Question: Using Pod X3 Live and Pod Farm with Sonar 8

Did you make sure to turn on the X3 BEFORE Sonar has been launched?

And its connected via USB (obviously)? In Options>Audio>Drivers, do you see the PODx3 drivers there (even if they are grayed out/not selected)? Can you use PodFarm or Gearbox standalone (not inside Sonar)? Is it recognized there? I really am stumped if all this is true...

I think I finally figured out my problem,.....I was told at the retail store were I bought the X3 that I could control the X3 via my computer and save the patches on my X3. It would seem that I need to use GearBox to do this and not Pod Farm, right? I was under the impression that I needed to use Pod farm to do this. Sorry for the mix up....and can anyone confirm my assumptions here? I'd appreciate the help.

ORIGINAL: Marah

Upright, I believe that's correct.

I have a POD X3 bean. To edit patches on the hardware, I still have to use Gearbox, even though I've started using the Pod Farm plugin.

The POD Farm plugin has it's own independent interface. It also has it's own save-path... so it can be a bit of a workaround to get patches that you create/save in GB to be directly available to PF and vice versa (I still haven't fully got it straight TBH.) But, the patches ARE fully compatible, and can be dragged from Explorer into either of them.

HTH

Awesome!!! Thank you so much for the help.

They're similar in design and use, but Pod Farm 2 is an improvement over GearBox. It has more (and better sounding)models, much better midi implementation, a prettier GUI, and for me it's been a big step up in terms of ease of use.
 
Paul

Although this may sound obvious, I'll ask anyway....did you authorize it through Monkey? (not sure if you just got POD Farm 2 and haven't authorized it yet...which is necessary for it to work).

Hi Steve and cheers to you too,
 
Sorry about the frustration you are having with Pod Farm 2. I guess the first question to ask is: Are you trying to use it in standalone? Pod Farm 2 does not recognize the Pod X3 in standalone mode. Don't ask me why, but it does the same thing on my computer. Standalone mode only works with UX1/UX2/GX/Toneport UX1/UX2/UX8/KB37/DI-S/DI-G/GX and Guitarport (as per Line 6 online support). In Sonar though, it should be available as a VST plugin, though I did have to go to the plugin manager and add the C:\Programs\Line6 folder to the VST search parameters.
 
Do you do that? Did you include the Line6 folder in the VST folders the plugin manager searches for? That is the second question.
 
 

Thanks people
I did RTFM after posting and did note somewhere that it doesn't run in stand alone mode. Buffons indeed guitarpima.
But still, it does show up in sonar and I don't get an error message but....
it still doesn't seem to have any effect on my X3.
I change and amp or cab but the spound stays the same and there is no corresponding movement in the screen of the X3 like there is with gearbox.
I can hear my guitar but but in the pod farm mixer there is no signal.
The meter in sonar is showing guitar level but not in the pod farm.
Steve

Ok,
Surely the POd X£ Live should respond to amp changes via pod farm regardless of whether or not I have selected the X3 as my playback device? Isn't it controlled via midi?
Anyway, I have selected the X3 as my playback deviceand I'm getting no action. I'm wondering what output do you use from your pod (or whatever) to run in to your DAW. I've tried the "Live out" and the selected it as my imput in sonar but still nothing? The meters in Pod Farm arn't getting it and neither am I :(
Sorry for being such a dork
Steve

The pods are not compatable with pod farm. The pod farm plug in only uses the pod as a dongle. Nothing else. You cannot effect changes to your pod from the PF plug in or the Gearbox plugin. You must use Gearbox  (standalone) to change settings in your pod.
 
There may be a way to change settings like you want though. You could search for a "studioware panel" or write your own. Studioware panels kind of went out like 8 track tapes though. It's possible you may find one.

YOU HAVE TO USE GEARBOX

OMG!!!! I can't believe I've been so thick.
Appologies to all.
I see now that the Pod Farm is an amp simulutor like Guitar Rig or Amplitude and that's all.
I just stuck in on track that had a guitar on it and hey presto it worked.
The annoying thing is that I can't use my Emu-0404 as my playback device
which means re-assigning all my outs. I tried it on a song and can't hear my BFD2 even though it's routed through the Pod X3.
What would be good would be, if I could record a clean sound whilst hearing the processed sound so I could then use Pod Farm or Guitar rig to process the sound afterwards.
I'm sure it can be done this way?
Steve

You're X3 should have audio and s/pdif outputs. There should be an option to send a clean signal out of the s/pdif output while hearing the audio outputs.

That just leaves your 0404 as the main audio device.

Now your probably wondering why your X3 seems always show up as your audio device even though you keep setting your 0404 as your audio device. Open up regedit.

Go to: Start/run then type regedit
Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ASIO
Rename the ASIO(pod device) to ZASIO(pod device).

Now Sonar will see the 0404 first rather than the X3.

If you use your X3 as an audio device do this:

go to: Control panel/line 6 device.  On one of the tabs there is an option to send a dry signal and you hear it processed.

HTH