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Hi,

I was thinking about getting a POD PRO XT and using the S/PDIF out into my Pulsar I/Luna II with SONAR.

I'm using the ASIO drivers with SONAR now but I don't think it (SONAR) will recognise the S/PDIF input together with the ASIO ones.

It certainly doesn't for me. Can anyone verify this?

Thanks,

Hi Jbraner.

In SFP you need to route from the SPDIF in to the ASIO out module.

Then in Sonar you'll receive the signal via ASIO.

Also you'll need to set either the POD or SFP as master, and the other as slave.

Hope this helps,

Johann

Asio and spdif are different things and so they can live together. Or I should say - they are designed to co-exist Asio is a driver while spdif is something hardware:
If you want to use your analog or digital hardware i/o you have to route them somehow to your sequencer - and here comes asio. So if you want to use'em you have to choose asio inputs (a stereo pair, for example) in Sonar and then, in SFP, you have to route the apropriate asio ins/outs to the SPDIF or analog ins/outs. For Sonar it doesn't matter if the inputs are analog or digital. For Sonar they are just a pair of ASIO inputs. I hope it helps you understand the terms

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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: samplaire on 2004-07-22 03:28 ]</font>

Thanks Johann and samplaire.

I should have been a little more clear in my post (I was half asleep when I posted it last night).

What I meant was - using ASIO, I can only see my analog inputs from SONAR. I just route my analog ins to a SFP mixer, I don't do anything special with the ASIO devices.

You have given me enough pointers in the right direction though - so I'm sure I'll figure it out.

Thanks again

But seriously; Do you have an SPDIF in module in your SFP project? If so make sure SFP is set to slave to be able to receive the digital signal

Yes, of course I have a S/PDIF module in my project

I'm not worried about master or slave devices yet, as I don't actually have the POD pro yet (I'm still using an old POD with analog out) - I just want SONAR to see the S/PDIF device as a possible (SONAR) input.

I know I sound a little confused, but I'm not that bad

At this stage I cannot help you because I don't know Sonar.

Probably I understand your questionnnnn - you want to us ethe Luna SPDIF DIRECTLY to Sonar, don't you? AFAIK, threre is no other way - asio is the solution. But wait, probably you can connect the spdif module to a wave device module but you'll get a latency (enormous, I suppose). And I don't know if Sonar allows different kinds of audio drivers at once (asio/wave).


I'm on a Mac so my knowledge on PC stuff is limited.

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: samplaire on 2004-07-22 05:41 ]</font>

you can only see wav or asio drivers in sonar. the driver is the thing which connects the soft and hardware together. you can connect sp/dif to a mixer an asio or a wav driver and then send it to sonar via that driver...you can think of asio as the i/o connectors on a hardware multitrack(sonar).

*edit*
before spending all that money on a pod, you might check out celmo's GAM(guitar amp modeler). you'll need to run the guitar through a mic pre first, but it'll sound great and there are certainly plenty of effects in sfp..



<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: garyb on 2004-07-22 12:50 ]</font>

Thanks Gary. I love my POD - I was just thinking about upgrading to a POD XT as a new firmware update just came out.

I might just stick with a "bean" shaped one though, and not bother with the S/PDIF....