That's odd....I can find no evidence of any questions on any subject posted by you in at least three months.

Are we to assume you are talking about the Line 6 POD 2.0 (without USB port)?

The USB MIDISPORT UNO will be of no use to you in this instance, unless you want to control setting changes on your POD with MIDI.   MIDI is a digital, computer (control) language and does not transmit "audio".

After reading the info on the Line 6 POD, your best bet would be to run a 'Y' cable between the POD and the Line IN (blue jack) on your computer sound card.  The 'Y' cable will need two unbalanced (tip/sleeve) 1/4" (6.5mm) plugs connected to one 1/8" (3.25mm) stereo (tip/ring/sleeve) plug.

For instance, you can use an "insert cable" such as this...
http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/Live-Wire-TRSMDual-14-Insert-Cable?sku=330898
...with an adapter, such as this...
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062467&filterName=Cable+type&filterValue=Audio+adapters


The 1/4" plugs go to the left/right audio output jacks on your POD.  The 1/8" stereo plug goes to your computer Line IN (blue) jack.  If you do not have a blue, Line IN jack, you'll probably need to purchase a proper USB/Audio interface.

[The (pink/magenta) microphone jack is NOT a proper audio interface. Neither is the headphone jack.]

Then, to record, you will need to make sure the Line In is not muted in your computer's operating system and the proper input device is selected in MAGIX MM-16.

Swearing not to buy software doesn't actually get you faster service... and I do not use the Line 6 POD, I used to have the Guitar Port back in the day, but eventually that also went away.

I have a small mixer hooked up to my computer, this allows me quick access as I have different channels hooked up to different ports of the sound card.

Something that is important to know is that you really should have a sound card, not a integrated sound chip... it makes a HUGE difference when recording guitar, especially if you want to record any type of harmonics.

I have a few acoustic guitars, some with a built in (integrated) pickup some without. I use this Dean Markley block pickup what goes over the sound hole of the guitar.

Any guitar I record, I always record from the LINE-IN port (blue port)... this records at 0 db, which is really what you are looking for so you can add in amplification. I will use the tape out of my practice amp to amplify the audible signal, this is connected to the mixer, which in turn is connected to the LINE-IN port. In your case, the Line 6 POD would be connected to the to the amp, then the same follow through as I mentioned above.

You might get away with not using an amp or even the mixer, as I said I use that for convenience.

If you are set up this way though, you need to make one very important and often overlooked step. You need to change the recording device in Windows. It controls the hardware. The MAGIX software records from the device that Windows has selected as the main recording device and by default that is the Microphone port.

If you are connected to the LINE-IN, you need to have that selected as the main recording port for Windows. Once you have that, you need to then make sure when you press record in the Music Maker, you monitor the levels, strum the guitar and see if the levels peak (red is bad) you do not want to clip.

From there, it is just recording, and remember if you are recording to a pre-assembled project that you use the "playback while recording" setting in the Music Maker program.

I hope this helps as well as the others that have posted, lots of good info

 

I thank you all for your answers and apologise for my earlier remarks. i do have Y cables with the 1/4 size tip and yes i will try this.
Thankyou everyone for your help i will save these answers. Should i get any further problems in this area i will return.
many thanks :0)

i see some interesting hints here as i am trying to connect my guitar to my pc also; i have these question to jhon auvil and procyon who seem quite good at this:

1: does all this disucussion apply to samplitude 17 too? i guess yes, basically

2: i have no such thing as a LINE IN on my pc, it's actually a laptop and qll i have is a loudspeaker entry + a microphone entry, can the microphone entry act as LINE IN...?

tks

desperatly yours...

Carlos

carluseugenio,

 

No, you cannot use your microphone jack as a Line-IN jack.

 

About the only option for a laptop is some sort of USB interface.  If you're on a budget and only need an interface for guitar, here are a few options...

 

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=usb+guitar+cable&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=3931997841&ref=pd_sl_2u1xk1ba89_b

 

Yes, all of theis would apply to Samplitude as well.

Also, if you have a laptop please understand the following.

The MAGIX software you are using requires a full duplex 16 bit sound card. A lot of laptops use a 16 bit half duplex sound chip (8 bit integrated chip). This means you are already below the minimal system requirements of the software you want to use.

Some laptops which only have a Microphone-In and a Headphone-Out connection may have an internal switch that allows the Microphone-In to be switched to a Line-In. (at least this was true with an older Toshiba laptop I once used.)

That you would need to clarify with the manufacture of your laptop, but still you should get a USB/FireWire device for your audio recording.