ferdnuckles Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Latest version of Audacity, Windows 7/64bit..latest updates from Line 6 Monkey.....connected via USB...successful....Line6 shows as sound card... Open Audacity...edit/preferences...select Line 6 as input....when hit record and play guitar, hear thru headphones....Audacity shows the "mic" inputs as registering input sounds (the level meter moves)...but the "wave" recording time line is flat and nothing records.... Can record from other computer using Audacity connected via USB from a JamHub just fine... Hep Me.... thanks marc maze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still_fiddlin Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I don't have a problem with my HD400, and the Devices setting as the Line6 device. (Added Device Manager pic to show Line 6 driver in use for this device.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Make sure audacity is configured to use the POD's ASIO driver not ASIO4ALL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferdnuckles Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 Thanks for the responses.... After attaching USB...POD shows up as sound device....have gone into control panel and set recording device default to the Line 6 device Am using most current version of Audacity and most current drivers for HD500 Are the ASIO drivers native to the HD or is this a 3rd party download and install??? As stated...when hit record....Audacity responds by showing the signal coming in the "mic" meter at top show the recording being received.... However, nothing gets recorded.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 The Line 6 ASIO driver is native. In other words when you say you have the latest HD500 driver installed, that includes the ASIO driver. However, you must still select the ASIO driver, in addition to selecting the HD500 device, in your Audacity configuration. If audacity shows that you are using ASIO4ALL, that is very likely the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigChas52 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Audacity does not include ASIO support in the downloadable version. There is a way to do it, but it needs to be recompiled, which is well beyond my personal expertise, and the scope of this post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferdnuckles Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 Am confounded...probably pretty dense, too Again.....set Audacity to record using the Line6 device in the preferences drop down choices....ASIO choice not available Have HD500 connected to computer via USB.....guitar cabled into "guitar in", headphones plugged in.... Start record and strum guitar....hear fine in phones....record meter at top of Audacity interface responds with guitar...red meter levels move in sync and show receiving input... yet the track "wave" shows nothing.....flat lines....nothing is actually recording Is the USB connection the issue???? Audacity can't "translate" the input correctly????...do I need to go from HD500 1/4" "line out" to the input of computer sound card and not use USB??? Thanks for the responses.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealZap Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 have you considered trying a real DAW? http://reaper.fm for example? its free to try and will work forever... i suggest you do that as a troubleshooting step at least. if it works there... then audacity or its configuration is at fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 ...set Audacity to record using the Line6 device in the preferences drop down choices....ASIO choice not available .... That's what BigChas52 was saying. Your version of Audacity does not seem to support ASIO..... Which means it can see but not use your POD..... Which means you need another recording program that will work with your POD ..... Like reaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferdnuckles Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 Thanks again for the quick responses....the confusion is that other folks say they record using their Line 6 device to the free downloaded version of Audacity... 1. Is there an ASIO compiled version for download somewhere that works?? 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferdnuckles Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 Sorry...hit wrong key and posted reply too soon 2. Have installed Reaper....interface alien at this point...did go into options and set recording device as ASIO..Interesting enough...same issue....shows the input meter responding ...but nothing show as recording.... 3. Are there some specific settings I need in Reaper to get the HD500 to record via USB correctly...... Am at sea....Control panel Sound shows the recording device as a Digital Device Line 6....Playback show only speaker choice...no Line 6 device...probably not unusual... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneman2121 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 i don't know much about recording so don't be so hard on me if this is a stupid suggestion. however, i will accept all praise if i'm right. did you arm the track? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferdnuckles Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 Please....no stupid answers...just my stupid questions.... Yes...the track is armed....set input as both Line6 device or ASIO device....as with Audacity....start recording....recording levels show input of sounds...the actually recording WAVE signal is flat....nothing is recorded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 After arming the track to record, what input source from the POD HD500 are you selecting(1, 2, or 1+2)? Are you sure your POD preset/patch is sending sound/signal to the POD outputs corresponding to this source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Audacity - latest version works fine for me with my HD500X. I just selected HD500 for the input device and it records just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigChas52 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hmmm. This isn't supposed to work, but I was able to record my POD HD and my TonePort UX2 in Audacity without using ASIO. Steps: 1. Set the POD HD as the default device in the Windows Sound control panel on the "Recording" tab (not sure this is necessary, but I did it anyway) 2. In Audacity, under "Edit -> Preferences -> Devices: a) Set Interface -> Host: Windows DirectSound b) Set Playback -> Device: Primary Sound Driver c) Set Recording -> Device: Digital Audio Interface (#-Line 6 Pod HDxxx) d) Hit OK 3. Hit the blue "Pause" button and then the red "record" button - Your track should now be armed, but not recording. Audacity should also have created a new audio track for you to record in. You should see activity in the record monitoring window at the top. 4. Hit the blue "pause" button again to begin recording, and party like it's 1999. You should see sound waves in the new track as you record. 5. Hit the stop button to finish recording. Your track should be available for playback. I don't know why this works. Back in the day, Line 6 audio was only available for recording via ASIO, via SP/DIF, or by taking the analog outputs and connecting them to your PC's AUX inputs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferdnuckles Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Well....thanks everyone for the earnest help and responses.... I'm embarrassed to admit that it was USER error all along.... Audacity was recording everything just fine....from the beginning... What was the actual issue and what was throwing me off...was the Track Wave signal line seemed flat when it was really just displaying differently, a very very skinny line....as soon as I switched the Track display to (db) choice...well...boy howdy, suddenly I was seeing what I expected....an up/down wave pattern I could edit... The playback issue turned out to be one of volume setting and setting the interface to Direct Sound...playback plays just fine through computer speakers.... Again.....thanks all for the timely responses Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jandrio Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Immediately after recording, use the "Normalize" effect on the channel just recorded. Then use the mixer board to level all "normalized" tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokhangoktas Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 hi everybody. i am a different problem with audacity. i have a line 6 gx sound card. when i open pod farm, i get sound, i can hear my guitar. But when i open audacity, sound is gone. i can't hear the sound and i can't record it. please help me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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