Line 6 GX Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 - POD Farm Plug-In
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Pod Fa r m PL U g -in
Welcome to the wonderful world of POD Farm Plug-In, where legendary, studio-standard Tone and
classic vintage effects are all available to you within your favorite Windows
®
or Mac
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DAW (Digital
Audio Workstation) software, in a flexible native software Plug-In format! Note that most features
described in this chapter are also the same for POD Farm when in Standalone operation. For details
covering the additional features unique to Standalone operation, please see the following POD Farm
Standalone Operation chapter.
Windows
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64 Bit Support
As mentioned at the start of this User Guide, POD Farm Plug-In supports Windows
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XP
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and Vista
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64 bit systems, so if you have one of those new-fangled 64 bit PC’s, POD Farm Plug-In and any POD
Farm-supported Line 6 USB hardware, then you are ready to rock. This of course includes the use
of the POD Farm in Standalone Operation on Windows 64 bit systems and with 64 bit audio host
applications!
A Quickie Plug-In Primer
There are many types of “Plug-Ins” in the world of software. Plug-Ins are relatively small applications
that can only run when loaded inside a compatible “host” software application. Plug-Ins operate within
the host application to extend the capabilities of the host. In the world of music software, audio Plug-
Ins find frequent use inside audio/MIDI host recording & sequencing programs, commonly referred to
as DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) applications. Audio Plug-Ins provide signal processing for your