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V e r s i o n 1.01 U s e r G U i d e Getting Star ted With Y our Har dwar e GX KB37 DI UX8 POD F arm Basics Online Resour ces POD F arm Online Suppor t Line 6 Online Stor e Guitar P or t POD X3 F amil.
i i T ab le of Contents Star t Her e ................................................................................................ 1• 1 About Line 6 Hardware & Software .........................................................................
i i i Plug-In Parameter Automation ...................................................................................... 4• 2 Supported Plug-In Formats ............................................................................................. 4• 3 Activating the Plug-In .
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – Start Here 1•1 S t a r t H e r e About Line 6 Hardwar e & Software OK, you’ve got your guitar , a computer and a head full of songs and cool licks, so how do you get this all going? Y ou’re just a few steps away from turning your computer into a serious tone, jamming and recording machine.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – Start Here 1•2 Internet connection for online features • Compatible Line 6 USB hardware or iLok (device must be connected to computer & authorized • to use POD.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – Start Here 1•3 Register Y our Hardwar e If you have not already done so, you’ll be prompted to Register your connected Line 6 hardware. It’ s a painless process really , so click that Register Now button and fill in the blanks on the W eb page.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – Start Here 1•4 Y ou will be taken to the Line 6 Store , where you can purchase a license for the plug-in. Follow the instructions on the resulting page to receive your activation key . Or , just head on over to the Line 6 site any time and see what is “in Store” for you.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – Start Here 1•5 Activation turns the Add-On features “on” in your POD Farm-compatible hardware, so they can • operate in the POD Farm stand-alone application and/or POD Farm Plug-in.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – Start Here 1•6 Just click Authorize , and Monkey will enable the use of your activated Add-On(s) on the new computer system.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – Start Here 1•7 you don’t already have an iLok key , you can purchase one at most store where audio software is sold, or directly from iLok.com . T o follow are the steps for purchasing and configuring POD Farm Plug-In and your iLok.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – Start Here 1•8 If you’ve purchased the POD Farm iLok license from the Line 6 Online Store, please skip ahead to the following iLok Deposit section, since your purchase does not require the “Activation” steps.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – Start Here 1•9 iLok Deposit (Line 6 Online Store pur chase) If you’ve purchased POD Farm Plug-In for iLok directly from the Line 6 Online Store... Once your transaction is complete, log into your Line6.com account and go to the iLok Deposits page.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – Start Here 1•10 Connect your iLok to your USB port and follow the instructions on the iLok site to Synchronize your iLok key . Allow the Synchronize process to complete, and you’ll then be able to select your POD Farm license for download.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – Start Here 1•11 Then press the “ Go ” button and the correct installer will be displayed for your system so that you can download it to your computer . Once the download of the installer file completes, run the installer file following its step-by-step instructions.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•1 U S i n g Y o U r L i n e 6 H a r d w a r e The POD Farm software is designed to work with the new Line 6 POD Studio family of USB audio interfaces. Additionally , a POD Farm Plug-In license can purchased for an iLok USB “smart key”.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•2 GX (POD Studio & T oneP or t) Connect your electric Guitar or Bass Instrument Input - T o input your electric guitar or bass, plug it in here using a standard 1/4-inch TS instrument cable.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•3 UX1 (POD Studio & T oneP or t) Connect a microphone Connect your electric guitar or bass Connect your stereo headphones Mic - T o input a signal from a microphone, connect it here using an XLR cable.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•4 Monitor In - If you want to hear the signal from a line level source along with all the other audio coming from your computer , but do not want this audio recorded via the UX1 Record Sends, then plug the source in here.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•5 Connect any line level input source that you want to record into the Line Inputs Connect any line level input source for monitoring to the Stereo M.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•6 T oneP or t UX8 T onePort UX8 is a multichannel recording interface designed for professional use, offering plenty of headroom, a wide dynamic range and an exceedingly low noise floor .
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•7 is always received and sent at 24 bit. T o sync to an external S/PDIF device, set the UX8 clock to sync to S/PDIF in the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices application. USB 2.0 This of course is where you connect a USB cable to UX8, with the other end going to one of your computer’ s USB 2.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•8 2, as well as Processed, Semi-Processed, or Dry Input). Y ou’ll also see four additional Record Sends in your recording application for UX8 (Sends 1-2 thru 7-8). These Sends are fed directly by UX8’ s analog inputs 1 – 8.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•9 Main Output Le vel Contr ols Main Outputs 1-2 are controlled by a main volume knob and main mute button. The volume knob is an analog level control and does not affect any level being sent to your computer .
