Hi, I use X2 Studio with Line 6 UX1 as the i/o soundcard device. I record electic guitar using Pod Farm and rest of the instruments are general midi clips using the in built soft synths (TTS-1 etc). The UX1 works fine using ASIO drivers.
Recently I got a USB microphone (AT-2020) which I want to use to record vocals. Everything I've read suggests that other drivers (eg MIME) are need for the mic and when I change the Preferences in Studio X2 it kicks off the wave profiler and I can record with the mic. However the sound output of the instuments and vocals is not clear (ie distorted, muffled or clipped).
Is there any easy way I can use the USB mic to record with and the the UX1 as the sound output? I dont get any muffled sound if I use a simple recorder like Audacity or Windows Sound Recorder.
Thanks for your help.  

No none that I know of. You're  asking Sonar to use two different audio drivers at the same time. It was never meant for that. 
 
This forum has always thought USB mics were a poor way to go. A simple mixer with a mic is better. Or best, a multi input audio card of some sort. 

I think you're SOL, point.blank. Unless there is an option to record audio directly from the microphone, bypassing the USB interface, which I doubt it can do. Your best course of action, IMO, would be to try and unload the mic on eBay and perhaps replace it with an SM58.

What bitflipper said except I'd go with the SM57. 
 
Regards,

John
...A simple mixer with a mic is better. Or best, a multi input audio card of some sort.

 
No need for any additional gear (aside from a mic obviously).  His existing UX1 interface has a mic input.

Yeah, they covered this pretty well.
 
A nice audio interface (USB with ASIO driver) and a decent condenser mic would be the best route.

Guitarhacker
Yeah, they covered this pretty well.
 
A nice audio interface (USB with ASIO driver) and a decent condenser mic would be the best route.

+1 (dedicated audio interface with a normal condenser or dynamic mic - depending on the circumstances)
I believe many USB mics are also limited to 16Bit recording.
They're primarily for folks doing simple POD cast type projects (not a good choice for quality audio productions)

point.blank:   did you miss the 2 xlr inputs on your interface ?

using the onboard xlr's would be good IF you can..
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Guide-SONAR-usb-mic-Samson-C01u-or-C03u-mic-m1618556.asp
 
2 things
 
1)you can't run it in asio mode if you are using both.
2)set ya windows default to the onboard soundcard if you have one
 
it behaves better  *IF* relying on the pro audio card for output.. which I got tired of saying ages ago.. but it's not the easiest solution if you are doing the vocal recording all the time
 
 
 

StarTekh
point.blank:   did you miss the 2 xlr inputs on your interface ?

 
Only one XLR. Sufficient though.
 
http://line6.com/podstudioux1