Line6 Toneport help

[SwamiRob]

When recording with my mates toneport I get a very nice clean signal, but there's a big problem that I can't seem to get round. I either get a very nice clear signal with no cracking in the recording, but there's no way of modifying the input level, or I can use the mixer in the POD farm and change the level but it seems to be a little much for the CPU or some other part of the signal chain and crackling appears on the recording, most likely due to the strain of running 2 memory intensive programs at the same time. Is there any way round this at all? Can I get away with using an XLR adaptor and then using the mic input or will that probably not work out?

[Bootzilla]

To reduce the strain on the cpu try to adjust the latency settings. A higher latency reduces the cpu load but in return you get more delay in the signal which can become irritating.

[SwamiRob]

Yeah I need the direct monitoring really, I think I might just have to see how well the mic input works out, although I can't remember how big the difference in impedance is between a very generalised electric instrument levels and mic levels. Just irritating cos it works VERY smoothly without the POD farm running too, and I seem to get the crackling with both cubase and POD farm running even with low settings.

[SwamiRob]

*Bump*

Anyone got any ideas? Will I be able to get away with using the mic input? I can't remember how severe the difference in typical output is.