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•10 T oneP or t KB37 Connect your USB cable from your computer’ s USB port Connect any line level input source for monitoring to the Stereo Monitor .
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•11 any audio coming into the Monitor In jack is not routed to the S/PDIF output). The digital signal is always sent at 24-bit resolution.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•12 Connect a USB cable from here to your computer Connect your stereo Headphones Connect to your 3rd-party audio interface’ s input for “dry” r.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•13 GuitarP or t Instrument Input - T o connect your electric guitar or bass, plug it into this input.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•14 Using POD X3 F amily De vices with Y our Computer ... If you own a POD X3, POD X3 Live or POD X3 Pro, then you can also reap the DA W benefits wi.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•15 POD X3 Input 1 - Connect your guitar or bass Input 2 - Connect your microphone Phones - Connect your stereo Headphones Left & Right Analog Outputs – Connect to your powered speakers or mixer USB 2.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•16 cable to your computer to use it with POD Farm Plug-In, and/or to use POD X3 as your computer’ s sound card device. S/PDIF Digital Output - T o send output from POD X3 to another device digitally , connect from this S/PDIF Dig Out to the S/PDIF in on your other device.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•17 Microphone Input & T rim knob – Connect a microphone here using a standard XLR cable. Y ou can use the little “T rim” knob to adjust the mic signal coming into POD X3, much like you would on a mixer console.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•18 two different tones at once on a single input, choose how to pan them, record them into your audio software, etc! For details about Single versus Dual T one and other signal routing options, please refer to your POD X3 Pilot’ s Handbook .
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•19 Mic Input Low Cut Filter and Pad Switches – Engage the Low Cut Filter for the Mic Input to cut off all frequencies 75Hz and below - useful for eliminating rumble from mic sources.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•20 AES/EBU Digital Input & Output - T o record digitally from another digital device, connect it’ s AES/EBU output to this Input.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•21 Line Inputs - Connect the stereo audio feed from another device Left & Right Live Outputs Connect to your powered speakers or mixer Studio/Direct Outputs Connect here to route your fuly processed tones to external gear .
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•22 operating at approximately 19.5 V olts peak-to-peak, making it optimal for line level devices. The loop can also be used with most stomp boxes by adjusting the send and return levels. Use the Left Return jack for mono return.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•23 PODxt Phones - Connect your stereo Headphones Instrument Input - Connect your guitar or bass Instrument Input – Connect your electric guitar or bass here using a standard 1/4-inch TS instrument cable.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•24 PODxt Liv e Instrument Input - Connect your guitar or bass Analog Line Outs – connect to your powered speakers or mixer Aux Input – (Monitor i.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•25 PODxt PRO Instrument Input - Connect your guitar or bass Phones - Connect your stereo Headphones Instrument input – Connect your electric guitar or bass here using a standard 1/4-inch TS instrument cable.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•26 into any the Instrument inputs (and effects loop, if you are using it). So, these are what you want to connect to your monitoring system when using PODxt Live as your computer’ s sound card.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•27 In the PODxt Signal Routing selector you can choose one of four routing mo des for the signals that run inside PODxt, and to Record Send 1-2: Send.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•28 for live performance. T o follow are instructions for these different types of setups. Connecting analog outputs to an e xternal de vice Y ou can .
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•29 the POD Farm Mixer V iew , or go to the Windows ® Control Panel). The initial default is one tick to the right of “Extra Small” as shown. Raise this slider if you are getting any dropouts in your monitor signal.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•30 Sound Cards & Sound Issues One of the many unique features of your Line 6 Hardware is its ability to function as a computer sound card.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•31 Windo ws ® Vista ® Go to the V ista Control Panel, and select Sound. In the Playback tab... Select your Line 6 hardware if it shows the green checkmark then it is currently the default device for playback.
