pod users

[CatharsisStudios]

is your pod your main interface? or do you go pod > di box> inteface?


cause i have a pod xt and i don't wana use that as my interface i'd rather use my firepod, so wtf do i do haha

 

[Sean in Silence]

I run everything through my pod x3
does your firepod have spdif?

 

[Metaltastic]

Firepods do, PodXT's don't (unless it's the Pro) Just use the left line-out into a line-in on your FP Ryan! (and get all the gain from the Pod's output knob naturally, not the Firepod's gain knob)

 

[CatharsisStudios]

i have a pod xt pro, what cable do i need for a spdif? just a normal rca cord?

 

[joeymusicguy]

i have a pod xt pro, what cable do i need for a spdif? just a normal rca cord?

order an actual spdif cable

i suggest sweetwater =]

 

[crosstalk]

order an actual spdif cable

Yep, those tricky suckers look like RCA cables, but a RCA cable won't work.

I just use an output on the POD XT to a line in on a Firepod. Wish I had a POD XT PRO and could use the Spidf in instead.

 

[Metaltastic]

I dunno, I've heard of people using RCA cables and that they do in fact work, and the thing with digital data transmission is it either is all there or none of it is! (not like analog where you can have varying qualities of signal) Worth a try anyway, I highly doubt it'd do any harm

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

It is my understanding that RCA is really a connector that one might have on a variety of cables, including spdif. So "RCA cable" is kind of meaningless. So one couldn't for example, use a non digital cable with an RCA connector, but any digital cable with RCA connecters (basically, spdif) would be fine.

Not sure if this is correct though.

 

[CatharsisStudios]

oh dam, well sadly the pod xt pro goes back to my buddy soon D: i was just wondering, i am nailing some okay tone out of it

 

[Uladyne]

I used a cheap ass RCA cable for spdif between my podxt and firepod with no problems. I always used the XLR analog output to record, but for reamping I would send the DI through spdif into the podxt and it worked just fine.

 

[Joshua Wickman]

order an actual spdif cable

i suggest sweetwater =]

Just curious what brand spdif cable are you using Joey?

 

[Oliver Lukacs]

I also use a cheapo spdif cable I bought on ebay for 3 quid. Sound is not travelling through a spdif cable, so I think any 75 ohm spidif cable does the trick.

 

[TheDude]

I've always used cheap home stereo RCA for the spdif. It's digital, either it works or not.

 

[Metaltastic]

I've always used cheap home stereo RCA for the spdif. It's digital, either it works or not.

That's what I'm saying, glad someone who's actually tried it can confirm!

 

[Rex Rocker]

Well, I've always plugged it in via USB because I do a lot of reamping on it via usb.

 

[crosstalk]

That's what I'm saying, glad someone who's actually tried it can confirm!

I too have tried using an audio RCA cable in place of a spidf and got zilch out of it.

 

[joeymusicguy]

Just curious what brand spdif cable are you using Joey?

HOSA

all other cables in my studio are mogami or monster, so dont get the wrong idea