Line 6 POD HD500X-I/O in PT11

[martinaston]

I have purchased the Line 6 POD HD500X recently. The manual says:

Audio Routing
When using the POD HD500X USB connection, the audio driver manages several
tasks. The driver feeds the processed guitar signal out the USB Record Send to your
computer and receives playback audio from the computer. It also grabs the processed
guitar signal before routing it to the Record Send, to provide a low latency monitor
signal, and then mixes the monitor signal with the playback audio and feeds this
combined signal to your POD HD500X analog outputs.
Note that all USB audio is muted whenever a L6 LINK™ connection is active between POD...

As shown above, the Record Send is the virtual “pipeline” that carries your POD HDprocessed,
24-bit digital signal across the USB connection, making it available to your
audio software as an input signal for recording.The POD HD500X Record Send appears as an available audio input/recording device
within your audio software. Simply select this Send as the input for your audio track
and you’ll be able to record your POD HD500X signal.

Could anyone tell me how to configure the POD to appear in my I/O's in PT11 please?

[martinaston]

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[junkgear]

To select which audio engine Pro Tools uses:
1 Choose Setup > Playback Engine.
2 From the Playback Engine selector, select your audio interface (POD).

The easiest way to set up your IO is as follows:

1. Choose Setup > I/O
2. Click on the Input tab
3. Press the Default button.

You should see the input assignments change to what is available on your POD.

4. Click on the Output tab.
2. Press the Default button.

You should see the output assignments change to what is available on your POD.

You should now be able to create tracks and assign them to your POD.

[Darryl Ramm]

And the obvious question is have you actually installed the device driver for the POD on your computer? And it is the correct version for your OS?

Darryl

[martinaston]

Originally Posted by junkgear

To select which audio engine Pro Tools uses:
1 Choose Setup > Playback Engine.
2 From the Playback Engine selector, select your audio interface (POD).

The easiest way to set up your IO is as follows:

1. Choose Setup > I/O
2. Click on the Input tab
3. Press the Default button.

You should see the input assignments change to what is available on your POD.

4. Click on the Output tab.
2. Press the Default button.

You should see the output assignments change to what is available on your POD.

You should now be able to create tracks and assign them to your POD.

Thanks for the response, I omitted to mention that I am using PT 003 Rack and utilising the ADAT outputs to a Yamaha 01V96 console so it is not an option to use the POD as the playback engine.

Is there a way to be able to use the 003 Rack as the main playback engine but have the POD show up in the I/O's?

Thanks again.

[martinaston]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

And the obvious question is have you actually installed the device driver for the POD on your computer? And it is the correct version for your OS?

Darryl

Thanks Darryl-yes it is all connected up and running via the device driver and is communicating with the HD500X editor. It also shows up in the PT playback engine options, but as I posted above, this is not an option.

Thanks for response.
Chris.

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by martinaston

Thanks for the response, I omitted to mention that I am using PT 003 Rack and utilising the ADAT outputs to a Yamaha 01V96 console so it is not an option to use the POD as the playback engine.

Is there a way to be able to use the 003 Rack as the main playback engine but have the POD show up in the I/O's?

Thanks again.

Oh well that extra info was key. No you cannot do what you are trying for. There is no way to aggregate a 003 with any other interface. However you can use the S/PDIF output of the Pod into the S/PDIF input of your 003R.

[martinaston]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

Oh well that extra info was key. No you cannot do what you are trying for. There is no way to aggregate a 003 with any other interface. However you can use the S/PDIF output of the Pod into the S/PDIF input of your 003R.

I tried the SPDIF route but its a pain de-coupling the Eleven Rack from the SPDIF loop with the 003 Rack.

Also the POD then cancels out the DT25 amplifier via the VDI connection...

also the POD doesn't have a SPDIF in so it makes the game a tricky one trying to get the POD tones recorded in my system as it can't be re-amped.

Thanks anyway.

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by martinaston

I tried the SPDIF route but its a pain de-coupling the Eleven Rack from the SPDIF loop with the 003 Rack.

Also the POD then cancels out the DT25 amplifier via the VDI connection...

also the POD doesn't have a SPDIF in so it makes the game a tricky one trying to get the POD tones recorded in my system as it can't be re-amped.

Thanks anyway.

This does not really make sense, how would any route of IO signal from the Pod include the DT25 amp processing?

Oh well, grab a SM58 microphone and stick it on the amp's cab. And if you like digital an Eleven Rack or Fractal Axe FX II offer a lot more flexibility.

[martinaston]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

This does not really make sense, how would any route of IO signal from the Pod include the DT25 amp processing?

Oh well, grab a SM58 microphone and stick it on the amp's cab. And if you like digital an Eleven Rack or Fractal Axe FX II offer a lot more flexibility.

Sorry Darryl we are at cross purposes, the DT25 is in the chain so I can play and monitor from the amp itself rather than the studio monitors...it's just the way I like to work, but the POD cancels the connection to the amp in the chain when the SPDIF output is connected... lord help us like you say go grab the 58 and annoy the neighbours (or get a proper job )

I am actually using the Eleven rack and NI Guitar Rig 5 (new AAX update) but I just wanted to try the POD as an alternative cos the sounds are good, more, what's the buzz-word..."organic".
Cheers