KVR Audio

klagga · Post by **klagga** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:15 pm

I'm probably getting a Pod XT Live and the Gearbox effects plugin.

It will complement my setup together with a few VST-instruments etc. My sequencer is Tracktion and my soundcard MAudio Audiophile 192.

I've heard that there may be possible conflicts when using the Pod+Gearbox together with ASIO soundcards, since the Pod itself acts as a soundcard. Is this right? Anything I should be aware of in this field before purchase?

Thanks

Aural Chaos · Post by **Aural Chaos** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:00 pm

Your choices are:
use the analog outs of the Pod into your soundcard
use the Pod's USB, and have it be the only ASIO device
or
use ASIO4ALL to allow both your Audiophile and the Pod to be soundcards.

I'd go with the first,cause I've had problems getting the Pod's USB to work well on my laptop.Also, the latency is going to be higher than your Audiophile.
The problem with the second option is you don't want your VSTi going through the Pod (well you might I guess...)

klagga · Post by **klagga** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:53 pm

Thanks for the clarification.

Can I turn off the ASIO handling in the pod and just use its USB cable to handle midi from the pod to the computer and vice versa?

With this solution, to use the analog outs of the pod and only use the USB-connection for midi, I won't get any reamping capability of the pod, am I right?

Thanks again

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:02 pm

You don't have to disable anything. Just select the Audiophile's asio driver in your host.

Reamping is done by GearBox in your PC, not by the pod. I think that will work regardless of where the signal comes from.

liars&ashes · Post by **liars&ashes** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:46 pm

----Hmm, I'm not very umm, technically proficient hardware-wise. But I run an old Guitarport through an M-Audio 24/96 card, and I always use the M-Audio Asio drivers and haven't had any probs with running Gearbox inside Acid Pro. The M-Audio Asio drivers are actually the best I've used overall.

Jeff

Aural Chaos · Post by **Aural Chaos** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:34 pm

You will only get to use reamping on the PodXT if you are using the Line6 audio drivers, so you are correct that using the audiophile will not give you that possibilty. So if you are using Gearbox for anything in this scenario, it is simply as an editor/librarian.
So no reamping...

klagga · Post by **klagga** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:17 am

Aural Chaos wrote:You will only get to use reamping on the PodXT if you are using the Line6 audio drivers, so you are correct that using the audiophile will not give you that possibilty. So if you are using Gearbox for anything in this scenario, it is simply as an editor/librarian.
So no reamping...

I take it I can use the Pod XT for normal audiorecording through the USB input and the Gearbox as a librarian through the same USB input, all this with the Audiophile drivers.

And if I want to do reamping I'll do that with the same Audiophile drivers in Gearbox (not in the Pod XT), this also through the USB-input.

Is this correct?

Aural Chaos · Post by **Aural Chaos** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:32 pm

If you are recording from the Pod's USB, and using Gearbox through the USB (which you can, at the same time), then what would the Audiophile drivers be doing??
If you are using the Pod's USB for audio, then you are using the Line6 audio drivers, not the audiophile's.
Does that clear things up at all....?

klagga · Post by **klagga** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:35 pm

OK, let's say I use the Line 6 audio drivers for the Gearbox/Pod. Will the other VST-instruments be affected/screwed by this in any way?

Can I have several different ASIO-drivers running at the same time?

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:30 am

klagga wrote:OK, let's say I use the Line 6 audio drivers for the Gearbox/Pod. Will the other VST-instruments be affected/screwed by this in any way?

VST plugins generally dont care what soundcard is being used by the host they're in. They dont deal with that stuff.

Can I have several different ASIO-drivers running at the same time?

Generally, no. AFAIK, the ASIO spec seems to require that only one card can be 'opened' for access by ASIO at any given time.

klagga · Post by **klagga** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:02 am

whyterabbyt wrote:Generally, no. AFAIK, the ASIO spec seems to require that only one card can be 'opened' for access by ASIO at any given time.

So I'll have to shift between using the audiophile soundcard drivers and the pod soundcard drivers everytime I use the pod in my sequencer?

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:14 am

klagga wrote: So I'll have to shift between using the audiophile soundcard drivers and the pod soundcard drivers everytime I use the pod in my sequencer?

I believe so. However if you have the Gearbox effects its a moot point, since you wouldnt then need the audio to pass through the pod in any way, you just need it connected to 'authenticate' the plugins.

Aural Chaos · Post by **Aural Chaos** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:43 pm

Actually you can use ASIO4ALL with multiple devices/drivers at the same time...

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:49 pm

Aural Chaos wrote:Actually you can use ASIO4ALL with multiple devices/drivers at the same time...

True. But it still behaves as one ASIO driver...

klagga · Post by **klagga** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:30 pm

whyterabbyt wrote:
Aural Chaos wrote:Actually you can use ASIO4ALL with multiple devices/drivers at the same time...
True. But it still behaves as one ASIO driver...

So, if I want to stick with the Audiophile soundcard drivers all the time, I'll just send "acoustic" guitar sound from the pod and use the Gearbox for all amps and effects?

Looks like my computer will do most of the cpu-work, and I'll just use the pod's amps and effects when not connected to my computer.

Pod, Gearbox and ASIO = headache?