POD or one of those Sansamp GT2 thingies

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I DO have a POD 2.0 Pro in the studio - and you're right it does sound pretty good - for my own projects I tend to use a mic'd amp more often, but the POD provides decent tone alternatives for the times we need it.

There's nothing wrong at all with the approach you're taking - I use the V-Drums in the studio too - absolutely fantastic sounds from 'em!!!

Cheers! :)
Bruce
 
Here's an Idea...

It seems like everyone is missing out on something obvious...why not use the POD as a preamp and then mic the cabinet? Has no one mentioned this before? From what I've heard of the POD, it sounds pretty good. Therefore, it would probably sound even better if you pumped it through a nice amp & cabs. Has someone mentioned this and I just missed it?

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Or you can use the POD as a direct box and plug another pedal between it and a guitar.
 
I looked at all the post again and the funny thing is it looks like mostly everybody is correct, but, i'm just a old dumb guy, what do i know.
 
I think music is a very personal media and everyone has a different opinion on what "The sound" is.
My observations:
The POD 2.0 sounds good. It does not sound exactly like a good tube amp, but some tube amps don't sound that good to begin with. If you like the way is sounds, use it.
I have a Carvin Legacy combo, which I prefer over a Marshall, Boogie , or Fender. But that's just my opinion.
The POD sounds better on tape because I don't have the right environment to record with a mike and a cabinet.
(This is in a 20' x 20' room in my basement with me as the engineer!)

In most "Home recording situations" a POD will probably be
easier, quieter, less frustrating solution.

P.S. -
Has anybody here listened to the radio lately?
Most of the music out there right now has a horrible guitar sound, but some of the songs are still good once they are all mixed. Before you decide whether a sound is good or bad, consider what the finished song should sound like.
Sometimes a great guitar sounds doesn't sound good once the song is mixed.
 
Someone mentioned putting a pedal between the guitar and the POD...... I like this one pedal I have (DOD Death Metal distortion), and I have been just going direct. Of course, it just 'sounds' direct. Would going through my pedal into POD make the sound more 'believeable'? If I could do that, I think I would be a happy camper.
 
Why don't you all just dry track all your guitar parts and re-amp them or shove them through your favorite modeler while you're mixing down. That way you never have to commit to a "sound" until you mix. I've never re-amped into a real amplifier but it works great on my..dare i say.. RP-2000.
Has anyone ever done this with an amplifier?
 
PODs sound absolutely horrible through an amp. All "tinny" and disgusting. I am a HUGE J-Station guy. These thigns are SOO underrated. Cheaper then POD too. They sound more "believable", although that isn't all what I'm going for. I totally agree with bvaleria about recording to capture the players essence, and it is a very true point. However, sometimes people don't like their sound because they don't have the $$ to put out on the equipment. And also, it's a hell of a lot easier to plug into a modeler and play then to deal with micing up the amp and seperating it from the monitors and such. I hate that stuff, although micing tecniques come in handy. The way I've gone is all rythym tracks are played through my J-Station and then occasionaly doubled through a Marshall miced on a 2x12". All lead is on the Marshall unless I want a werid effect or something that washes out the sound, then I just go J-Station. It's all preference. It just so happens I love the sound of my Marshall. I also love the sound of a Mesa Doulbve Rectifier, but I am not exactly the richest guy, so I go J-Station. To tell you the truth I like the J-Stations Rectified setting mroe then the Mesas. All preference.
Jake
 
"Horrible" is going a bit far, but yeah, there's nothing special about running the POD though an amp -- unless you run it throught the PA system. The POD emulates what an amp, cabinet and mic all do to combine into a good recording signal -- why would you expect that putting that signal back through an amp and micing it would sound better in any way? It might make an interesting sound, but I doubt it would sound very good. The POD is designed to be used like this -- that is, like an effects unit -- to a degree, but it's not particulary good at this.
 
It sounds great through a PA. Thats the idea, not to put it back through an amp. On some amps it does sound "ok", but not great. On most amps the thing does sound horrible. If the amp ahs an effects loop that shuts off all the tone coloring stuff in the amp then it osunds ok. I have a Line 6 Flextone and I tried putting the Pod through the effects loop and it osunds fine. I really don't think it has anything to do with them both being Line 6. It's because the effects loop shuts off all the processing in the amp. It is like putting the Pod through a power amp and then out 2 10" speakers.
Jake
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My buddy mentioned that, just plugging POD straight into the PA. That would be cool if you had your own, but when you play at clubs using their PA, there are drawbacks. First, the club owners might become totally confused. Second, you wouldn't have the actually sound of the amp on the stage, if you're used to hearing it. Third, wouldn't going direct give you the potential to bust some speakers if you had some bad settings (ex: turn the lows all the way up)? And club owners might not like this....

It sure would be fun to do, though...
 
pod live

I don't use the pod live but a keyboard amp is suppose to sound good with the pod. I have two peavey classic 30 amps with celestion vintage 30 speakers and they sound very good with the pod in stereo plugged into the fx returns, bypassing the preamps.
 
The Tech 21 has an amp "made" for powering your amp modeler sound without any coloration - the "Power Engine" - 60 watts, specially designed speaker, and about $250 or $300 I think. Supposedly they are very good. Check out their site: http://www.tech21nyc.com
 
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