Kanthos
05-13-2008, 03:52 PM
I'm considering getting a Line6 Pod (probably the XT model) to add effects to my keyboards and sax without taking up CPU. In a live situation, no problem: run my MIDI controllers through VSTs to create the sounds, run that into the Line6 for effects, and then out into an amp or DI.
Ideally, I'd also like to use this for recording and mixing. There are two scenarios that I'm considering.
1) Using MIDI controllers. I'd play the keyboards, have Cubase record the MIDI, send the resulting audio through the soundcard to the POD. I'd route the POD's output back through the soundcard to Cubase and record the processed audio. Basically, Cubase would record processed audio and MIDI. Besides being the only way to do this, the benefit would be that I could swap the effects and rerecord, much like studios that re-amp guitar parts (record both a clean and processed signal).
2) Using my sax: I'd play into a mic which would run through my soundcard into Cubase. The output audio from the soundcard would go to the POD, which would go back into the computer to be recorded.
Would I be introducing any weird loops doing that? It seems like a bad idea since I'd be using the soundcard output for both the unprocessed and processed signals. Is there any other way that I could do this, given that I'd have a sound card and effects box, short of getting a second soundcard or other fairly expensive piece of hardware?
Ideally, I'd also like to use this for recording and mixing. There are two scenarios that I'm considering.
1) Using MIDI controllers. I'd play the keyboards, have Cubase record the MIDI, send the resulting audio through the soundcard to the POD. I'd route the POD's output back through the soundcard to Cubase and record the processed audio. Basically, Cubase would record processed audio and MIDI. Besides being the only way to do this, the benefit would be that I could swap the effects and rerecord, much like studios that re-amp guitar parts (record both a clean and processed signal).
2) Using my sax: I'd play into a mic which would run through my soundcard into Cubase. The output audio from the soundcard would go to the POD, which would go back into the computer to be recorded.
Would I be introducing any weird loops doing that? It seems like a bad idea since I'd be using the soundcard output for both the unprocessed and processed signals. Is there any other way that I could do this, given that I'd have a sound card and effects box, short of getting a second soundcard or other fairly expensive piece of hardware?