POD Farm 1.01 – Using Y our Line 6 Hardwar e 2•32 GuitarPort users... Connect a 1/8-inch stereo cord to the Headphone Out, or use the Stereo RCA Line outputs with an adapter . Connect the other end to the Line Input of your sound card. POD Studio & T onePort users.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•1 L i n e 6 d r i v e r P a n e L & r e c o r d i n g So, just how does all that huge amount of T one get routed around between your Line 6 gear.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•2 utilize the POD Farm Plug-In with these devices). There, aren’t you feeling smarter already? The options in the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices dialog.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•3 2 – Selected Device icon: An icon for the selected Line 6 Device appears here. 3 – Driver version: Displays the current device’ s installed driver version number . 4 – ESN: Displays the current device’ s unique Electronic Serial Number .
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•4 Pressing this button (not surprisingly) launches the V ista Control Panel’ s Sound dialog. Here in the Playback tab you can designate your Line .
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•5 The V ista Control Panel>Sounds>Properties - Advanced tab 11 – T oneDirect Monitoring Buffer Size: This slider adjusts the buffer size for the audio responsiveness of the T oneDirect Monitoring signal.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•6 T onePort UX8 has a larger set of options - see the next section for its Inputs & Recording tab. Record Sends Info box: One line for each Record Send appears here along with a general description for the signal each Send is carrying.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•7 Note that the type of signal that is fed to each Send is configured on the POD X3’ s on-board Outputs - Studio/Direct Mix settings screen.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•8 Inputs & Recording T ab (T oneP ort UX8 only - Windo ws) The Inputs & Recording tab lets you select specific inputs for recording.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•9 via T oneDirect™ monitoring for Inputs 1 & 2 of the UX8, which includes two high-Z Instrument inputs, two XLR inputs, two Line level inputs and stereo S/PDIF input.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•10 Outputs & Monitoring T ab (UX8 Only - W indows) Important: Note that the Outputs & Monitoring tab provides control over the volume of whatever you are inputting into UX8.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•11 Mix Controls Inputs 1 - 12 offer the following controls: Mute (On/Off) Monitor V olume (-100dB to +6dB) Monitor Pan (100% Left - 100% Right)* Stereo Monitor Meters * -3dB panning law is applied to the pan control to maintain a constant monitoring level across the panorama.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•12 The lock icon represents two sources linked as a stereo pair . The Pan sliders for a “locked” stereo pair are automatically set to 100% Left and Right. Using tool tips Y ou can obtain precise value readings for output levels, volume sliders and pan sliders.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•13 Mac ® - Line 6 Audio-MIDI De vices Dialog Y ou can launch the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices dialog from within the Mac ® System Preferences, or from the POD Farm Standalone application’ s Preferences > Hardware tab.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•14 44.1 and 48 kHz sample rates natively , and support 88.2 and 96 kHz sample rates by way of an internal sample rate converter .
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•15 options display its settings. 5c – Audio Input: In the top selector , you will be able to choose your Record Send for your Line 6 device to view • it’ s format settings below .
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•16 Mac ® OS X ® Audio-MIDI Settings Dialog (UX8 Onl y) 5e 5f 5a 5b 5c 5d 5a – System Settings: The • Default Input and Default Output options allow you to choose the sound card you want your audio applications to use by default.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•17 *It is recommended that you do not use the Sample Rate selector in the Mac Audio-MIDI Setup dialog to set your sample rate when your recording software is running.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•18 When POD Farm Standalone is not in use by the selected Line 6 device, this Input Source menu, like the POD Farm T one 1 Input Source menu, offers a list of input options.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•19 POD X3 devices show a list of 5 Record Sends: Note that the type of signal that is fed to each Send is configured on the POD X3’ s on-board Outputs settings screen.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•20 Line 6 Audio MIDI Settings Dialog - Inputs & Recor ding T ab (UX8 Only) 2 3 4 5 1 1 – Input Source Select: UX8 offers 8 individual input sources, each with its own selector where you can choose which physical input is to be used for each.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•21 When POD Farm Standalone is not running, the Input 1 & input 2 selectors are available. As shown here, UX8 offers several input Sources to choose from. The selected Source is what gets routed to the Record Send.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•22 5 - Restore Defaults - click this button to restore all this tabs settings to their original default values.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•23 By default, the only sounds that come out of the UX8 are the computer’ s output and POD Farm 9-10 signal, all through Main Outs 1-2. Y ou can directly monitor other UX8 inputs by un-muting (unchecking the Mute checkbox for) the corresponding input source in this tab.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•24 track and an ample level of themselves above the rest of the mix. Additional output pairs 5-6 and 7-8 are available for headphone mixers or sending to a mixer , other monitors, etc.
