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Pilots HandbookAn in-depth exploration o the revolutionary technologies and

pulsing tonal pleasures that lurk within PODxt Live

includesdetailson Version 3 features.

usefree line 6 MonkeytoMakesureyour PodxtisuPto

date: www.line6.coM/Monkey

Electrophonic Limited Edition. Also available at www.line6.com. Revision C.


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PODXT MODELSPODXT, PODXT Live and PODXT Pro all include theStandardand Power Pack Models plus all guitar Cab Models.Seewww.line6.com/modelpack to learn about adding otherModel Pack Models.

STOMPSStandard Power Pack FX Junk ieFACIAL FUZZFUZZ PISCREAMERCLASSIC DIST

OCTAVE FUZZBLUE COMPRED COMP

VETTA COMPAUTO SWELLAUTO WAH

KILLER ZTUBE DRIVEVETTA JUICEBOOST + EQBLUE COMP TREBDINGO-TRONCLEAN SWEEPSEISMIK SYNTHDOUBLE BASSBUZZ WAVEREZ SYNTHSATURN 5 RING MSYNTH ANALOGSYNTH FXSYNTH HARMONYSYNTH LEADSYNTH STRING

BASS OVERDRIVEBRONZE MASTERSUB OCTAVESBENDER

REVERBSStandard Power Pack FX Junkie

LUX SPRINGSTD SPRING

KING SPRINGSMALL ROOMTILED ROOM

BRITE ROOMDARK HALL

MEDIUM HALLLARGE HALLRICH CHAMBERCHAMBER

CAVERNOUSSLAP PLATE

VINTAGE PLATELARGE PLATE

MODSStandard Power Pack FX JunkieSINE CHORUS

ANALOG CHORUSLINE 6 FLANGER

JET FLANGERPHASER

U-VIBEOPTO TREM

BIAS TREM

ROTARY DRUM+HORNROTARY DRUMAUTO PAN

ANALOG SQUARESQUARE CHORUSEXPO CHORUSRANDOM CHORUSSQUARE FLANGEEXPO FLANGELUMPY PHASEHI-TALKSWEEPERPOD PURPLE XRANDOM S/HTAPE EATERWARBLE-MATIC

DELAYStandard Power Pack FX Junkie

ANALOG DELAYANALOG W/ MODTUBE ECHO

MUTLI-HEADSWEEP ECHO

DIGITAL DELAYSTEREO DELAYPING PONGREVERSE

ECHO PLATTERTAPE ECHOLOW REZPHAZE EKOBUBBLE ECHO

DELAYSStandard Power Pack FX Junkie

ANALOG DELAYANALOG W/ MODTUBE ECHO

MUTLI-HEADSWEEP ECHO

DIGITAL DELAYSTEREO DELAYPING PONGREVERSE

ECHO PLATTERTAPE ECHOLOW REZPHAZE EKOBUBBLE ECHO

WAHSStandard Power Pack FX JunkieVETTA WAH

JEN FASSELWEEPERCHROMECHROME CUSTOMTHROATYCONDUCTORCOLORFUL

STANDARD & POWER PACK AMP MODELS# Standard Power Pack0 BYPASS1 TUBE PREAMP2 LINE 6 CLEAN3 LINE 6 JTS-454 LINE 6 CLASS A5 LINE 6 MOOD6 SPINAL PUPPET7 LINE 6 CHEM X8 L IN E 6 I NSA NE9 LINE 6 ACO 210 ZEN MASTER11 SMALL TWEED12 TWEED B -MAN13 TINY TWEED14 BLACKFACE LUX15 DOUBLE VERB16 TWO-T0NE17 HIWAY 1001 8 PLEXI 45 PP

19 PLEXI LEAD 10020 PLEXI JUMP LEAD21 PLEXI VARIAC22 BRI T J -80023 BRIT JM PRE24 MATCH CHIEF25 MATCH D-3026 TREADPLATE DUAL27 CALI CRUNCH

28 JAZZ CLEAN2 9 SOLO 10 030 SUPER O31 CLASS A-1532 CLASS A-30 TB33 L6 AGRO33 L6 LUNATIC34 L6 TREADPLATE36 VARIAX ACOUSTIC101 CITRUS D-30102 CLASS A-30 FAWN103 BRIT GAIN 18104 J-2000 #2105 LINE 6 BOUTIQUE

106 LINE 6 MODERN GAIN #1

METAL SHOP AMPS# Amp Model37 BOMBER UBER3 8 C ON OR 5039 DEI TY LEAD40 DEI TY S SON41 ANGEL P-BALL42 BRI T SL IVER43 BRIT J -900 CLN44 BRIT J-900 DST

45 BRI T J-200046 DIAMOND PLATE47 CRIMINAL48 L6 BIG BOTTOM49 L6 CHUNK CHUNK50 L6 FUZZ5 1 L6 OCT ON E5 2 L6 S MAS H53 L6 SPARKLE CLN54 L6 THROTTLE

COLLECTOR CLASSICS AMPS# Amp Model55 BOMBER X -TC56 DEITY CRUNCH57 BLACKFACE VIBRO58 DOUBLE SHOW59 SILVERFACE BASS60 MIN I DOUBLE61 G IBTONE EXPO6 2 BRIT BAS S

63 BRI T MAJOR64 SILVER TWELVE65 SUPRO 62 THUDERBOLT6 6 L6 BAY OU67 L6 CRUNCH6 8 L6 PURGE69 L6 SPARKLE70 L6 SUPER CLN71 L6 SUPERSPARK7 2 L6 T WA NG

CAB MODELS# Cab Model0 NO CAB1 1X6 SUPER O2 1X8 TWEED3 1 X1 0 G IB TON E4 1 X1 0 G -BRA ND5 1X12 LINE 66 1X12 TWEED7 1X12 BLACKFACE8 1X 12 CLASS A9 2X2 MINI T10 2X12 L INE 611 2X12 BLACKFACE12 2X12 MATCH13 2X12 JAZZ14 2X12 CLASS A15 4X10 L INE 616 4X10 TWEED17 4X12 L INE 618 4X12 GREEN 20S19 4X12 GREEN 25S20 4X12 BRIT T7521 4X12 BRIT V30S22 4X12 TREADPLATE23 1X15 THUNDER24 2X12 WISHBOOK

GUITAR AMPS & CABS

BASS EXPANSION AMPS# Amp Model73 TUBE PREAMP74 L6 CLASSIC JAZZ75 L6 BRIT INVADER76 L6 SUPER THOR77 L6 FRANKENSTEIN78 L6 EBONY LUX79 L6 DOPPELGANGER80 SUB DUB8 1 AM P 36 082 JAGUE R83 ALCEMIST84 ROCK CLASSIC8 5 FL IP T OP86 ADAM AND EVE87 TWEED B -MAN88 SILVERFACE BASS89 DOUBLE SHOW90 EIGHT IES91 H IWAY 10092 HIWAY 20093 BRI T MAJOR94 BRI T BASS95 CALIFORNIA9 6 JA ZZ T ON E9 7 STAD IU M98 STUDIO TONE99 MOTOR CI TY100 BRIT CLASS A100

BASS EXPANSION CABS# Cab Model25 1X12 BOUTIQUE26 1X12 MOTOR CITY27 1X15 FLIP TOP28 1X15 JAZZ TONE29 1X18 SESSION30 1X18 AMP 36031 1X18 CALIFORNIA32 1X18+12 STADIUM33 2X10 MODERN UK34 2X15 DOUBLESHOW35 2X15 CALIFORNIA36 2X15 CLASS A37 4X10 L INE 638 4X10 TWEED39 4X10 ADAM EVE40 4X10 SILVERCONE41 4X10 SESSION42 4X12 HIWAY43 4X12 GREEN 20S44 2X12 GREEN 25S45 4X15 BIG BOY46 8X10 CLASSIC

EFFECTS

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AMP/CAB + A.I.R. II

REVERB LOOP(PODXT Pro only)

MODULATION

COMP

THE "WHAT ARE YOU CONNECTED TO?" EDIT PAGE(see text pages for PODXT Pro details)

Use your A.I.R. settings to get the right mic soundyoure looking for! Choose from:MIC 1.........................................................57 ON AXISMIC 2 .......................................................57 OFF AXISMIC 3 .....................................................421 DYNAMICMIC 4 ...................................................67 CONDENSER

LIVE : 4x12 LIVE : 2x12STUDIO : DIRECT

All product names are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6. These product names and descriptions are provided for the sole purpose of identifyingthe specific products that were studied during Line 6s sound model development.

LEFT OUTPUT

Be sure to use TRS cables whenyou want to get +4dBu levels tothe balanced inputs of a recorder,mixer or power amp.

EQ

GATE

VOLUME

MODULATION DELAY

WAH STOMP DELAY

VOLUME

Use the VIBE parameter to adjust the sound for your particularLive setup. Experiment with all the options, since differentamp/cab combinations can give very different results, and youmay get the best sound with an unusual combination of settings.

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PODxt Live Pilots Handbook 2006, Line 6, Inc.

