Use a tube pre boost, to quiet Pod?

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I hope that I can make myself understood.

My last recording I used cleanest possible setting on my Pod. It ended up being a little noisy.

I beleive this is because the drive was all the way down and the output level was way up. Signal to noise, not so good.

Now for my question: If I hook my guitar up to a good quiet tube pre, would I be able to boost the level of the guitar going to the Pod, and improve the signal to noise?

In other words more signal less noise, and still retain clean sound?

GT
 
Gt...I've used the Pod with a tube pre.What I did is set the outputof the Pod at about 1/2 {but that will dependon your pickups ect.} way then used the pre to get the signal up to a nice level at the recorder and was able to get some good results ..pretty clean!Also try your channel volume experiment with that to make sure that you are geting a good clean sig. out from there..Also check to see if the doward expander{noise gate} is on..Hold "tap" button and turn reverb up clockwise past 12 oclock..to turn off hold "tap" turn reverb counter clockwise to 0.. See if that has any effect on your sound..it is more important with high gain sounds.!I have found that some times for clean its better to shut it off..Good luck hope that I helped


Don
 
GT...Digitech..IVL VMP1.. its not too bad Has digital outs, Parametric EQ
But the Digitech name kills me..LOL..Also use a Event EMP1{SolidState} for Cleaner/more transparent stuff..Good luck

Don
 
Always turn your POD up to the max volume if you're recording out of it. This is recommended in their manuals and by professionals who use it. This gets you the maximum possible signal-to-noise ratio from the unit. Trust me, I have tried a million combinations and this has proen itself true for me too. There are several reasons you might be getting noise from your POD:
  1. Noisy environment: you could be getting 60-cycle hum from your computer, your power outlets, or your computer monitor
  2. Noisy amp model: the amp models are pretty true to life, and the Line6 guys did not filter out any of the amp noise. a tube amp is pretty noisy even when clean, so you may be hearing that.
  3. Noisy source: is your guitar shielded? are your pickups buzzy? is your guitar cord cheap?
  4. Recording issues: it could be your recording source, a noisy soundcard, cheap D/A converters. Or are you recording to a cassette or tape machine? In any case, you want a hot signal to eliminat noise. I have also found that most of the "clean" amp models stay relatively clean up to abou halfway up, so you might try more than the bare minimum gain.
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Thanks charger,

I found out that turning my guitar ninety degrees to the speakers, made a world of difference, that was the problem.

I was facing the speakers.

In this respect, Pod acts just like a real amp. Ninety degrees, and I've got almost dead quiet, with noise gate off!

My advice when recording, especially clean sound, do not face speakers.

GT
 
...and watch the computer monitor...

One of the biggest "noisemakers" for guitars is the computer monitor. I was getting a lot of buzz with my guitar at first, then I turned 90 degrees from the computer monitor, and it disappeared. Essentially, the signals eminating from the monitor screen wreak havoc with guitar pickups.

I'm not sure if you have the classic "monitor between speakers" setup, GT, but if you do, it may have been that and not the speakers that were causing your problem.
 
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