Looking for opinions on improving PodXT sound.
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You need an instrument level input. So if your sound card has one, then yes... but if it's your typical soundblaster or built-in card, then you'll need a DI box. However, your POD can serve as that DI Box.
If you do end up buying Revalver, just plug into your POD how you normally would, but turn off the amp and cab sims, so it just routes the dry guitar signal directly into your computer.
Unavaible is right, but if your POD is a XT, there´s a better way of how to do it.
Use the Gearbox software to dial a good tone for monitoring, but on your DAW use Gearbox´s "3-4 send" (clean DI) instead of "1-2" (fully processed) input. This will make you record only the clean DI track on the DAW (to apply Revalver) but you still get a cool zero latency tone from Gearbox for monitoring while you play it. That´s what I´m doing, but using Gearbox Plugin instead of Revalver, and Toneport KB37 instead of PODxt
Use the Gearbox software to dial a good tone for monitoring, but on your DAW use Gearbox´s "3-4 send" (clean DI) instead of "1-2" (fully processed) input. This will make you record only the clean DI track on the DAW (to apply Revalver) but you still get a cool zero latency tone from Gearbox for monitoring while you play it. That´s what I´m doing, but using Gearbox Plugin instead of Revalver, and Toneport KB37 instead of PODxt
I would say buy ReValver, sell your PODxt and use the money from that to buy a 1/2-channel USB or FireWire interface.
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Yea, when I played the Revalver demo, I pooped myself. But now I'm in a quandry about what to do. I'll bail on the Pod, but then for a "DI box", that leaves me with just an old Audio Buddy. I ran the POD into my EMU-0404. SO If i go along the lines of USB/Firewire, aren't I sacrificing latency, cause right now, I can run 4ms, with everything running, plugins, DFHS, etc.....
Wait - doesn't the EMU-0404 have an instrument input? If so, that's a built in DI, so you're set; guitar into that into Revalver!
I assume you have the USB one, and looking at the pic here, it says that both Neutrik combo jacks are either Hi-Z (meaning high impedance, meaning designed for guitar), line, or XLR - I guess you can toggle whether it's Hi- or Lo-Z in the software or something, but for guitar you'd want Hi-Z.
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