POD XT - Direct Recording

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i can relate to regretting...i bought back my Sans Amp GT2 once, and still have lust to get a RNC back.
i won't bring up my old LesPaul and Stratocaster stories. :(

i got to admit, i love being able to DI at times....fast, simple, run it thru the monitors and it sounds like it did going in.

DI is less surprises than mic'ing then playing back, then re-micing...imo.

yes, unfortunately.. i can also verify that putting a mic in front of a live-cabinet can be fhkd up too, it's not a guarentee it will be awesome....skills and effort required for a good guitar track..! :eek:

i have to agree with therage!.......
i found most of my sim's & pedals to sound similar.
technologys come along way with the "chips" having 24bit DSP and all that crap, probably why.
 
You need a MIDI-USB or some other kind of midi cable if you can't use USB for whatever reason. Once you get that, it is a breeze to edit patches, change config, etc. M-Audio makes one called the "Uno" that sells for $39 bucks or so.

HungPhat said:
im starting to regret selling my Vamp PRO now.

i still have the Vamp2...

question...

how do i get tones from the tone library on the behringer site onto hte vamp2????
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I dunno.

I consider myself an audiophile. I hear the dumbest differences. I have the Pod XT and the Pod XT Live.

If you're making a professional recording, I wouldn't expect to get your best results from the XT.

The XT is GREAT for idea work, however. You can really hone in your ideas with it... no matter your genre.

A few times, here and there, it will work on a professional enviroment.

But I'll almost always resort back to my Marshall Jubilee for main guitar lines.

A word of memory: I used to own a Digitech GSP2101. It was one of the first preamps (and all-in-one rack units) to (IMHO) to get it right. They had an OK amp sim, but they had a great preamp unit that warmed up your signal greatly when goin direct.

My two lincolns.
 
amra said:
You need a MIDI-USB or some other kind of midi cable if you can't use USB for whatever reason. Once you get that, it is a breeze to edit patches, change config, etc. M-Audio makes one called the "Uno" that sells for $39 bucks or so.
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so i just buy a midi-USB cable and thats it...i assume the software is on the behringer site.
cheers.
 
HungPhat said:
so i just buy a midi-USB cable and thats it...i assume the software is on the behringer site.
cheers.
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Yep that's pretty much it. If you have any trouble with it let me know, and I will be glad to help out, but it is pretty straight forward.
 
I've gotten some decent results with a V-AMP2 and with Roland COSM effects (on my effects card in my VS-1680 digital recorder). Still, with effort, the best sounds I have recorded are via mic'd cabinet (SM57 mostly).
 
thats just it. I love an amp sound now and then, but the "box' works often too. its sound like colors available for a painter...

i think the "boxes" have done well for the clean tone, it used to be only a few...now all of 'em figured it out.
i've never heard a overdrive or crunch that sounds as good as an amp..yet. ymmv.
 
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