The serial number can be ound on the underside o your PODxt Live,. Its the number thatbegins with (21). Please note it here or uture reerence:

SERIAL NO:

WARNING: To reduce the risk o re or electricshock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture.

CAUTION: To reduce the risk o re or electric shock, do notremove screws. No user-serviceable parts inside. Reer servicing toqualied service personnel.

CAUTION: This equipment has been tested and ound to comply with the limits or a Class B digital device pursuant to Part

15 o FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the ollowing two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmul intererence, and(2) this device must accept any intererence received, including intererence that may cause undesired operation.

The lightning symbol within a triangle meanselectrical caution! It indicates the presenceo inormation about operating voltage andpotential risks o electrical shock.

The exclamation point within atriangle means caution! Pleaseread the inormation next to allcaution signs.

You should read these Important Safety Instructions

Keep these instructions in a safe place

Beore using your PODxt Live, careully read the applicable items o these operating instructions and saety suggestions:

1. Obey all warnings on the PODxt Live and in this Pilots Handbook.

2. Do not place near heat sources, such as radiators, heat registers, or appliances which produce heat.

3. Guard against objects or liquids entering the enclosure.

4. PODxt Live: Connect only to AC power outlets rated 100-120V or 230V 47-63Hz (depending on the voltage

range o the included power supply).

5. Do not step on power cords. Do not place items on top o power cords so that they are pinched or leaned on. Pay

particular attention to the cord at the plug end and the point where it connects to the PODxt Live.

6. Unplug your PODxt Live when not in use or extended periods o time.

7. Do not perorm service operations beyond those described in the PODxt Live Pilots Handbook. In the ollowing

circumstances, repairs should be perormed only by qualied service personnel:

liquid is spilled into the unit

an object alls into the unit

the unit does not operate normally or changes in perormance in a signicant way the unit is dropped or the enclosure is damaged

8. Prolonged listening at high volume levels may cause irreparable hearing loss and/or damage. Always be sure to

practice sae listening.


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Please Note:

Line 6, POD, Podxt liVe, Podxt Pro, Vetta, FBV, FBV

Shortboard, FBV4, Amp Farm, Line 6 Edit and Custom

Tone are trademarks o Line 6, Inc. All other product

names, trademarks, and artists names are the propertyo their respective owners, which are in no way associat-

ed or afliated with Line 6. Product names, images, and

artists names are used solely to identiy the products

whose tones and sounds were studied during Line 6s

sound model development or this product. The use o

these products, trademarks, images, and artists namesdoes not imply any cooperation or endorsement.


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contents

Quick Start Guide 11

Manual? I dont need no stinkingmanual!. . . . . . . . 11

Register now! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Go on-line and get more stuff! . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Welcome To PODxtLive.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Who is Line 6? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Modeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Amp, Cab and Eect Models . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

And Away We Go.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Controls & Connections 21

Getting Set Up 31

All Purpose Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Variax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

On Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

What are you connecting to? . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Getting The Right Tone With An Amp. . . . . . . . . . 34

External Stomp Boxes andPODxtLive 36

What are you connecting to? . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

The Ins and Outs o Great Tone . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Setting Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Radiation Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38


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MIDI Mania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Re-Amping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

What is Re-Amping? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Re-Amping via USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Creating & Storing Sounds 41

Recalling Channel Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Editing Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Double Press or Easy Access . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Inside the Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Amp knob settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Amp Bypass Channel Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Cabinet and Mic settings (Theres magic in the A.I.R.!) . . . 43Comp/Gate settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

EQ settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Stomp settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Mod and Delay settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Confg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Setting your Tone to Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Reverb settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Wah Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Volume Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Saving Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Saving a Channel Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Custom Saving Amp Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

MIDI Dumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415


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Modeled Amps & Cabs 51

Which Amps and Cabs Are Modeled? . . . . . . . . . . 51

Cabinet Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Eect Model Details 61

Comp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

The Stomp Effects: Fuzz, Distortion, Overdrive . . . . . . . 63Stomp Effects: Compressors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

The Stomp Effects: Synths and Filters . . . . . . . . . . 615

The Wah Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618

The Modulation Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620The Delay Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630

Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639

MIDI 71

MIDI Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Whats MIDI? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

MIDI Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

MIDI Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Backing Up PODxtLive PrO grams to Other Devices . . . . . 74

Other Things You Can Do with MIDI . . . . . . . . . . 76

ChangingPODxtLive Channels with MIDI Program Changes . 76

TweakingPODxtLive Tones with MIDI Controllers . . . . . 76

Full MIDI Automation oPODxtLive 76


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MIDI Setup Trouble-shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Appendix A: Amp Models 81

Appendix B: MIDI Program Changes 83

Appendix C: PODxt MIDI Controls 84

Appendix D: Note Value Controller Values 87


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Quick Start Guide

11Quickstart Guide

or:

Manual? I dont need no stinking manual!.1. On the rear panel, turn the small OutputLeveL knob all the way down to zero,

fip the switch to the amp position i youre plugging into an amp, or the lineposition i youre plugging into line level equipment such as a recorder or mixer,or using only headphones.

2. Connect the Leftand RightOutputs to your recorder or mixers inputs, or

plug the let output into your guitar amps input. Or connect headphones to thephOnes jack on your PODxt Live or silent jamming.

3. Connect the included power pack to your PODxt Live, and plug the other endinto a power jack.

4. Connect your guitar to PODxt Lives input. Flip the switch there to nORm ormost guitars or Pad or extra-hot-output pickups.

5. Got a Variax guitar? Connect it to the PODxt Lives rear panel Variax jack, us-

ing only Line 6-supplied Variax cables. See Variax on page 32.6. Flip the rear panel pOweRswitch to re up.7. Press the OutputmOde/system button. Press the button below dest(Destina-

tion), then turn the effecttweakknob to tell your PODxt Live what youreconnecting to. This setting will be overridden when you plug in headphones, soyou dont have to do anything to get great headphone sound.

8. Turn up the rear panel OutputLeveL knob so you can hear PODxt Lives output,but dont turn up so high that youre overdriving the input o whatever youreplugging into.

9. Turn the seLectknob to choose rom preset sounds, organized in 32 Banks o 4Channels, with Channels labeled A, B, C, D. Banks 1-8 are great or use withheadphones, mixers and recorders. Banks 9-16 are designed or in ront o anamp. Banks 17-32 are ready to ll with your own sounds, or ones you downloadrom the Line 6 web site. With the editbutton NOT lit, press the let buttonunder the display or manuaL Override, where-the-knobs-are-is-how-it-sounds

operation.10. Step on theamp, stOmp,mOd, or deLayswitches to turn those parts o your

sound on/o. Turn the knobs to urther adjust. chan vOL adjusts the volume othis Channel Memory relative to the others.

Now beore you run o, please give the page a quick fip and....


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Register now!

Included in this manual is a handy, postage-paid card or you to send back to us to regis-

ter your purchase. Its very important that you ll that registration card out right nowand drop it in the mail, or jump on the Internet and register at www.line6.com. Register-ing insures that youre dialed in or warranty service (warranty ino is at the end o thismanual) and insures we can contact you i new sotware versions or other cool enhance-ments are oered cutting edge technology and such.

Go on-line and get more stu!

Here at Line 6, our mission is to help you be more creative by bringing you powerulnew technologies. As part o that mission, we ocus great eort on making the Internet avaluable resource or every one o our customers. The Line 6 web site is one o the mosteective ways or us to deliver you what you need to make you and your PODxt Liveever more powerul.

Connect towww.line6.com to check out Custom Tonea truly massive, ree, exclu-sive-to-Line-6 online tone library that gives you instant access to the signature sounds othe greatest guitarists, bands, songs and gear o all time. It integrates with the ree Line6 Edit sotware that lets you edit your PODxt Lives sounds, and save copies o them onyour computer. Our web site is also the place to download our GuitarPort sotware andUSB driver sotware, all ree or your PODxt Live. You can even add more Models to

yourPODxt Live

(seewww.line6.com/modelpacks or the details on that). And tomake it easy to get all this cool, computer-related stu, look or the handy Line 6 Mon-key utility, downloadable rom our web site, which will check or and install the latestversions o everything or you! Visit the discussion boards to learn tips & tricks, tradeadvice, and generally hang out and get POD-a-licious with the whole extended amily oPODxt Live users. Use the Support pages to get answers to your technical questions andcontact our customer service experts. Or grab electronic versions o this book and otherdocumentation, learn what your avorite artists are doing with Line 6 gear, and see the

latest products were introducing or you.

Not on the Internet yet? This may be the time to make the big jump, and thereby ensurethat you will get all the great resources we can oer or you and your PODxt Live.