POD Farm 1.01 – Driv er Panel & Recording 3•25 Impor tant Things to Kno w for Recording This section will give you some pointers for using your Line 6 Hardware for recording, to help you get your brain wrapped around a few of the complex computer things your geeky friends talk about at parties.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•1 Pod F a r m P L U g -i n W elcome to the wonderful world of POD Farm Plug-In, where legendary , studio-standard T one and classic vintage effects are all.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•2 audio tracks or live audio input. A helpful analogy for Plug-Ins is to think of them as effects pedals. Effects pedals change the T one of your bass or guitar before the signal reaches your amplifier .
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•3 Suppor ted Plug-In F ormats The POD Farm Plug-In comes in the following formats, making it compatible with just about every major audio “host” softwa.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•4 Plug-In User Interface Ov er view 1 - Main Control Bar 2 - V iew Selection Buttons 3 - Gear V iew/Panel V iew/Presets V iew 4 - Signal Flow V iew 3 4 2 1.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•5 Note - These Next/Previous buttons are intended to allow you to incrementally go from one preset to the next - if you click multiple times repeatedly then things may appear a bit sluggish as POD Farm attempts to “catch up” in running through multiple presets.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•6 Output Level Control and Meters The Output Level knob controls the main Plug-In output level, which is the total mix of • T ones 1 and 2.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•7 Selecting a Model When you hover over a model category a rectangle box is displayed and a downward arrow • shows to the right of the category name. Pressing on the arrow displays a drop down list of available models within that category .
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•8 Cabinet View From the Amp V iew , pressing the Cab button displays the Cabinet V iew . From here you can select different guitar or bass speaker cabinets, change the positioning of the cabinet in the room, and select among four different microphone emulations.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•9 Effects View Selecting any Effect in the Signal Flow V iew displays its controls in the Panel V iew ... Effect Bypass Button Effect Model Menu Pre/Post T.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•10 *Note that when in POD Farm Standalone mode, you’ll see only the BPM & T ap T empo options (since obviously there is no “Host” application tem.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•11 Pr esets View Presets V iew provides a convenient way to browse and load T ones from your local T one library into POD Farm.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•12 Info Button - When a T one preset is selected, you’ll see the Info button to the left of its name. Click this button to launch the Edit T one Info dialog, where you can enter and edit text that is saved with the T one.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•13 Sa ving a Preset T o save the currently loaded T one Preset, click on the folder button to the right of the Preset menu on the Main Control Bar .
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•14 Signal Flo w View The bottom of the application window is the Signal Flow V iew (SFV) which displays the chain of models making up the current Single or Dual T one paths.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•15 T one Mute - Click this button to mute a T one - T ones 1 or 2 can be muted individually in Dual T one mode. When muted, the T one path is displayed dimmed and the T one is silenced. All mo dels remain visible within the Signal Flow V iew , and still fully editable.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD F arm Plug-In 4•16 Model Bypass & Delete Controls - Hovering over or selecting a model within the SFV illuminates the model, and a set of controls is displayed. Use these controls to bypass the model, or to remove it completely from the T one path.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Standalone Operation 5•1 Pod F a r m S t a n d a L o n e o P e r a t i o n This chapter covers features unique to POD Farm Standalone Operation. Note that all other features are identical in operation to those of the Plug-In, so please review the POD Farm Plug-In chapter for details on other features.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Standalone Operation 5•2 then use POD Farm Plug-In on the DA W track to “non-destructively” make changes to your recorded track’ s T one any time up until your final mix.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Standalone Operation 5•3 *Note - Some Line 6 devices offer only a 1/4 inch Instrument input (such as GX, T onePort DI, GuitarPort devices). When one of these devices is in use, no Input Menus nor Input Meters are displayed since this hardware type offers a “fixed” Instrument Input.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Standalone Operation 5•4 Refer ence Contr ol The T uner’ s Reference Control tells the T uner what to use as the base tuning reference note. 440Hz is the standard reference value for A and is generally used for tuning reference in modern, western music.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Standalone Operation 5•5 Audio Sour ce Selection Menus Select the audio Source you want fed independently to each Record Send.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Standalone Operation 5•6 Pr efer ences The Preferences dialog offers some handy configuration settings for the POD Farm application. Launch the Preferences dialog from the File menu, or from the Preferences button in the Mixer V iew .
