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May 28 2007, 08:05 PM
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How do you make the connection from your guitar/amp to the Lexicon? Line out?
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May 28 2007, 11:15 PM
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QUOTE (Stratman58 @ May 28 2007, 05:28 PM)  I use the front lower-left quarter inch jack. So in that picture of it its at the bottom left. Parallel with the monitor input, on the right. Right, but what is at the other end? Your AMP? Your guitar directly? Output from some sort of mixer? -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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May 28 2007, 11:51 PM
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QUOTE (Stratman58 @ May 28 2007, 06:38 PM) Sorry; misread. I plug my guitar in directly to the input Ok, assuming you got the levels correct (those inputs often have instrument level and line level, you would need instrument level for the guitar), you then have a situation where you are recording the dry sound of the guitar with no effects. When you put it through your amp, the ampo itself is a kind of effect because it adds coloration to the sound that is characteristic of the amp, and is a big part of the sound you make. A guitar on its own by contrast will sound gutless and a little too clean. This is why your PodXT has AMP simulations - to generate that kind of character electronicaly to give you a better sound. You have a few possibilities: 1. Mic up your amp as you said 2. Use your pod to record your guitar, with some nice AMP modelling effect 3. Use an amp modelling plugin in Cubase - there are quite a few around. Let me know if that makes sense or if I have misunderstood the question ... -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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May 29 2007, 02:16 AM
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QUOTE (Stratman58 @ May 28 2007, 06:58 PM) Yeah, I never looked at it that way; that the amp is coloring the sound up. Makes sense. I've been recording mostly through my Podxt live although, and the sound is still a little on the dull side when it has been recorded onto the computer (as opposed to headphones through the Podxt which sounds excellent). I guess its just a matter of tweaking around in cubase. It should sound identical - are you playing it back through the Pod as well? QUOTE (Stratman58 @ May 28 2007, 06:58 PM) Also andrew... I see in your sig that you own all the model packs for the podxtl....how is the metal pack or more specifically, the JCM 900? I love the JCM 800, and I see that they threw in some more marshall's with that model pack  Nice - its like the 800 but with a little more attitude. Very up front sound, but not as heavy/distorted as say the Spinal Puppet model. -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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May 31 2007, 01:10 PM
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QUOTE (Stratman58 @ May 30 2007, 11:34 PM) Okay, this was probably the stupidest thing I've ever done... Get this, Cubase was picking up what I was playing through the Mic in the laptop! I didn't even know my laptop had a mic! I could have swore when I was setting up devices I had select the PodXT Live....must not have saved. So what I was hearing on the tracks that were recorded was the mic picking up my amp (used my amp as a monitor at the time). DUR DAH DUR! Go ahead and laugh at my stupidity. I did after I banged my head on the desk a couple of times I would never laugh, I'm extremely glad that you found a good explanation for the problem, makes a lot of sense, well done. 
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