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Introduction

Welcome To PODxt Live...Thank you or inviting PODxt Live into your lie. Whether you use your PODxt Live asthe ultimate multi-eect pedal, a direct recording miracle, a powerhouse preamp, a prac-tice partner, or as a creative digital signal processing tool (and heck, why should it be justone o these?) we think youll agree that PODxt Live is about the most amazing thingto happen to the electric guitar since, well, since the guitar amplier itsel! PODxt Livedelivers the incredible tones o the acclaimed Line 6 Point-to-Point Interactive model-ing technology (as eatured in our Vetta series amps) and uses it with the wonderullyportable and easy to use POD, which has been the guitar recording world standard oryears. So youve got the tonal heritage o the past century o guitar amplier and stompbox design,plus no-compromise recording and direct sound excellence all ready toroll when you are.

Who is Line 6?As you may know, Line 6 rst came on the scene several years back with a new kindo guitar amplier the rst to put digital sotware modeling technology to work in acombo amp or guitarists. We also knew then that guitarists need great amp tone whenrecording, but generally dont have the room to crank up that classic stack, or the moneyto hire a team o ace engineers to get it to tape. So we squashed our patented model-

ing technology down into a small, kidney-bean-shaped wonder called POD, and oreverchanged the world o guitar recording.

Once wed gotten this whole modeling amp and POD thing started, it was time to seewhat we could do i we really cranked up the horsepower and took our modeling to thenext level. I mean, once youve climbed to the top o the mountain, its on to the nextmountain, right? So, eyes glowing like power tubes, we stocked up on the Pepsi, gatheredour genius engineers into a secret lab, red up our extensive collection o ampliers and

stomp boxes... and spirited their treasured tones into a newly-supercharged modelingtechnology we dubbed Point-to-Point modeling. It rst hit the streets in the award-win-ning Vetta amp, whose superb tone and unparalleled selection o dream amps, cabinetsand eects make it a pretty good contender or the world heavyweight amp title. Aterthat, we poured the same magic elixir into the classic POD andta-dah!PODxt Livewas born. Its now available in the original bean shape, a rack mount, and the foor unitthat you are enjoying.

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How does PODxt Live help you create a guitar tone that is out o this world, and thenget that tone wherever you need it? Easy! Its

ModelingModeling: just what is it, and why is it so important?

To answer that question, well start with tubes (better know as valves to our riends inEngland and elsewhere). Tubes, we can all agree, are the heart and soul o pretty much

every legendary guitar amp, and are key to the warm, harmonic-rich tone quality othose amps. Solid state devices (transistors) are simply unable to duplicate tube warmthand perormance. And hybrids a tube in a circuit along with a bunch o transistors are really a vain attempt at warming up a transistor-based tone. They all short in anycomparison to a 100% tube circuit. So thats it tubes or nothin, right? Well, not anymore....

You see, Line 6s team o crack engineer-guitarists has spent years understanding pretty

much everything there is to know about tube-powered gear, including exactly how di-erent types o tubes respond under various conditions typical o guitar amplier design.How tubes process an input signal, how the signal is colored and shaped, at what point itbegins to distort, the quality and characteristic o the distortion, what happens when thesignal gets to other parts o the system complicated stu, but all analyzable as elec-tronic data. A guitar pickup output, ater all, is an electronic signal, and tubes and all therest are really just a complex orm o signal processing.

Having sussed it all out, the Line 6 engineers translated all this arcane knowledge intosotware that simulates the signal processing o guitar amps tubes and other electronics,entirely within the digital domain. Cool, huh? The Line 6 crew also directed their ca-eine-enhanced modeling attention to a study o guitar speaker cabinets and the impor-tant part they play in communicating great guitar tone. And the great variety o stompbox and rack eects that guitarists use to juice things up. They translated it all intoyet more powerul sotware, and its this revolutionary DSP (Digital Signal Processing)

sotware-based modeling technology that gives Line 6 the power to create super silicon-based lie orms like PODxt Live.

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Amp, Cab and Eect ModelsThe tone and technology know-how o Line 6 thus comes to you asAmp, Cab and EectModels based on a collection o gear recognized by guitarists the world over as true tone

classics. These models were tweaked through careul, scientic A/B comparisons to thegear that inspired them, with an ear open or the eects o dierent volume levels andsettings o the originals tone and gain controls. The gain and equalization characteris-tics o the modeled gear were careully measured so that changes to knobs on the modelswould mirror the eects o these changes on the originals as closely as possible. Weretalkin major attention to detail here. Tone control center requencies, slopes, and cut/boost range were painstakingly analyzed, in addition to a whole host o actors unique

to each piece o gear. Not only that, but since many classic amps and eects have highlyinteractive circuits, we paid careul attention to the way that the setting o one knobchanges the way that another knob may behave. All in an eort to make our Models asmuch like the amps, cabs and eects in our collection as possible. The resulting Amp,Cab and Eect Models are the oundation oPODxt Live.

Now, then here are a couple o things we want to be completely crystal clear on:

1. The Line 6 modeling process is a patented, 100% digital sot-ware-based technology exclusive to Line 6.

2. Line 6 Modeling is not sampling, nor is it solid state; no special

guitar, pickup, or cabling is needed.

Theres Magic in the A.I.R.For recording and direct eed to a mixer, PA system or headphones, PODxt Live deliversits modeling tones through another innovation: Line 6s A.I.R. direct recording out-put. The A.I.R. (acoustically ntegrated recording) technology is the result o intensiveresearch and careul study o the tonal characteristics produced by the interaction oampliers, cabinets, speakers, microphones and the recording room during the recordingprocess.

The direct output o many preamps, ampliers and direct box-style amp replacementsavailable today oer some limited orm o cabinet simulation or speaker emulation.Those that happen to be more than simple high end roll-os have little or no controloptions. Generic cabinet simulations cannot reproduce the markedly dierent tonesresulting rom the choice o speakers, wood, and other details o a great real-lie speakercabinet. Other equipment also ails to reproduce the signicant tonal contribution o

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microphone selection and placement, and do nothing to reproduce the subtle ambienceo the recording space.

The result is the amiliar dissatisaction with direct recording products even thosethat deliver a reasonably usable basic tone ail to reproduce the lie o the guitar sound,and destroy the proper eel in the process. It is as i your guitar strings became heavierand less responsive, like they just went up a couple o gauges when you plugged into yourdirect box. And your sound lost its lie.

PODxt Lives combination o Amp Models and A.I.R. technology provides superiordirect tones by recreating all the elements contributing to a great recorded guitar sound,and giving you that tone with the same eel as playing through a real amp and speakercabinet:

The eect o the guitar amplier circuit is emulated by the Amp Model you choose.Each model was developed rom extensive study o a classic amplier treasured as atone classic.

In a guitar amp, once the guitar signal passes through the electronics, it is outputto one or more speakers in a speaker cabinet. The specic design o the speakers, howmany there are, and how they are arranged contributes signicantly to your guitartone, as does the construction and resulting tone o the wood box itsel. A Marshallhead driving a single 12-inch speaker in an open-back cabinet, or instance, will sounddramatically dierent rom the same head driving a 4x12 closed-back cabinet. Line 6has careully constructed virtual sotware speaker cabinets that emulate the contribu-tion made by real speaker cabinets to get great guitar sound.

Once the sound makes it out o the speaker cabinet, the next important link in therecording system is the microphone that receives that sound. Guitar recordists selectdierent microphones, and arrange them in dierent placements, to get particularsounds. A microphone pointing directly into the cone o a speaker will hear somethingdierent than one positioned o-axis. Line 6 careully analyzed the coloring that vari-ous microphones add to the guitar sound, as well as the eects o dierent mic place-

ment techniques, and gave you control o these details in your PODxt Live.

The guitar amp, cabinet, and microphone dont just sit in empty space. The roomthat they are in contributes importantly to the guitar sound you will record. Reverbcan be used to capture the basic character o the space, simulating the eect o thesound refecting o the rooms walls, foors and ceiling. But there are other subtledetails that have more to do with the spread o the sound as it passes through the air

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between the speaker and microphone. This nal component is the key to the sensethat the listener is in one position in the room, and the guitar sound is in anotherposition, and that the two are separated by a mass o air that sound spreads through to

reach the listener.

All o these important sound-shaping components are accounted or in your PODxtLive. Turn the Amp Model knob to call up the amplier emulation you want. PODxtLive automatically matches that amplier with an appropriate cabinet and microphonesetup, and gives you the sound o that setup coming through the air o a recording space.Turn the reverb knob to taste, and start recording incredible micd up sound. Press a but-ton and twiddle a knob or two, and you can switch cabinets, change out mics and theirplacement, and adjust the spread o the sound in your virtual room as well.

The A.I.R. direct recording output is exclusive to Line 6. In combination with the Line6 Amp, Cab and Eect Models, it is the key to PODxt Lives phenomenally satisyingdirect recording sound.

And Away We Go....So, now that you know whats in store, its time to experience PODxt Live or yoursel.Grab your avorite axe, plug in, and fip back to the handy Quick Start Guide on therst page o this chapter i you havent already been through that. Then old out the backcover and ollow me, my riend, or the PODxt Live Grand Tour....

