<sub>You'll need the 2496 to play back. Does the POD have audio outs? If so, just connect these to the 2496 and record that way.


I use a POD XT and a Delta66 - which is pretty similar to what you have. You don't need to worry about preamps (on the2496) - as you've got a line level signal coming out of your POD.</sub>

I have the ux2 runnning beside 2 m-audio delta 1010lt's. You can only use one brand of sound card at a time, so if you plug your guitar into the ux2 then you will need to use the ux2's outputs and run them into your speakers. Then switch all of the input/output connections back to the other card when you want to record/monitor through it (and change the sound card in sonar's preferences). However, the only reason I see to use the UX2 is to enable the line6 toneport software running. As long as the ux2 is installed properly there is no reason why you can use your regular sound card (not the ux2) for recording/monitoring and pull up the toneport software as a VST plugin on a track within sonar. This basically makes the ux2 a large dongle for the toneport authorization and nothing else. I do this everyday for guitar recording. I load the toneport program as a vst and record into the delta 1010 card. As long as your latency buffers are low enough enough that you don't get pops or click in the recordings then you should be able to record with little or no latency. It works like a champ and since you are recording a "clean" guitar track into Sonar you can reopen the toneport vst and change the guitars cabines/head/effects to better match the song.

You can have both on your puter. I would use the 24/96 for recording. When you want to use the UX2, just run it's outputs into the 24/96. I did that for a long time with my PodXT and 24/96.

I have been using two cards simultaneously.

The 2496 I use as an output to my monitor amp. Plus I the Edirol UA-25ex as an input card for my guitar + vocal mikes. So, far they have been co-habitating. Of course, I'm not doing anything mega-professional with it.

I've had some crackling issues, but, nothing that's had me going nuts. I'd have never attributed those issues to having two soundcards installed (the onboard card is deactivated). Maybe I should try to see how the UA-25 functions alone ...

On the otherhand I was toying with the idea of getting the VS-20 

  Guys, thanks very much for all the thoughts and info. I found the process of switching between the 2496 and the UX2 within Sonar less daunting than I thought. Just 5 boxes to untick then 3 to tick etc. Unfortunately, when I tried adding my guitar playing through the UX2 via a simulated amp, the sound became too stop-and-start and clicky and poppy to do anything with - so I will need to research that. Again, thanks for sharing your knowledge and being so kind.

M-audio 2496 card

_Angus_


  Guys, thanks very much for all the thoughts and info. I found the process of switching between the 2496 and the UX2 within Sonar less daunting than I thought. Just 5 boxes to untick then 3 to tick etc. Unfortunately, when I tried adding my guitar playing through the UX2 via a simulated amp, the sound became too stop-and-start and clicky and poppy to do anything with - so I will need to research that. Again, thanks for sharing your knowledge and being so kind.

After reading through this thread I had a couple of thoughts. I owned a UX2 and I can tell you the preamps on that suck. the delta card is all you need. So if you are using that sound card for the preamps then I would get something else.


ASIO drivers worked the best for me inside of Sonar with the UX2. ASIO only allows one device at a time to be used. You can use asio4all or something like that to use more then one device at a time. I did not have good results once I got beyond 10 tracks using asio4all.


My guess is that you want to use Pod Farm or Gear Box in your recordings. Have you tried using those as a plugin? go to the line 6 folder and copy your vst files into your default cakewalk vst folder. then insert Pod farm or gear box into the effects bin. this works much better.


This will allow you to change your amp sounds after you record your guitar parts. You will only need to use your delta card. The line 6 UX2 needs to be plugged in to unlock Pod Farm and Gear Box so you can use it within Sonar.


The UX2 is USB 1.0 and you probably get better latency using the delta card. using Pod Farm and Gear Box as plugins will work better for you rather then using those programs with the signal going through the UX2 to record your guitar tracks.

I would honestly dump both cards and go with one...it won't take you long to figure out how much of a PITA this will be...