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[guitaraudio]

hi homerecording.com. Need some help; and hopefully you have the answers. recently got one of these for x-mas

ikmultimedia.com/irig/features/

from a relative who knew i played guitar but thought i had one of those ipod thingies. well, i don't (have an ipod, that is). However, the thing is basically a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter, with a headphone jack soldered into it for those of us who aren't ready to "share" our music with the world just yet. And i've recently got to the point where i want to start doing low-(non-existent in this case) budget recording on my PC so i thought i might as well use it.

now, i've recorded my guitar audio onto my pc before (through a microphone plugged into the red mic-in) and it has played back just fine, so i know my sound card is okay. i've gone throughout the internets looking for a solution; i've tried plugging it into the line-in (the blue connector) like many a youtube video tells me to, but no luck. the most i get is the standard buzzy grain that all line-in's and mic's give on a pc soundcard. i know i'm somewhat computer literate, but this thing has me feeling like a grade A Retard. before anyone asks, i'll give you the breakdown tree of my setup.

guitar-->line 6 POD-->guitar amp-->Headphone (aka "line out" on a guitar amp)--->iRig-->line in on PC sound card.

am i doing something wrong here? i've even done it to where it's as simple as

guitar-->iRig-->line in and/or microphone in on the PC sound card. still no luck.

so, would someone please enlighten me as to what i'm screwing up? would be greatly appreciated.

 

[TetraFish]

What kind of POD? Most can connect via USB and act as a recording interface bypassing your cheapo sound card.

 

[guitaraudio]

it's one of the OLD older PODS. version 2.0, only alternate plugs are a MIDI interface and a Ethernet looking jack that says "pedal." no usb whatsoever. and this thread doesn't really matter anymore because i finally got a reply back from IKmultimedia and they tell me it's somehow only compatible with the ipods and ipads OS. how they managed to fit a mac OS bit architecture into a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter is beyond me, but the idea i get from the rep is they must've sold their soul to the devil to get that kind of technology because THERE IS NO WAY that is even physically possible. IT'S A FRIKIN ADAPTER for crying out loud! THERE'S NOT EVEN ROOM FOR ANY KIND OF SOFTWARE! oh well i'm just telling my uncle (the one who got me it as a gift) if he wants it back. im going to get me one of those 25 cent adapter's from radio shack.