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Standalone Operation 5•7 POD Farm Preferences - Hardware tab Launch POD Farm using - Here you can choose a specific Line 6 device for POD Farm Standalone to always use when it launches (provided that device is connected and powered on).
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Standalone Operation 5•8 Advanced Hardware and Driver Settings - Click on the button here to launch the Line 6 Audio- MIDI devices if you want to configure audio driver settings. For lots of geeky info about audio driver settings, please visit the Driver Console and Recording Applications chapter .
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•1 m o d e L g a L L e r Y About the Model Galler y ........................................................................ 6• 3 Guitar Amp & Cab Models ........................................................
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•2 Effects Models ....................................................................................... 6•1 5 Delay ................................................................................................
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•3 About the Model Galler y Y ou probably know by now that we’re relentless tone fanatics here at Line 6. Once we’ve set our sights on creating a software emulat.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•4 sound. T weaked up right, this tone will cut through and sing. W e jacked into Input 1 of the V ibrato Channel to get this model cooked up. * FENDER ® and DELUXE REVERB ® are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and are in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•5 Citrus D-30 In 1968, in a little music store on Old Compton St. in London, Clifford Cooper was having trouble getting amplifier manufacturers to take him seriously as a dealer , as they thought he was too young, and his shop too small.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•6 1987 Jazz Clean The 1987 Jazz Clean Amp Model is mo deled after* the classic Roland ® JC-120. This transistor amp was known for a strident clean sound and built-in stereo chorus. When using the JC-120 model, try cranking up the T reble for a shimmering clean sound that’ll cut through just about any mix.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•7 Line 6 Spinal Puppet Y ou know how , when you’re playing head-bangin’ music, you look out into the audience and see all those heads bobbing up and down? Those are Spinal Puppets.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•8 * All product names used in this document are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•9 great clean tone as well. Eric Clapton put Soldano on the map when he played “Saturday Night Live” with his Soldano SLO-100. * MARSHALL® is a registered trademark of Marshall Amplification PLC and is in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•10 One of the interesting things about the Bassman ® is just how interactive the Middle and T reble controls are. The Middle control isn’t a bandpass, as in most tone control setups. Instead, it’ s almost like a second treble control.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•11 4x12 2001 Line 6 4x12 1967 Green 20s (based on Marshall® “Basket W eave” cab with Celestion® Greenbacks) 4x12 1968 Green 25s (based on Marshall® cab with .
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•12 Flip T op The Flip T op model is based on* a 60’ s Ampeg ® B-15 Portaflex ® — one of the most popular studio bass amps of all time.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•13 with the high-school jazz ensemble. T ry playing a little of the Peter Gunn Theme .... * All product names used in this document are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•14 Pr eamp Models American Classic This model is based on* an API 512 Mic Pre and API 550b EQ housed in an API Lunchbox 500 6-B.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•15 Lo-Fi Looking for something aggressive, trashy , or just plain interesting? T ry the Lo-Fi! It gives you tones that are heavily band-passed (meaning there’ s little low end or extreme high end), with lots of distortion available from the driver knob.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•16 echo will be versus the input signal, and allows T ap T empo. A short delay time and low feedback setting will give you a classic “slap back” delay . Longer delay times give you a distinctly separate echo, and higher feedback settings increase the number of echoes.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•17 Digital Dela y This model is a straight up digital delay with Bass and T reble tone controls. Nothing fancy here, just basic echo-cho-cho-cho.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•18 * MXR ® is a trademark of Applied Research and T echnology, Inc. and is in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6. These product names, descriptions and images are provided for the sole purpose of identifying the specific products that were studied during Line 6’ s sound model development.