no but seriously, podfarm would be infinitely better than what you're doing now, for the following reasons, and other pod hardware unit users take note:
1. your cpu can easily handle the same modeling algorithms that, 11-ish years ago when the pod 2.0 launched, were really only practical to home users in a hardware unit. so the sound is actually much better, WORLDS better than the hardware pod2.0, due not only to modern improvements in the modeling algorithms, (again...pod 2.0 is 11 years old) but also because there is no conversion taking place during the modeling process. as it is now, your guitar DI signal is hitting the pod, being converted to digital (very poorly), modeled in the pod, converted back to analog (again very poorly) to be sent to the line outs, then into the mediocre at best mbox preamps, converted back to digital again in the mbox (also poorly, but not as bad), and then sent to protools. by using podfarm, you cut out that entire conversion nightmare which is where the sound is really getting mangled. ...that, and...again, the pod2.0 is ancient. Line6 has come a loong way with their modeling technology since then, and pod FARM 2.0 just launched a few months ago, and sounds really good.
2. tracking DI's, after you do it once, you'll never go back. editing DI's, especially in protools with elastic audio, is babytown easy and ridiculously powerful. the other arguably biggest advantage to tracking DI's is that you have the flexibility of not comitting to any tone, ...ever, really. you can change your mind infinitely without ever re-tracking anything.
3. kids on this forum go bannanas over podfarm.
