Hello MightyMouse,I enjoy of rocksmith connecting my pocked pod in the following way but I think that it doesn’t answer your question.First of all, I plug my guitar on pocked pod.Secondly, I plug the rocksmith cable to my pocket pod in ‘Direct out’ (jack) and laptop (usb). So, the Rocksmith recognizes the notes.Thirdly, I connect the 'headphones out' of my laptop to ‘line in’ of my pocket pod through jack 3.5 (male) – jack 3.5 (male).Lastly and important, I plug my headphones to my pocked pod but I have choppy sound due to the return of the signal. For fix it, I have to down the volume of the guitar 1 on sound properties of rocksmith until level 1. So, I can enjoy of rocksmith with my tones. Sorry but my English is not too good. Regards,