Using POD as effect

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I just bought a Presonus Firebox hoping to use its outputs as "effect sends" from the computer. The problem is that when sending its output to a Line6 POD 2.0 I get monstrous noise.

The noise is there whether its monitored from the POD or the computer. The output from the firebox does not have that much noise, but it may be too loud for the POD. If I lower the level in software I don't overdrive the POD but then I hear almost nothing but noise.

Why does it do that? How can I acheive my goal?

Thanks
 
What exactly IS your goal?

You don't really specify, so I'll take an educated guess. I'd guess that you are asking for instructions on using the Pod as a 'send and return' type processor rather than what it actually is made to be which is a 'through' processor. You need to feed some audio into the Pod. With no audio for the Pod to process you are just looping the noise of the Pod thru itself over and over until you get a monstrous noise.

You can solve your problem by plugging your guitar (or microphone, or bass or whatever) straight into the Pod, then plugging the output of the Pod into the Firebox.
 
Does the Firebox have a 'Direct Out', 'Insert', or an 'Effect Send'? If so, use one of them to feed the PODs input, set the A.I.R. switch on the POD to 'Direct', then run 1/4" TRS cables from both the 'Left' and 'Right' outputs of the POD into 2 channels(assuming there is 2 channels available).
 
Well, the POD expects a Hi-Z signal (assuming you're using the bean, not the Pro) and your send-signal is line-level. You need a converter to do this. There's both level- and impedance mismatch, which is why you get all that noise...
You need something like this :
http://www.reamp.com

...or try to google Jensen Transformers. There's a schematic there on how to build such a converter yourself...
 
Thanks, I'm pretty sure Dimebag has the right answer (until I test it, but's its indeed probably an impedance and level problem).

To clarify its not an effect send, its more like an insert but the return comes into a different channel and both channels are recorded: the raw signal and the POD output. That way you keep the raw signal and can "re-render" a good take using adjusments on the POD and/or control automation data (such as tweaking wha parameters).

Thanks.
 
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