electric guitar direct recording?

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i have a multi effect (pod),and i want to record the e/guitar directly to the computer (via an external sound interface).do i need a PREAMP between the pod and the sound interace?...if so---which would you recommend?

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threshhold2 said:
i have a multi effect (pod),and i want to record the e/guitar directly to the computer (via an external sound interface).do i need a PREAMP between the pod and the sound interace?...if so---which would you recommend?

thanks/
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The POD is a preamp just not in the sense of a tradional mic preamp.If you have a digital input on your computer I would reccomend that.I know some PODs have usb outs,that may be the way to go provided you have no problems.
 
If you do it - I'd be interested to hear what it sounds like. Because I tried this once and I got the most god awful sound possible.

Let us know if you get something good :)
 
You won't need a preamp - The Pod is doing the work of supplying the line input with a line-level signal.

The nice part is that you can record the dry signal to a different track... That way, you can loop that signal back out and mess with the Pod's controls while listening to the mix.
 
The line 6 drivers (at least all the ones Ive tried) let you chose whether to put the poddy sounds on1 and 2 and the di on asio streams 3 and 4 or viceversa

Very cool! then you can edit while looking at the clean track ( MUCH much easier)
 
would not recommend it

the pod is a nice unit how ever any time you use any sort of digital interface in your guitar sound you will inevitably get that computery sound. if you are looking for a nice clean sound or want to use things like a phaser, digital delay, chorus, the pod is fine but for distortion or any thing like that there is no competition for a miced up amp. the issue is that distortion in and of its self is a peek signal that is basically recompresed in the pedal the amp give the gain a place to go and drive to its full potential. the pod will not allow this because it is all computer samples. it has a good sound but if you are looking for that true warm distortion a tube amp and good over drive pedal is the way to go.
 
sailr322 said:
the pod is a nice unit how ever any time you use any sort of digital interface in your guitar sound you will inevitably get that computery sound.
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Really? You would be hard pressed to find a CD made without a digital interface somewhere in the chain. How do they get that 'good tube sound' on them?

sailr322 said:
if you are looking for a nice clean sound or want to use things like a phaser, digital delay, chorus, the pod is fine but for distortion or any thing like that there is no competition for a miced up amp.
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Unless you actually know what you are doing.


sailr322 said:
the issue is that distortion in and of its self is a peek signal that is basically recompresed in the pedal the amp give the gain a place to go and drive to its full potential.
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This makes no sense. Even what I think you mean isn't true.

sailr322 said:
the pod will not allow this because it is all computer samples.
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The pod doesn't use samples. It uses modeling.

sailr322 said:
it has a good sound but if you are looking for that true warm distortion a tube amp and good over drive pedal is the way to go.
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How do you get 'true warm tube distortion' out of a solid state overdrive pedal? That doesn't make much sense either.
 
I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought sailr322's comments made no sense:confused:
 
Creep said:
If you do it - I'd be interested to hear what it sounds like. Because I tried this once and I got the most god awful sound possible.

Let us know if you get something good :)
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nirvana did it on nevermind before modeling.

I would never guess farviews sample was a pod. I'm personally not a fan of the tone, but I would never guess it was modeling.
 
cnix said:
Great job Farview!! I can not tell you how many times I read on recording boards that a POD is worthless in recording, you have to get yada, yada, yada, $$$ to get any type of guitar sound.

Charlie
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I've also fooled people who say the same things. You just can't grab a POD and expect perfection without a little work. I use my tube amps all the time and for some material a tube amp is what I need. It's mix and match for me...whatever works for the song. The latest generation POD is better, at least to my ears.
 
LOL at how farview systematically spanked sailr32's arugements one at a time...
You can get some great direct sounds with a modeler. It takes a while to get the hang of it, and the default patches usually won't cut it. But if you take the time to learn how to use it, you might be suprised.
 
nice stuff Fairview...DIdition, best...Terrorizer and RNC very well done too IMO.

Oddseye wouldn' ply and KNotsdown probably the most commercial?

Was Didition and Terrorizer direct In guitar? Sounded great to me...RNC too.
 
COOLCAT said:
Oddseye wouldn' ply and KNotsdown probably the most commercial?
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Thanks for letting me know, I fixed the link. Knotdown is from 1998, it was a bunch of kids that just got thier drivers licence.

COOLCAT said:
Was Didition and Terrorizer direct In guitar? Sounded great to me...RNC too.
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Didition was an RP7 sent through a tube power amp into a cabinet and mic'd. Terrorizer was a Marshall of some kind through a mic'd cabinet.
 
Farview- Great job on the guitars there... best modelled sound that I've heard to date (that i knew was modelled) but I can't help but wonder if it would have sounded better miced through a cab...

I own a Pod Pro and use it all the time... but you've got to admit that it's a digital algorythem designed to imitate the miked cabinet... It's almost impossible to recreate an analog signal path digitally... it comes close... but not quite there...

For example... There'd be a very small market for outboard gear, if you could acurately digitally model the outboard gear in the box...
 
Pod

I love my Pod X3 and my XT before that. I'd say it is better for heavier music, but anything works.

A good example. I recently did a recording by mic'ing a Fender Bassman. It sounded pretty good, but took a good hour to set up and get the right mic placement, room dampening, levels, getting rid of tube humming, etc.

Later, I plugged in the Pod XT and dialed in the Fender Bassman preset. It sounded better and took seconds to get going.

Time is money, right?
 
DarkFriend said:
A good example. I recently did a recording by mic'ing a Fender Bassman. It sounded pretty good, but took a good hour to set up and get the right mic placement, room dampening, levels, getting rid of tube humming, etc.
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This is the dark side of recording tube amps. Takes experimenting...in other words...work. Personally I have found it easier (once I get the tube amp sound right) to get a miked amp to sit in a mix better. I will say this however, for whatever reason I'm finding the POD X3 easier to get a sound that does well in a mix. Maybe there is less fizz/:D
 
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