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controls & connections

Now would be a good time to turn to the nity back cover o this manual and noticethat it olds out. Ooh, pretty pictures! The idea is to have this essential pictorial reer-ence always opened out while youre thumbing through the manual. Its also got all theessential details or quickly getting around on your PODxt Live. The boxed numbers thatpop up throughout this manual correspond to the numbers on the oldouts illustrations.The back side o the covers got handy pictures or the FBV and FBV Shortboard oot

controllers, plus signal fow and connection guides.

1 Power Switch - Flip this to bring your PODxt Live to lie. Use only theincluded PX-2 power pack to supply power to your PODxt Live.

2

USB -PODxt Lives USB jack lets you connect it directly to most computers,

and record your PODxt Live directly to a wide variety o popular recording sotware.Weve included a USB cable or use with our GuitarPort Windows sotware, Line 6 Editsotware or Mac OS X and Windows, our Custom Tone online tone library, and PODxtLive driver sotware. All this sotwarealong with directions or using itis ree or youto download atwww.line6.com.

3 Variax - Connect a Line 6 Variax guitar here, and experience a whole new world

o possibility and sound-control power. In addition to a direct digital audio connectionbetween the guitar and PODxt Live, you can even have the Variax change sounds eachtime you choose a new Channel Memory rom your PODxt Lives ootswitches or Selectknob. You can learn more about the Variax amily o guitars each one giving you thesound o an entire guitar collection in one instrument at the Line 6 website. Be sureto keep the protective plastic cap on this connection when its not connected to a

Variax, so you wont damage it by mistakenly inserting a 1/4-inch guitar cable or

other connection. When you are ready to connect a Variax, use only Line 6 suppliedVariax-compatible cables not standard Ethernet or other cables to avoid

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4 MIDI In & Out - Connect PODxt Live to your MIDI equipment to selectChannel Memories (via Program Change messages), or automate PODxt Live set-tings (via controllers and/or SySex). You can also use MIDI (or USB) to communicate

with the ree Line 6 Edit sotware downloadable romwww.line6.com. The PODxtLiveMIDI OUT connects to another devices MIDI IN; its MIDI IN goes to anotherdevices MIDI OUT. Please also see Chapter 7, Deep Editing and MIDI Control, tosetup your MIDI gear with PODxt Live and nd out what MIDI can do or PODxt Liveand you.

5 Phones - Plug your headphones in here or silent concertos. The volume is set

by the Output

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knob. Any time you use headphones, it important to be suretheyre not set or ridiculous volume beore your slap them on your ears. Try an Outputknob setting o about 10 oclock when rst putting the headphones on, them turn uprom there i you need more volume.

So that you hear appropriate sound through the headphones, PODxt Live automati-cally switches to Studio Mode whenever headphones are connected (or more on StudioMode, see What are you connecting to? on page 37).

A quick note about headphones: Earbuds and headphones designed or use with portableMP3 players and tape players are very low impedance as well as not very accurate inrequency response. This makes them not suitable or use with PODxt Live. We recom-mend a pair o 150-600 ohm pro or semi-pro level studio headphones or best results.

6 Output to Amp/Line- The unbalanced 1/4-inch connectors here get yourPODxt Live

s sound to a guitar amplier, recorder, mixer or PA system. Flick the rearpanel switch toampwhen youve got your PODxt Live eeding into the ront o a guitaramp, and otherwise choose Line. The rear panel LeveL knob sets the you guessed it! output level. Changing the Outputlevel does not change your tone, so you can getthe tone you want at any volume level. This setting is not saved when you store settingsinto one o the PODxt Lives memory locations.

When running into a guitar amp, youll want to avoid setting the LeveL knob so high that

youre overdriving the ront end o your amp. Try turning any drive-type control on youramp low so that its not adding more dirt to your sound, and compare the PODxt Livesound on headphones to the sound coming rom your amp to be sure the sound rom theamp isnt getting too crunchy because youre eeding it too much level rom the PODxt.The tone rom the headphones and rom the amp will o course sound dierent, depend-ing on the color that your amp adds. You just want to make sure that youre not gettingextra distortion degrading your sound and preventing you rom achieving the tones you



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want with your PODxt-Live-and-amp-setup.

When running into line level gear (like recorders, mixers and PAs) PODxt Live will give

the best signal-to-noise perormance when you have the Outputcontrol at max. Withthe Outputcontrol turned down low, you may get extra hisswhich obviously aintwhat you wanti you turn up your mixer or recorders output to compensate. In orderto allow you to set the Outputas high as possible when connecting to recording, mixing,and other studio gear, be sure you are plugging PODxt Lives outputs into line level,not microphone or guitar level inputs. Line level inputs should allow you to set PODxtLives amp/line switch to Line, then turn PODxts Outputup all the way (or close to it)and thereby get the best sound possible. I your gear has inputs that unction as mic/linelevel inputs, try to set the trim or those inputs to the minimum level, and PODxts Out-putto maximum, when setting levels.

7 Aux Input - Connect a CD player, MP3 player, drum machine or other devicehere, and youll hear it at PODxt Lives headphone and Amp/Line outputs. Very handyor jamming along! Use the output volume control on the connected device to set itslevel. Ths aux nput sgnal wll NOT be ed to the USB dgtal audo output.

8 Input - Plug your guitar in here. (You techies will want to know this is a mono,un-balanced connection.) Set the switch to norm or use with most guitars. The padposition may work better with guitar pickups that have particularly high output levels,to prevent them rom overdriving the ront end o your PODxt Live in an unpleasant-sounding way.

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Pedal -Connect a standard expression pedal, such as the Line 6 EX-1, and youll

be able to assign it to control the Volume Pedal or Eect Tweak 12 unctions. See page49 or the detail on that.

10 Select - The PODxt Live has 128 Channel Memories. They are arranged in 32banks o our channels each. (The our are called A, B, C, and D.) You can think o eachbank as a sort o virtual our-channel guitar amp.

The rst 32 Channel Memories (Banks 1-8) store a variety o complete amp-and-eectselections pre-programmed by the tone mavens at Line 6 to sound great when eeding arecorder, mixer, PA or headphones. The second 32 (Banks 9-16) are designed to run inront o a guitar amp. The next 16 (Banks 17-20) are specically set up to use with theLine 6 Variax modeling guitar, which ully integrates with the PODxt Live (see the sec-tion on using with a Variax in Chapter 3 or more detail). The last 48 (Banks 21-32) arelet or your own creations or you can load them up with one o the thousands o great



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tones youll nd at customtone.com or transer to your PODxt Live using the Line 6Edit or GuitarPort sotware that you can download or ree rom the Line 6 web site.

You load PODxt Live channels by turning the seLectknob (or stepping on the Bankup/dOwn anda, B, c, d switches described later in this chapter). Note: When recallinga channel, you may have let the physical Bass knob at minimum, whereas the just-re-called channel has this control set to max. To change Bass (or anything else), just grabthe knob you want and tweak.

To leave the Channel Memory world and enter Manual operation, step on thea, B, cor d ootswitch 21 and hold it or 2 seconds. In this mode, PODxt Lives display will

show Manual Mode in place o the Channel Memory name, and the physical positionso theamptOne cOntROLs13 and channeL vOLume14 knobs will determine yoursound.

When the edit, save or OutputmOde/system button is lit, the seLectknob selects romthe available display pages. When you press edit, it selects pages o amp, eect and chan-nel parameters; when you press OutputmOde/system, it takes you through all o the

Tuner and system-wide settings. When save is lit, youll nd amp and eect customiza-tion eatures as well as MIDI dump operations. The vertical scroll bar on the let sideo each display page shows you where you are in that group o pages..

11 Displays - The let o these displays always shows the bank number and chan-nel letter o the currently selected Channel Memory. The right o these displays, PODxtLives LCD (lqud crystal dsplay), is your window into every parameter and setting avail-able. Heres how to get around that right display:

1. When the save, editand OutputmOde/system buttons are NOT lit, the displayshows you the name o the selected Channel Memory, and the Amp Model thatit uses. (And lets you use the Sot Buttons as described in 17 .)

2. When the save, editor OutputmOde/system button IS lit, a scroll bar on thelet side o PODxts display shows you where you are in the available displaypages. Press one o these buttons to see the scroll bar now. For those that reallyneed to get all the nerdy details, each dot in that bar represents a page. As youturn the seLectknob, you move through the pages and so does the little square.When youre on the rst page, the little square is at the top. When you get to thelast page, the squares at the bottom. Square goes up, square goes down. Squaregoes up, square goes down. Fun or the whole amily!



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3. Each page typically has words that appear in the bottom o the display. Thesewords label things you can adjust. Press the button below the thing you want to

adjust, then turn the Eect Tweak knob to do your adjusting. Heres more detail

12 Eect Tweak - When the Edit, Output Mode/System, and Save buttonsARENT lit, this knob varies some aspect o the sound the PODxt Live is currently run-ning. Turn it up and the eect will generally go deeper, louder, aster, longer or just plainmore. Youll know what youre tweakin because a window will pop up on PODxt Livesdisplay to show you. (i youre looking or the way to set the delay time, note that this

is usually set by the tapbutton). For the inside scoop, including how you can customizethe effecttweakknob see Chapter 4, Creating & Storing Sounds. I the eect thateffecttweakis targeting is o, then, big surprise, effecttweakwont change anything.