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•19 authentic kind of spin that a Leslie delivers, you’ll want to set the MIX knob to max, since a Leslie had no ‘dry’ path. * LESLIE ® is a trademark of Suzuki Musical Instrument Manufacturing Co. Ltd. and is in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•20 affiliated with Line 6. These product names, descriptions and images are used solely to identify the specific products whose tones and sounds were studied during Line 6’ s sound model development.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•21 Br onze Master Originally designed for bass, but equally cool on guitar ... the Maestro ® Bass Brassmaster is considered by many to be the Holy Grail of bass distortion units, and ultra-rare bird designed in the early ‘70’ s for Maestro ® by synth genius T om Oberheim.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•22 V etta Comp This effect is taken from the V etta II, Line 6’ s flagship guitar amplifier . A Line 6 original, V etta Comp has a fixed ratio (2.35:1, in case you’re asking) with the threshold (that would be your SENS knob) adjustable from -9dB to -56dB and up to 12dB of gain available at the LEVEL knob.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•23 Slap Plate This reverb dishes up the vibe of early rock and roll recordings, like Sam Phillips’ great work at Sun Studios. Thank you very much. p Return to Model Gallery List W ah The POD Farm W ah effects simulate classic wah pedals, and can be used to provide a “parked wah” sound.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•24 Models, change drive settings, or use different guitar(s), pickup configurations, or other changes to your input source, and the volume of audio that it’ s providing. Y ou can turn the Gate on/off by clicking its bypass button, and the setting of the Gate is saved as part of a T one.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•25 Model List T o follow is a list of all Amp, Cab and Effects mo dels that are included as “Factory-Standard” models for each Line 6 device supported by POD Farm (and/or POD Farm Plug-In), as well as included within each optional Mo del Pack.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•26 Model Name POD Studio , T oneP ort, GuitarP or t & iLok Standard POD X3 & Platinum Bundle POD XT Standard P ow er Pack Metal Shop P ack Collector Clas- s.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•27 Model Name POD Studio , T oneP ort, GuitarP or t & iLok Standard POD X3 & Platinum Bundle POD XT Standard P ow er Pack Metal Shop P ack Collector Clas- s.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•28 Model Name POD Studio , T oneP ort, GuitarP or t & iLok Standard POD X3 & Platinum Bundle POD XT Standard P ow er Pack Metal Shop P ack Collector Clas- s.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•29 Model Name POD Studio , T oneP ort, GuitarP or t & iLok Standard POD X3 & Platinum Bundle POD XT Standard P ow er Pack Metal Shop P ack Collector Clas- s.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•30 Model Name POD Studio , T oneP ort, GuitarP or t & iLok Standard POD X3 & Platinum Bundle POD XT Standard P ow er Pack Metal Shop P ack Collector Clas- s.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•31 Model Name POD Studio , T oneP ort, GuitarP or t & iLok Standard POD X3 & Platinum Bundle POD XT Standard P ow er Pack Metal Shop P ack Collector Clas- s.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•32 Model Name POD Studio , T oneP ort, GuitarP or t & iLok Standard POD X3 & Platinum Bundle POD XT Standard P ow er Pack Metal Shop P ack Collector Clas- s.
POD Farm 1.01 – Model Gallery 6•33 Model Name POD Studio , T oneP ort, GuitarP or t & iLok Standard POD X3 & Platinum Bundle POD XT Standard P ow er Pack Metal Shop P ack Collector Clas- s.
POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Ho w T o.... 7•1 H o w t o ... Basic Operation ....................................................................................... 7• 2 How to Insert POD Farm Plug-In on an audio track ..............................
POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Ho w T o.... 7•2 Basic Operation Ho w to Inser t POD Farm Plug-In on an audio track Like any audio Plug-In, you can load POD Farm Plug-In as an “Insert” effect on any.
POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Ho w T o.... 7•3 Ho w to switch Views (Gear , P anel, Presets) The top portion of the POD Farm window is where these “V iews” are displayed. The V iew T oggle buttons at the left load each of these V iews. The Gear V iew is where you can choose your Amp & Effects models to insert into your T one.
POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Ho w T o.... 7•4 Selecting a specific model directly from a category menu in Gear V iew p Return to How T o T opics Ho w to edit Amp or Effects settings All POD Farm Amps and Effects can be edited easily in the Panel V iew .
POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Ho w T o.... 7•5 For knobs: Click the left button of your mouse anywhere on the knob or other control. • Use your keyboard’ s left/right or up/down arrows to “fine-tune” it’ s value, adjusting in small • increments.
POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Ho w T o.... 7•6 T uning String 6 String 5 String 4 String 3 String 2 String 1 Standard E A D G B E Down 1 Half Step E b A b D b G b B b E b Down 2 Half Steps D G C F A D.
POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Ho w T o.... 7•7 Main Control Bar - The row of controls across the very top of the POD Farm window is the Main Control Bar . Here you’ll see the Preset Menu, regardless what V iew is currently displayed below . This menu lists the contents of the current Source folder selected within the Presets V iew .
POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Ho w T o.... 7•8 Click on the little folder Icon on the Main Control Bar and choose Save to overwrite the current T one preset with your changes. Or , choose Save As to leave the current T one preset as it was, and save the new setting you’ve created as a new T one.
POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Ho w T o.... 7•9 Choose each T one’ s individual Preset here Signal Flow V iew - Dual T one mode p Return to How T o T opics Ho w to switch to Single T one mode POD Farm is capable of running in Single T one or Dual T one mo des (please see the previous Dual T one description).
POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Ho w T o.... 7•10 Obviously , you’ll first want to make sure your Line 6 device is properly connected to the USB port of your computer and powered on*.
POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Ho w T o.... 7•11 Ho w to connect your Har dware to a guitar amp W e get this one a lot – Many Line 6 users want to know how to physically connect their hardware to a guitar amp, because they think it will sound better that way .
POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Ho w T o.... 7•12 for you in the Optional Add-Ons tab of Line 6 Monkey . For more about using Line 6 Monkey , please read up in the Start Here chapter .
POD Farm 1.01 – POD F arm Ho w T o.... 7•13 just launch Line 6 Monkey and go to the Optional Add-Ons tab and see what’ s available for your Line 6 hardware. Follow the steps to easily purchase and download Add-Ons and start using them in minutes.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – T roub leshooting 8•1 t r o U b L e S H o o t i n g Audio Glitches ............................................................................................................... 8• 2 Why can’t I hear the effects? ......
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – T roub leshooting 8•2 Audio Glitches Audible pops and clicks and other audio glitches may occur when another program or device is trying to stream audio or video, or if your computer cannot provide enough system resources (RAM memory , or hard disk or computer processor speed) for POD Farm.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – T roub leshooting 8•3 Note that some W indows ® audio programs also offer access to an ASIO Buffer size control within their own preferences or audio options, but is recommended that you always make ASIO buffer settings adjustments in the Line 6 Audio-MIDI devices dialog only .
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – T roub leshooting 8•4 On Windows ® , the latest PC’ s typically utilize the Serial A T A (SA T A) interface format for Hard Disks, which is fast and typically requires no user tweaking.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – T roub leshooting 8•5 Wh y can’ t I launch POD Farm in Standalone Operation? POD Farm Standalone Operation requires that a Line 6 POD Studio, T onePort or GuitarPort USB audio interface is USB connected to your computer .
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – T roub leshooting 8•6 Input & Output Level knobs (POD Farm Plug-In only) - When inserted on a track, POD Farm Plug-In receives the input from your DA W software’ s tra.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – T roub leshooting 8•7 Hardware V olume - The V olume or Output knob on your Line 6 hardware determines the overall volume of everything you hear coming out the analog Outs/Main outs. Be sure it is turned up sufficiently to get a usable output.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – T roub leshooting 8•8 Can’ t get any input level from a microphone when plugging into a POD Studio/T onePort/ • POD X3 Mic input? – Be sure you are using a good XLR.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – T roub leshooting 8•9 not, then the Line 6 driver may not be installed correctly . Y ou can run Line 6 Monkey with your Line 6 device connected and choose “Drivers” in the Updates tab to make sure you have the latest version.
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – T roub leshooting 8•10 I still hear noise when the Gate is on The POD Farm Gate will not completely eliminate noise but it will reduce it considerably .
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – T roub leshooting 8•11 USB connection to your Line 6 hardware is required in order to use the audio features of POD • Farm in Standalone operation and/or POD Farm plug-In. So make sure your device is connected to your computer via USB and powered on if you want to use these features.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•1 w H a t i S … What are the Amp, Cab and Effect Models?.................................................................. 9• 3 What are the Amp Model and Cab Model controls in Panel V iew? ............
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•2 What is T remolo? .......................................................................................................... 9•2 3 What is a USB hub? ....................................................
