I've been working and recording with the Line 6 Pod HD Desktop for a while. I noticed that the sound I'm monitoring directly over the output of the Pod, with studio monitors or headphones, sounds slightly warmer and better (closer to a "real amp") than what I'm recording with my audio interface (output of the Pod, plugged into input of the interface), which sounds cold and flat.
I see many people using Pods on YouTube, which all seem to get a qualitative sound, so I assume I'm doing something wrong when recording...
Is it possible that the audio interface is affecting the sound of the amp simulator when recording it into the DAW? If that's the case, what's the best approach to get the best sound possible out of an amp simulator?