While the editor tune/system button is lit, the effecttweakknob adjusts parametervalues instead o tweaking your eect.

13Amp Tone Controls -dRive, Bass,middLe, tReBLe, pResence. These controlthe tone o the Amp Modeling that you have selected. (Theampootswitch determines

whether the Amp Modeling is on or o; i its o, you o course wont hear any changesas you adjust these knobs.) The dRive knob controls how hard youre driving the input othe chosen Amp Model. Like the input volume control on a non-master volume guitaramp, higher settings give you more dirt. The exact response and interactivity o thisand the rest o the Amp Tone Controls will vary rom Amp Model to Amp Model, tomimic the tone controls o the original amp that inspired the Amp Model youve select-

ed. See Chapter 5 or details on specic Amp Models..

14 Chan Vol - This knob controls the relative volume level o the channel youare playing through thus, channeL vOLume. Use this to balance levels between thesounds you store in two dierent PODxt Live Channel Memories (say between yourrhythm and lead tones). In general, you want to set the chan vOL as high as possible toinsure youre getting the best signal-to-noise ratio perormance but back o on this

control i youre seeing CLIP in PODxt Lives display.

TIP: You probably want to have all of your favorite sounds as loud as possible,while also having the right difference in volume between your lead and rhythmsounds, clean and dirty sounds, etc. Right? OK, then, to get this happy balance,start with your favorite clean sounds. Turn up their Chan Vol as high as you canwithout getting the CLIP indicator in PODxt Lves display when you strum hard.



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and save them that way. Then switch amongst them to see if some are too loud,and turn them down a bit to match well with the others. Next, move on to selectyour dirtier crunch and lead tones, comparing them to the clean sounds and

saving them with lower Chan Vol settings to match well with those clean sounds.Now, each time you use your PODxt Lve, you just have to set an Output volumelevel you like, and you can switch amongst your various sounds without unhappyvolume differences.

Another little Channel Volume detail: unlike theamptOne cOntROLs13 , this knobworks whether your Amp Model is on or o. PODxt Live actually stores two separateChannel Volume settings one or the Amp-on state 19 , and one or Amp-o. Soyou can balance the volume dierence between these two i needed, as well as balancethe volumes between any two Channel Memories regardless o whether they happen touse Amp Modeling or not.

15 Save - When you want to store your own tweaked-up sounds in your PODxt Livethis button is the key. Exactly how it works is detailed in Chapter 4, Creating & Stor-ing Sounds. But youre probably impatient, so here are the basics:

When using a pre-programmed sound, PODxt Live will display the bank number, chan-nel letter and channel name in its let display 11 . and the channel name at the top othe right display. I you turn one o the knobs or change a parameter in the editmodepages, youll notice an asterisk appears to the let o the bank number. This is a reminderto you that you have tweaked the memorized channel, and that you should save it i youwant your PODxt Live to remember the tweak.

To save the changes youve made to a Channel Memory, press the save button. The but-ton will start to fash. Just press save again i you want to overwrite the currently loadedChannel, using the same name. Or, i youd like to change the name rst, use the middletwo Sot Buttons to select a character, then press the right sot button and turn theeffecttweakknob to change the character. Press the sot button under dest, turn theeffecttweakknob, and you will see that you are switching through memory locations A,B, C, and D in each o the sixteen numbered banks. Pick one to store your sound in, and

press that save button a second time. The buttons light will stop fashing, a progress barwill shown on the display, and the sound is stored at the location you chose, replacingthe sound that was there beore.

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I you arent using one o the PODxt Live Channel Memories youre in Manual mode,and youre just getting the sound o where the knobs are set you can store that stateinto a memory location the same way. Press save, then dest, then use effecttweakto

choose a place to save to, and press save again.

I you decide you dont want to store the sound ater youve started saving, press anyother button to cancel the save. (The save will also be canceled i you dont touchanything or 15 seconds ater pressing save.) I you accidentally save over a actory soundyou liked, the save buttons additional pages let you recall the actory preset version o aChannel Memory any time. See Chapter 4 or details on this eature.

The save button also lets you customize any o the Amp Models and Eect Setups toyour own taste, so your avorite version o the amp or eect comes up instantly when youturnampmOdeLs or effects. See Chapter 4 or the details on that.

16 Edit - A deep-dive into tone central is available at the press o the editbutton.While editis lit, the seLectknob selects pages o everything that makes up a ChannelMemory. From here, you set all the eect parameters, select cabinets and microphones,

and assign a parameter to the effecttweakknob. To learn more about deep editing,please see Chapter 4.

17 Sot Buttons - These our buttons operate dierently depending on whatyoure doing.

I the editbutton is NOT lit, the PODxt Lives display will look about like this:

Press any one o the Sot Buttons below the display to turn the item above that buttonon or o. In the example above, the cOmp, amp, and gate processing are o, and theeQ is on. Double-press any o these Sot Buttons to show the settings or that item, then

press the lit editbutton to exit that display when youre done tweaking details.

I the editbutton IS lit, the Sot Buttons will let you select which displayed settingyoud like to tweak. See Chapter 4 or the detail on that.

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There are also other pages here (selectable with the seLect10 knob) or adjusting theoperation o your PODxt Live. The settings made in these pages are NOT saved in indi-vidual Channel Memories. They aect the overall, general operation o the PODxt Live.

19 Amp, Stomp, Mod, Delay - These ootswitches show you which o theseblocks o sound processing is currently running. Light on means that item is active.Light o means its bypassed. Step on a switch to switch it on/o. Chapter 4 tells youabout editing the details o the Amp, Stomp, Mod and Delay. Chapter 5 tells you aboutthe individual Amp Models that PODxt Live gives you., while Chapter 6 tells you allabout the individual Stomp, Mod and Delay Models.

20Bank Up/Down - These ootswitches choose amongst the PODxt Lives 36banks o Channel Memories, similar to the Select 10 knob. Once youve ootswitchedyour way to a new bank, youll then also need to step on the A, B, C or D ootswitchto actually load one o the channels rom that bank. (We set things up this way so youraudience wont hear you switching through channels as you make your way to your nextbank o sounds.)

21 A, B, C, D - The lights on these ootswitches show you which o the Channelsin the current Bank is running. You can step on any o them to choose a dierent chan-nel basically the same thing you can do with the seLect10 knob. You can also stepon one o these switches and hold it or two seconds to activate a Manual Mode. In thismode, PODxt Lives display will show Manual Mode in place o the Channel Memoryname, and the physical positions o theamptOne cOntROLs13 and channeL vOLume14 knobs will determine your sound.

22 Tap (Hold/Tuner) -PODxt Live allows you to control the time and speed oyour eects by simply tapping on this button. To use the tapcontrol, just tap the buttonat the tempo you want and the eects that are set to lock to that tempo will change tomatch what you tapped. Theres also a Tempo parameter near the end o the editpages,so youll see exactly what Tempo youve Tapped. This is especially useul i you are tryingto nudge your tapsetting to just the right value. See Chapter 4 to learn how to set upeects to ollow the tempo that youve tapped.

But wait, thats not all. You can instead hold the switch or about 2 seconds and Shazam! Instant digital chromatic tuner. Play a note on your guitar and PODxt Live willshow you what it is on that handy display; all notes are displayed as fats, so youll see Abinstead o G#. Play that string youre trying to tune again, spin its tuning key so it goessharp and fat, and the little ball will move to the right i its sharp and back down to thelet when the notes fat. The little ball will sit right in the middle when youve got it just



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right. Give PODxts tune/system button a push and the tuner disappears just as switlyas it came, taking you right back to normal operation.

Tuner Bypass/Volume - Normally, the audio will be muted while youre tuning, but iyou preer to hear yoursel tune, press the button labeled Mute, and turn effecttweakcounter-clockwise to select Bypass.

Tuner Reference - Want a dierent reerence than A=440Hz? When youre in the tunermode, press the button labeled 440 Hz and turn the effecttweakknob on PODxt Livewhile watching the display. This control lets you set the reerence requency anywhererom 430-450 Hz. This setting is stored so you dont have to reset it every time you turnon PODxt Live i you decide you want to be dierent (or i that piano in your rehearsalroom has decided to be dierent).

23 Onboard Pedal - The lights to the let o this pedal show whether it willoperate the Wah eect, Volume Pedal, or (when both lights are lit) Tweak, which is thesame thing controlled by the effecttweak12 knob. When operating the Wah, you canpress hard with your toe at the top o the pedal, and the wah as well as the wah light

to the let o the pedal will turn on and o. To learn how to change what the pedalcontrols, see page 49.

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GettinG set uP

The numbers n black boxes below and throughout the chapter reer to the back cover oldoutsllustratons.

PODxt Live is ready to give you world-class tone, no matter what youre plugging into.Its as happy to live on stage, plugged into your ol standby amp, as it is working alongside

the most elite o world-class recording systems. (And who wouldnt be?) To tell you whatyou need or where youre going, this chapters got three sections:

PODxt Live - In the StudioPODxt Live - Playing LivePODxt Live - Connection & Confguration

But rst, its the...

