recorded). But lets say i bounce the two guitarriffs (left and right) and listen to either the aiff file or the mp3 file, the guitars sound much loader than when i listen in Logic..

 

I know its silly questions but after playing with audiointerface and plugins, this is way over my understanding, right now it is for sure.. But the guitarsounds is so much better so i will not give up!

 

So if anyone feel to tell me about the above, i would be very grateful.. Cant promise it ends here tho ;)

[GTLazer]

In HD EDIT, there is a mixer, level faders for path A and path B, is A instrument and B xlr?

Path A and Path B refer to the two halves of the dual signal path on the HD500. If you leave both signals panned centre, you actually get two stereo signals (depending on the effects you've used) as each path can carry its own stereo signal.

Is there any way to just hear the left speaker when i record the left guitar? Pan in HD EDIT? Level faders?

Yes; you can set the mixer on the HD500 to either hard left or hard right. You can then either change the mixer to the other side or you could have a pre-prepared patch set up for the same sound but with the mixer already adjusted. Careful if you're using stereo effects, though; you might inadvertently miss out half your signal.

Also, when i record the guitar its way more volume compared to how loud the guitar is when i listen to it.. (The riff i just recorded). But lets say i bounce the two guitarriffs (left and right) and listen to either the aiff file or the mp3 file, the guitars sound much loader than when i listen in Logic..

This just sounds like you need to balance your volume controls. On my setup, my laptop automatically changes to 100% volume when I plug the HD500 USB lead in and it changes to ASIO drivers. I then control the overall volume of everything with the HD500's master volume control, having already set the levels on my monitors so the master volume gives me a good range without blowing anything up or annoying the neighbours too much. I then play back something from my DAW and set the individual HD500 patch volumes so they play nice with the DAW. I also then set iTunes to a similar volume for when I want to just noodle along with something.

 

I don't use Logic, but I would suggest if there's a significant volume difference between your recorded tracks and your bounced tracks, something is set up wrong. My first thought would be the setup of the software you're using to play the aiffs and mp3s (like my need to attenuate my iTunes volume to match my DAW.

 

Hope this helps.

[magnus_p]

Many thanks GTLazer!!

[EnomaOtenki]

So I have a POD 400 HD and Logic Pro 9. Whenever I select the POD as my audio interface. the Decibel slider for that channel moves up and down on it's own. Please help i have no idea why it does this and i can't record without my POD!

[antonyod]

hey I'm actually having a problem with my pro hd as well. sorry to interject. but i can't get logic to actually read it as an interface. i've downloaded the driver firmware from the website but it still won't pick up. i tried to change the audio preferences but it won't show. any ideas?

[DunedinDragon]

The first question to resolve is whether your PC is recognizing it.  You need to check in your control panel for audio devices.  It may also be that the PC is recognizing it but the default is set to some other audio device, so you need to change the default.  Logic only sees what the operating system sees.

[katataar07]

will line6 community suggest me how i can use HD 500,direct to windows10 as an audio interface for studio work or recording?

[MaxTravelor]

will line6 community suggest me how i can use HD 500,direct to windows10 as an audio interface for studio work or recording?

 

I've got a 500X and I connect it directly to my windows 10 computer and I have Used Audacity, Reason, and Ableton to record directly from my 500X connected via USB ..