Line 6 TonePort UX8 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Line 6 POD Farm 1.01 – POD Farm Standalone Operation
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Pod Fa r m St a n d a L o n e oP 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.
If you own a Line 6 POD Studio, TonePort or GuitarPort device, the POD Farm Standalone application
is available to you. You can run POD Farm in Standalone mode all by itself to use your computer as
a virtual rack of amps & effects, and jam along with your favorite tracks, or simultaneously with your
favorite Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software and take advantage of POD Farm’s ToneDirect™
Monitoring while recording your tracks! To launch POD Farm in Standalone operation:
On Windows•
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, go to the Start button menu > Programs > Line 6 > POD Farm
On Mac•
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, go to Applications > Line 6 > POD Farm
POD Farm running in Standalone Operation
ToneDirect Monitoring
ToneDirect™ Monitoring is a unique feature of your Line 6 hardware that provides an extremely low
latency monitor signal of your POD Farm Tones through your device directly to your Main/Analog
Outputs, while your Source signal is simultaneously fed out the Record Sends to your DAW software
for recording. This allows you to configure your Tones in POD Farm while Standalone mode however
you want to hear them for your performance, and then choose to feed either this “processed” signal, or
a “dry”, unprocessed signal to your DAW. Recording a dry signal in your DAW software allows you to