All Purpose Basics

1. Plug the power supply or cable into the wall, and connect it to the power connector

on your PODxt Live.2. Connect your guitar to PODxt Lives input8 .3. PODxt Live: Connect PODxt Live to whatever youre going to be playing it into. .

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Variax

The Variax line o guitars is unique, thanks to Line 6 modeling technology that gives youa whole collection o guitars in one single instrument. (You can learn more about themat the Line 6 web site.)

I youre a lucky Variax owner, youll want to take advantage o PODxt Lives rear panelvaRiax3 jack. Connect your Variax to this jack using only Line 6-supplied Variaxcables. Once youve done that, press the OutputmOde/system button 18 and give theeffecttweakknob a spin until you see this page:

Press the Sot Button under the word vaRiaxand turn the effecttweakknob to chooseOn or Offto tell PODxt Live whether youd like it control the Variax. When control isenabled, PODxt Live can change Variax models as you change PODxt Live channels, as

described on page 410.

Note also that you can have a standard guitar and your Variax plugged into PODxt Liveat the same time, and both will work. Just be sure to roll the volume knob back all theway on the one youre not using.

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On Stage

Keeping Your Options Open

When youre playing live with PODxt Live, youve got a choice o setups. You can plugstraight out o the PODxt Lives outputs into the house system or awesome tone withoutthe hassle o mics and cabinets and all that other stage setup. You can also choose to runPODxt Live into a power amp and speaker cabinets, using it as the ultimate preamp. Or,you can plug your PODxt Live in between your guitar and a guitar amplier so PODxtLive acts as a tone shaping ront end or the amp. Whichever setup you choose, youregonna have to tell your PODxt Live about it rst. Read along and well getcha dialed in

like a pro.

What are you connecting to?You can supply your PODxt Live with one o three answers to this question, and therebyensure that your riend on the foor gives you the best possible tones in any setup. Pressthe Output Mode/System 18 button to light it up and youll see:

studiOdiRectWhen plugging PODxt Live straight into a P.A., or using in-ear monitor-ing systems, press the Sot Buttonbelow destand turn the effecttweakknob 12 toselect studiOdiRector amazing amp and eect tone, night ater night. Line 6 exclusive

A.I.R. processing serves up a virtual speaker-cabinet-air-microphone experience so goodyou may never use a regular guitar amplier and microphone on stage again. Youre aspowerul as the entire P.A.and guaranteed to be in the mix!

cOmBO fROnt, cOmBO pwRamp, stack fROnt & stack pwRampChoose one o these modes when youre plugging your PODxt Live into another guitaramp, or a power amp and guitar speakers. When youre running Amp Modeling in yourPODxt Live with one o these modes activated, the Mic and Room components oA.I.R. are turned o, and the Cabinet Models are revoiced to sound their best comingthrough the kind o speaker you choose. The Pwramp variations should be used whenyoure running straight into a poweramp driving speakers, or running into the eectreturn o an amp so that its own preamp is bypassed and youre getting your PODxt Livessignal right to the power amp section. Choose a Front variation when youre pluggingright into the ront o a combo amp or head, which will also run you through that amps

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preamp section. The two Front modes also give you some Tone Correction controls, asshown here:

The idea o these Tone Correction controls is to adjust PODxt Lives overall soundto compensate or the tonal response o the preamp section o the amp that youreplugging into. Weve ound that it is oten necessary to reduce the low requency

or high requency parts o the PODxt Live to get decent results in this sort o aconguration, or shit the ocus o the mid requencies, so thats what these controlsare set to do. Press the Sot Button 17 below LOws or highs and twiddle the effecttweak12 knob to reduce the amount o low or high requencies that the PODxt Livewill send out. Use fOcus to choose which mid requencies to emphasize.

Note: When running PODxt Lve into a guitar amp (as opposed to studio moni-

tors or headphones) remember that different speaker/amp combinations soundwildly different. Consider the name of each destchoice as a recommendation

only, and experiment with all the options to see which sounds best for your

particular setup.

And last but not least On our lineup o available destchoices is...

BOseps1Choose this when plugging into a Bose PS1 Cylindrical Radiator loud-speaker system. We specially tuned this mode or great sound rom the innovative newsound system that you can learn more about romwww.bose.com.

PODxt Live remembers the What are you connected to? settings you choose, so youdont have to re-set them every time you power up. I you change to a dierent settingwhen using a dierent setup, dont orget to change back to your standard setting onceyou get back to your regular setup.

Getting The Right Tone With An AmpThe rst thing to consider when running PODxt Live in ront o an amp is what youwant to achieve. I you want to use your amp or its tone, with PODxt Live supplyingeects and some extra distortion when needed, then youll generally get the best results

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turning theamp19 modeling o and using a stOmp19 when you want to add distor-tion. The sounds that are pre-programmed in Banks 9-16 are set up this way, to comple-ment the tone provided by your amp. For this setup, youll want to plug right into your

amps ront panel guitar input, and be sure youve made the proper choice ocOmBOfROntor stack fROnton the What are you connecting to? system page (see page33).

On the other hand, i you want to use PODxt Lives Amp Modeling ability to transormthe basic tone o your amp to make it sound more like another amp, youll probably wanttheamp19 modeling on, as youll nd in the pre-programmed sounds in banks 1-8. Iyouve got an amp with eect send/return jacks, or a power amp input, we recommend

you rst try eeding your PODxt Lives input into them, bypassing your guitar ampsown preamp and its tone contribution. Then be sure youve made the proper choice ocOmBO pwRampor stack pwRampon the What are you connecting to? systempage (see page 33). I, instead, youre plugging right into the guitar input on the ronto your amp, try cOmBO fROntor stack fROntmode on the What are you con-necting to? system page.

Its also important to be realistic about what youre going to achieve here as goodas it is, PODxt Live wont be able to make a $100 combo amp with a cheap speakersound exactly like the vintage amp o your dreams. When youre plugging into the ronto an amp, its a good idea to start o with that amp in neutral. What is neutral, youask? Well, i you only have one volume control on your amp, set it low enough to get aclean tone; that ensures PODxt Lives sounds come through as purely as possible. Iyou have a master volume in addition to a volume control on the input, set them bothso that the rst volume doesnt overdrive the master volume (so youre getting a cleantone). This will vary rom amp to amp, but usually the input volume is going to be lessthan the master volume to get a clean, non-distorted sound. I you have passive tonecontrols, try setting your mid control at max, and your treble and bass controls at zero(this is actually fat equalization-wise on most amps). Active tone controls may vary,but just be sure youre not overdriving the amp so the PODxt Live tone comes throughwithout extra coloration. Once you get going, you can tweak the amplier settings to suityour tastes. Try to set PODxt Lives Outputso youre not overdriving the input o the

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External Stomp Boxes and PODxt LiveI youve been playing guitar or a while, you probably have some avorite pedals that youdig. And even though PODxt Live has now graced your lie with some pretty hip stomp

box and rack eects models, you probably still want to have the option o keeping thoseold pedals in your arsenal. No problem! Just remember that i youre going to use PODxtLive with those other eects boxes in ront, theyre going to act dierently based on theAmp Model youve selected on your PODxt Live. Its just like youd expect dierentcombinations will produce a veritable east o tone! Some distortion boxes may soundoverly harsh i you max their output volume into your PODxt Live. Try lowering the dis-tortion boxs volume, and you can always add more gain with PODxt Lives dRive knobor its own stOmpeects. You can also try setting the rear panel input6 switch to the

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In The Studio

To use the USB connector, vst www.lne6.com to downloadPoDxt Live

USB Drver Sot-ware, as well as Lne 6 Edt Mac/Wndows sotware or GutarPort (Wndows only) sotware.

What are you connecting to?Your PODxt Live needs to adjust itsel to deliver the best possible sound depending onwhat youre connecting to. Press the OutputmOde/system 18 button so the displayasks, What are you connecting to?

Press the Sot Buttonbelow destand turn the effecttweakknob 12 to select studiO:

diRectmode. In this mode, Line 6s exclusive A.I.R. II DSP is active, and you are treatedto a virtual speaker-cabinet-air-microphone experience thats so good you may never usea regular guitar amplier and microphone set up again.

The destsetting you select will be remembered by your PODxt Live, so you dont haveto re-set it every time you power up. I you change it to a dierent setting or a specialsituation you come across, dont orget to change it back again to the setting you normal-ly use once you get back to your standard setup. When you plug your headphones intoPODxt Live, destwill be automatically set to studiO: diRect, giving you the best tone orprivate jamming.

