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POD Farm 1.01 – Using Your Line 6 Hardware
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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 2.0 - Connect
to your computer
S/PDIF Out - Connect
to other S/PDIF devices
Input 1 (Instrument) – Connect your guitar or bass here using a standard 1/4-inch TS instrument
cable. POD X3 itself contains the processing power that turns your naked input signal into that roaring
guitar Tone, which is then fed to the “Direct/Studio Mix”, out the Analog Left & Right Outputs, as
well as fed to the S/PDIF digital output, and out the Record Sends digitally to your computer across
the USB 2.0 connection. POD X3 is of course also capable of applying two Tones on your Input 1 - just
dial up one of the tone presets in the “Blends” folder of POD X3 and you’ll have two complete Tones
applied to your Input 1 signal! Or, go the POD X3’s Inputs screen to choose what you want Tone 1 and
Tone 2 applied to.
Input 2 (Mic) & Trim knob – Connect a microphone here using a standard XLR cable. You can use
the little “Trim” knob to adjust the mic signal coming into POD X3, much like you would on a mixer
console. Just like with Input 1, POD X3 itself applies preamp and effects models to your mic input,
which is then fed out the Analog Left & Right Outputs, as well as fed to the S/PDIF digital output, and
out the Record Sends digitally to your computer across the USB 2.0 connection. POD X3 is of course
also capable of applying a Dual-Tone, such as independently slathering a guitar Tone on Input 1, and a
mic preamp and effects on Input 2 simultaneously! Just go to the “Pairs” folder of your POD X3 to call
up some of these pre-baked guitar/mic Dual-Tones! Or, go the POD X3’s Inputs screen to choose what
you want Tone 1 and Tone 2 applied to.
Phones - If you want to listen using stereo headphones, then plug them into this 1/4-inch stereo jack.
This Headphone jack outputs the same signal fed to the Analog Line Outs; the audio from your audio
software on the computer, as well as anything plugged into Inputs 1 &2.
Left & Right Outputs - These Left and Right ¼-inch jacks output all audio signals; the audio from
your DAW, and anything plugged into any Inputs 1 & 2. So, these are what you want to connect to
your monitoring system when using POD X3 as your computer’s sound card. Use shielded ¼-inch
cables to connect directly to your powered speakers, mixer or power amp setup. Note that you can also
use the Phones jack if you want to use headphones for monitoring.
USB - This is where you connect a USB cable from POD X3 to your computer’s 2.0 port. Of course
your POD X3 is capable of processing your guitar Tone all by itself, but you’ll need to connect the USB