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•3 What ar e the Amp , Cab and Effect Models? Line 6 pioneered the use of modeling technology for guitarists with the world’ s first modeling guitar amp.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•4 Amp Bypass Button Amp Model Menu Cabinet Model Menu Room (Early Reflections) V alue Mic Mo del Menu Cab V iew These controls are covered in detail in the Panel V iew section.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•5 with your music. Also see the related Host Sync & T ap T empo options in the Plug-In chapter . p Return to What Is T opics What is the Bypass button?.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•6 What is Comp (Compr essor)? Comp , which is an abbreviation for Compressor , is one of the POD Farm Effects. Compressors even out audio signals by reducing the volume of the loudest sounds to better match the volume of quieter sounds.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•7 (talent not included). POD Farm can be a key element for any DA W , since it offers a huge array of pro quality tones, Plug-In support for most any major.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•8 perhaps?) Please see the details covering the Host Sync and FX T ime/FX Speed options in the Plug-In chapter .
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•9 Selecting an effect model directly from the category menu in Gear V iew Many of the effects are modeled after classic gear described in the Model Gallery .
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•10 SPEED from a slow swoosh to an alien warble. As with most Mo dulation effects, FX Speed controls also allow you to “sync” to your tempo using POD Fa.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•11 What is FX X-Ov er , Lo Cut (on Bass Amps) The FX X-Over , Lo Cut knob (a clever abbreviation for Effects Crossover , Low Cut) is found on all Bass Amps.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•12 Host Sync On Host Sync Off When the Host Sync button is activated, this sets the POD Farm Plug-In tempo to follow the current project tempo of the VST/A U/R T AS host software.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•13 Hot K ey Assignments Command - Action Windo ws ® Mac ® Menus (After selecting item in menu...) Next Item Down or Right Arrow Down or Right Arrow Previous Item Up or Left Arrow Up or Left Arrow Knobs (After selecting knob.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•14 What ar e Model P acks? Model Packs are optional Add-Ons that you can purchase for your POD Studio, T onePort, GuitarPort and PODxt device, to expand its set of amp and/or effects mo del set.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•15 the abbreviated names that appear in the host automation menu for the T one 1 W ah Position and the T one 2 W ah Position parameters, respectively . T o follow is a table showing the abbreviated Parameter Command, as it appears in your host software, and a Description for the parameter’ s function.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•16 Automation Parameter Command Descriptions Parameter Command Description EQ-Gain4 EQ - Gain #4 W ah-T ype W ah - Model Select W ah-On/Off W ah - Bypass O.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•17 Automation Parameter Command Descriptions Parameter Command Description Cab-On/Off Cabinet - Bypass On/Off Dst/Dyn/Flt-6 Distortion/Dynamics/Filter Cate.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•18 Some older computers have the audio output of their internal CD drive connected to the internal • sound card via a direct analog connection, so the audio from the CD drive is never “seen” by the computer as the CD plays.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•19 The Record Send controls in POD Farm, Standalone Operation For details about the Record Sends and options offered for your specific Line 6 device, please see the Hardware chapter , and specifically look for the section covering your Line 6 hardware and for W indows ® or Mac ® .
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•20 A Rotary Drum + Horn (or rotary speaker) is one of those things that makes you go, “Gee whiz!” when you first hear about it: a speaker is mounted on a rotating motor , and spun around as sound plays through it.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•21 What is the Signal Flo w View? The bottom of the POD Farm window is the Signal Flow V iew (SFV) which displays the chain of models making up the current Single or Dual T one paths.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•22 For descriptions of all the Signal V iew elements, please see the Signal Flow V iew section in the Plug-In chapter .
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•23 What is a T one Pr eset? A T one Preset is a saved file on your computer which holds all controls that affect the processed sound applied to POD Farm.
POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?) 9•24 What is W ah? W ah is one of POD Farm’ s Effects, and there are two different W ah models to choose – the V etta W ah, and the W eeper (or even more W ahs if you own some of the optional Mo del Packs).
POD Farm 1.01 – Online Help & Support 10•1 o n L i n e H e L P & S U P P o r t Hungry for more info? W e’ve got plenty of helpful resources just a click away .
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If you have not bought Line 6 TonePort DI yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Line 6 TonePort DI - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Line 6 TonePort DI you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Line 6 TonePort DI will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Line 6 TonePort DI, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Line 6 TonePort DI.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Line 6 TonePort DI. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Line 6 TonePort DI along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