The Ins and Outs o Great ToneI youre hooking your PODxt Live up to a recorder, mixer, or other equipment, be sureyou are plugging its outputs into line level inputs on your other gear, as opposed tomicrophone level or guitar level inputs. This will insure that you get the best signal-to-

noise ratio (lots o juicy guitar tone, not too much hiss) with PODxt Live. Some equip-ment only gives you a single input or both mic & line level sources, allowing you totrim low level signals (like mics) up to a high level at the inputs. I you are plugging yourPODxt Live into one o these inputs, try setting the trim to minimum, and twisting theOutput6 and channeL vOLume14knobs up to maximum. I your equipment has acouple o open line-level only inputs, youll probably get better perormance by plugginginto these, rather than the wide-ranging mic-to-line level trimmed inputs.


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MIDI ManiaThose o you with MIDI-capable studios will nd that your PODxt Live lets you controleverythngvia MIDI. Using MIDI, you can select any PODxt Live Channel and automate

anyPODxt Live

parameter. You are truly lord o your domain. Pretty neat, huh? Readthe Deep Editing & MIDI Control chapter i you plan to venture into this realm.

Re-Amping

What is Re-Amping?For years, creative recording engineers have used what they call re-amping to add awhole other layer o creativity to the recording experience (some would say that its a

whole other layer o complexity, but we wont get into that particular argument here).What re-amping consists o, in the old-school way, is using a splitter/direct box to eedthe guitar to both an amp (or monitoring and recording one track) and straight to theboard (or a completely unprocessed dry signal to tape on a second track). This givesthe ability to tweak the guitar tone ater the act. I you get the perect perormance, butdiscover on mixdown that the guitar tone isnt sitting quite right in the track, you donthave to bring the guitarist back into the studio (paying his exorbitant rates) to re-cut the

track. You simply eed the dry guitar track back out to an amp and dial up a more appro-priate tone.

To do all this used to require the aorementioned splitter/direct box, some sort o imped-ance and level matching box or eeding the signal back to the guitar amp (because thesignal coming out o the board or direct rom tape doesnt look like a live guitar signalto the amp, so it wont sound quite like a live guitar when youre done), a box ull omics, a closet ull o amps, a tangle o cables, and a lot o time to set all that stu up.What a pain, huh? Well, with the PODxt Live, youve already got the box ull o micsand the closet ull o amps. Weve built the rest into the USB driver (which is, o course,available or ree rom the Line 6 website or through the Line 6 Monkey program wevementioned earlier in this manual).

Re-Amping via USBOnce youve downloaded and installed the USB driver, whether directly rom the Line

6 website or by letting Line 6 Monkey do all the work or you, youre ready to re-amp.Heres how:

The PODxt Family USB driver (which we will henceorth reer to as the driver to saveour delicate typing ngers, okay?) has our (4) dierent signal routing options, all owhich have their own purpose.

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1. Send processed guitar This routing option is the deault setting or normal

recording. As you can see rom the diagram, the guitar goes right to the internalprocessing o the PODxt, the processed signal is sent to the computer (so youcan record it) and the output o the PODxt shows both the processed guitarsignal and the tracks that youre playing on the computer. Pretty straightorward,isnt it?

2. Send clean guitar This is the basic re-amping get my dry guitar recorded

setting. The dry guitar input signal is sent to the computer or recording, andalso to the internal processing o the PODxt so you can hear how the guitarsounds through the amp and eects youve dialed up. The tracks youre playingand the processed guitar signal are sent to the output o the PODxt so you can

monitor your perormance.

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3. Send clean guitar, re-amp playback This ones a little tricky, but it has its uses.

The dry guitar is sent to the computer and to the internal processing. Thecomputer signal is also sent to the internal processing and only the internallyprocessed signal rom the PODxt is sent to the outputs. This one is useul iyoure trying to double a guitar track youve already recorded (or play a harmonyline or contrapuntal part to that track) or a track that youll also be re-amping.Youll generally be playing only the 1st track and a click reerence unless you likethe sound o the entire band through a raging amplier.

4. Send Re-amp playback This would be your traditional re-amping set up. The

computer audio is sent to the internal processing o the PODxt, and the pro-cessed signal is ed back to the computer or recording and to the outputs o the

PODxt or monitoring.

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So how do we put this all together? Heres the basic workfow:

1. Using routing setting 2 - Send Clean Guitar, record the basic guitar track while

monitoring the whole mix through the PODxts outputs. This should result in arecorded track o crystal clear, unprocessed dry guitar.2. Using routing setting 4 - Send Re-amp Playback, use your recording program to

assign the playback o the track you want to re-amp to the PODxt input and arma new track or recording thats assigned to the PODxt output. When you pressRecord on your sotware, what you should end up with is a new track that hasall the juicy goodness o PODxts amp and eect modeling, while leaving your

original dry track alone, so you can do it all over again with yet another round ore-amping.

Obviously, with all these dierent routing options available, there are a lot o otherthings you can do - ar more than we can cover in this manual, as a matter oact. We recommend spending some time experimenting with the other routingoptions ater you get the basic process down, and i you come up with somethingreally cool and twisted, let us know.

A ew notes about stu that you may run into:

Latency No doubt about it, computer recording has latency issues. Anytime you senda signal in and out o the computer, it takes time, even i its only a couple o millisec-onds. That new track you record by re-amping will be just a wee bit behind the originaltrack. Do it a ew times and itll start to sound unny. Check your recording sotware or alatency compensation eature. Sometimes its automatic, sometimes you just have to dragthe new track backwards a couple o ticks to line it up with the original. Unortunately,theres no magic wand or this. Time only moves orward, at least until you drag the trackback.

Latency, part II How your buer size is set on your recording sotware can have an

adverse eect on latency. Larger buers equal higher latency, small buers equal moreload on your CPU, which can mean clicks, pops, and dropouts. Every system is dierent,so youll have to spend some time nding out what the most reliable settings on yoursystem are. We highly recommend NOT having other programs (like email, browser, andespecially games) running in the background while youre recording. Ater all, they dontplay Pong on the board in a pro recording studio.

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creatinG & storinG soundsThis chapter gives you the inside scoop on editing your new PODxt Live. Here, well

take you through everything rom loading and changing sounds to ull customization oPODxt Lives Amp and Eect Models. Even you power users will want to read on andlearn the tips and tricks to the quickest way around or instant tonal satisaction. Youcan also use Line 6 Edit sotware, downloadable romwww.line6.com, to edit yourPODxt Live, backup your memory, and save a library o sounds on your computer.

Recalling Channel MemoriesWhen you rst turn your PODxt Live on, the display will look something like this:

Use the seLectknob to spin through the channels, which are organized into 32 Banks,where each Bank has our Channel Memories: A, B, C, D. Or, you can step on the Bankup/dOwn20 anda, B, c, and d 21 ootswitches to let your eet do the driving.

Try spinning that seLect10 knob to nd something you like. Need a bit more bass,or perhaps lots more drive? No problem! You simply reach up, grab a knob and twiddleaway, my riend, because, in addition to the amptOne cOntROLs13 and channeL

vOLume14

knobs, youve got those handy on/o buttons or the eects19

, plus thesmart effecttweak12 knob that is always ready to change the most important eectsparameter.

Editing Basics

In this section well take a trip into tweak. A Deep Dive into the way your PODxt Live

works, and how to make it best work or you. PODxt Lives knobs, buttons and displaygive you direct access to absolutely every detail. No need to connect to a computer ordetailed editing as is required or the original POD.

To begin your editing adventure, all you have to do is press theeditbutton to light itup. Now turn the seLectknob. Well lookey here, everything youd ever want to tweakon your PODxt Live is right there in ront o you. To change something shown on the


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display, simply press the Sot Button 17 directly below it and spin effecttweak. Everything you tweak here, by the way, is remembered when you press save and choose aChannel Memory to save to.

Double Press or Easy AccessWant to change the Mod eect, or pick a dierent Delay model? No worries! Press twicequickly on theamp, stOmp,mOd or deLay19 ootswitch any time to go straight to therst page o parameters or the associated eect. Another double-press will pop you rightback out o Edit, so you can sur or more tone.

When the editbutton is NOT lit, youll notice that the two right Sot Buttons 17 have the boxed words gate and eQ. Double-press one o them to jump right to the edit-ing page or that eect. Then press the editbutton to leave again.

Inside the Edit Menu

When the editbutton is lit, youll see that there is a graphic representation o the editmenu on the let side o the PODxt Lives display. Turn the select knob, and noticethat the box in the graphic slides up and down the menu, with each dot in the graphicrepresenting one o the available editpages. This scroll bar is there to help you keepyour place in the great circle o lie, er, editpages.

Amp knob settingsWith the editbuttonNOT lit, double-press the Sot Button labeled ampto see the AmpModel settings. When the editbutton iS lit, spin the seLectknob counterclockwise toselect the rst page rom the editmenu. This page shows the knob settings or the cur-rent channel. I youve got theamp19 on, it should look something like this:

At the top o the display youll also see the Amp Model name. Now, spin the effecttweakknob to select rom the available Amp Models (i theamp19 is currently o,youll rst need to turn it on beore selecting a dierent Amp Model). See how the tonecontrols change? This shows you the settings that the helpul elves at Line 6 have pro-grammed or each Amp Model. Read on to learn how to customize them or your taste.


