Can anyone point me int the right direction on how to set up the AXE FX III to record with Logic Pro X. thanks
1. Create an Aggregate Device. Go into Finder, Applications, Utilities, AudioMidi Setup. click the plus sign in the bottom left, and create a new aggregate device. On the right side of this window,check the ins and outs of your computer and your axe fx. Now, you have a new virtual sound card containing all of your ins and outs. Name this Aggregate Device something unique so you know it's the special one that you need to always use.
2. Open Logic - Preferences, Audio, choose the new aggregate device as your input and output source
3. Click on an input channel. Make the input mono or stereo, to suit your purposes. Choose the correct axe fx input. The Main outputs 1 L and Right are the first two USB inputs in the Axe Fx, but, if you checked the box for your Mac first, and then the Axe Fx second, when you set up your Aggregate device, the first two inputs will be your Mac's built in Mic in Stereo, and inputs 3 and 4 will actually be the main output 1, left and right, of your axe fx. If this messes with your mind, create a new aggregate, or edit your aggregate (close Logic before you edit your aggregate), and choose the Axe III's ins and outs first, and then secondly, choose the Mac's Ins and outs. Now the Axe III's stuff will be the first 8 ins of your Aggregate, and your built-in Mac Mic will be your inputs 9 and 10 of your aggregate.
4. Click on the output of the channel, and choose the main outputs of your computer itself
5. Arm the record button and play the song. Record your guitar for a measure.
6. Stop and listen to whether a track was recorded.
NOTE: Sometimes Logic will revert to something other than the Aggregate device, and you will freak out because your Axe Fx inputs will be "greyed out" and not selectable. This means you need to go into the Logic preferences / audio again, and once again choose the Aggregate Device as your Input and output source. This usually happens to me if I have Logic open, and then turn on my Axe FX and I have learned now, to double check that Logic is using my Aggregate Device, not the Mac sound card, or the Axe Fx itself.