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y y y yknobs were last saved. Reach up and spin the Drive knob. Notice that the knob moveson the display. Cool, huh? And notice that the little dots are still where they were. Thisallows you to compare your edit with the saved settings or this Channel Memory. Now,thats handy!

Amp Bypass Channel VolumeI youve got theampo, the display will instead look like this:

This is the volume that this channel will be set to whenampis bypassed. It does not a-ect the volume that youll hear whenampis not bypassed.

Cabinet and Mic settings (Theres magic in the A.I.R.!)From the Amp Bypass Channel Volume display, turn seLectone click to the right. Yourenow looking at something like this:

These are the advanced A.I.R. settings where you can mix and match any cabinet modelwith any amp, as well as dial in the perect microphone setup.

Press the button under the displayed word caB, then use the effecttweakknob to spin

through the available Cabinet models.You can change the microphone selection or spread o the room the same way. Press thebutton under the displayed word mic, then use effecttweakto spin through the Mic op-tions, or press the button under ROOmand dial in more or less room.


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vironment we call A.I.R. all without leaving the privacy o your own mind!

Comp/Gate settingsFrom the A.I.R. settings display, turn seLectone click to the right (you can also get heredirectly by double-pressing the sOftButtOn17 under the word cOmpor gate any timewhen the editbutton is not already lit). Youre now looking at something like this:

Just like any other edit page, you can press a Sot Button then turn the effecttweakknob to adjust the settings shown here. Chapter 6 tells you more about getting themost out o the Comp and Gate eects.

EQ settings

From the Comp/Gate settings display, turn seLectone click to the right (you can also gethere directly by double-pressing the Sot Button 17 under the word eQ when the editbutton is not already lit). Welcome to the eQ edit display:

The 4 graphic sliders on the let side o the page show you the gain settings o the ourbands oPODxt Lives 4 Band Semi-Parametric EQ. The bands toward the let are orlower requencies, the bands toward the right are or higher requencies, and you canadjust the gain and requency o each o them. The ar let band is a low shel, aectingall the sound at and below the requency you select or it, and the ar right is a high shel,aecting the sound at and above its requency. The middle two are band pass lters,

aecting the sound centered on their requency. The currently selected band is shownwith heavier graphics, like the ourth band in the illustration. Press one o the two SotButtons on the let to seLectone o the our bands or adjusting.

Pressing the two let Sot Buttons 17 simultaneously will set the EQ fat, so all bandshave a gain setting o 0 and a deault setting or requency. Press the third Sot Buttonrom the let and turn the effecttweakknob to adjust gain or the correctly selected


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the correctly selected band. As you do all this, you can press two right Sot Buttonssimultaneously any time to turn the EQ o (EQ Bypassed will show at the top o thedisplay) and on to see what dierence the EQ is making, and insure that the changesyoure making are improving your sound.

Stomp settingsFrom the EQ settings display, turn seLectone click to the right. Youll be looking at theStompbox editpage that looks something like this:

As with all o the eects, the rst button rom the let below the display allows you tochoose the eect model. You can also see that the model selected here, Vetta Comp, hasknobs or Sensitivity and Level. Pressing the button under sens selects it or tweakingvia the effecttweakknob.

Some Stomp eects will have a second page, which youll see i you turn the seLectknob. See Chapter 6 to learn the details o the many Stomp models, and how to get themost out o each one o them.


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Turn the Select knob one click clockwise rom the Stomp page(s), or double-press theMod button to see the Mod settings pages. Turn Select another couple clicks clockwiseor double-press the Delay button to see the Delay pages. For the most part, things herework like the other edit pages already described (and Chapter 6 will tell you about allthe Mod and Delay models in detail). The pages look something like this:

Delay Edit Page 1

Delay Edit Page 2

Confg

The confg parameter on the second Mod and Delay pages determine whether those e-ects will come beore (pRe) the amp or ater it (pOst) in the signal fow.

Heres a typical routing with amOd eectpRe and a deLayrunning pOst:

Heres another routing with bothmOd anddeLayeects in the pReposition:

AMP/CAB A.I.R. II DELAYMODULATION

AMP/CABMODULATION DELAY


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and post options or Mod, Delay and the Volume pedal:

Setting your Tone to Tempo

Mod Speed or Delay Time can optionally be set using note values and tempo:

1. Select theDelaytime or Modspeedby pressing the button below it.

2. Spin effecttweakcounter-clockwise until you start seeing little notes in the placewhere milliseconds or Hertz used to be. Pick the note value youd like your time orspeed to match.

3. Tap twice on the tapbutton to set your tempo, and your Delay and/or Mod nowmatch the tempo you tapped.

When you set your Delay time to match dotted-eighth notes, or instance, the time con-trol will look like this:

AMP/CAB + A.I.R. II

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amp model), or pOst. Themin setting determines how much volume you ll hear whenthe volume pedal is at its minimum (heel down) setting. Set it to 0% to have silence inthe heel down position.

Amp/Comp Switch Settings

I you press the edit button and spin clockwise to the next to last page youll nd this:

Notice the switch parameter on the let. Heres where you can assign theampswitch toeither turn the amp modeling on and o (or eects only) or, i you always use an ampmodel (or never use an amp model), you can assign the switch to turn the cOmpon and

o. Best o both worlds, huh?


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Light up the Edit button and spring the Select knob clockwise to the next to last pageand youll get this (we know, we were already talking about this edit page, but just humorus):

Press the Sot Button 18underassign, and you can pick what the pedal o an optionalFBV Shortboard will control. Here are your choices:

Setting Internal Pedal Pedal 2

1 - w/Off

2 - vOLWah/Off Volume

1 - tweak

2 - vOL Tweak Volume

1 - w/v

2 - tweakWah/Volume Tweak

Press the Sot Button under tweak, and you can choose which parameter the effecttweakknob will adjust when you are not in the editpages.

The right side o this display shows you the tempo or this Channel Memory. This tempois used to calculate the time/speed o any delay and modulation eects that you set toollow tempo. You set the tempo by tapping the tapbutton a couple o times. Or you canpress the button beneath tempO and spin the effecttweakknob until you get exactly thetempo that will make your heart beat with passion and joy!


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g q , g gy g ya whole collection o guitars in one single instrument. (You can learn more about themat the Line 6 web site.) Connect one to your PODxt Live as described on page 32, andyou can take charge o your entire guitar-amp-eects sound with your eet.

The last Edit page gives you the ability to decide, or each Channel Memory, how theVariax will respond when you select the channel on the PODxt Live. Light up the editbutton and spin the effecttweakuntil you get to this last page:

Press the Sot Button 18 undermOdeL, and you can choose dOntchange (PODxt Livewill not orce Variax to change sounds when this PODxt Live channel is selected) or anyo the available models in the Variax in which case PODxt Live will orce the Variax

to this model when you load up this PODxt Live channel, allowing you to change yourentire guitar-amp-eects sound via ootswitch!

The other Sot Buttons give you access to the other settings that your Variax lets yousave with your PODxt Live Channel Memory to give you a dialed-in guitar sound whenyou select this PODxt Live channel.

I you select Variax Models by pressing the let Sot Button here and twiddling the ef-fecttweakknob, youll see that in addition to the Variaxs Custom models, there areversions o the rest o the Models whose names are preceded by F- and a set precededby U-. The U- Models are the same ones that you get when you operate the Variaxsown hardware controls or Model selection. These are the same Models that you cancustomize using the Variax Workbench hardware/sotware package (details at the Line 6website). The F- Models are a Factory copy o these same models that are never ed-ited. The reason theyre there is so that PODxt Live sound programmers can always havea known set o Models available in a connected Variax even one thats been ullycustomized with Variax Workbench. All Line 6 provided sounds will be programmedto use these Factory versions o your Variax Models. You should also restrict yoursel tothese Models i you want to be able to share your PODxt Live + Variax settings withother Variax owners, and get predictable results even i theyve customized their Variax.I youd preer to use some other Model instead, you can choose a new one rom your


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Model or you each time.

One other detail: each PODxt Live channel actually stores a separate set o parametersor dierent types o Variax guitars. This way, a programmed sound can be ready tocall up one Model on one type o Variax, while selecting a dierent Model (or none atall) i a dierent type o Variax happens to be connected. For instance, a classic rocklead sound might be set to pull up a LESTER Model on a Variax electric, while leavingthe Model selection o a Variax Acoustic alone. We did it this way so that Line 6 pro-grammed preset sounds or PODxt Live would be able to do the right thing regardless

o which kind o Variax might be connected. As o this writing, there are two amilieso Variax available: the Variax 500/700 electric amily (all guitars in this amily use thesame Model set), and the Variax Acoustic.


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Custom Saving Amp ModelsUsing this powerul eature, you can pack your PODxt Live with all the special amp-

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tweaking genius that only you possess. This brilliance will then be available instantly atthe turn o theampmOdeLknob, loading your customized version o the Amp Model,

including your chosen Cab Model, Mic selection and your personal tweak o the room.This way, when you turn theampmOdeL knob to load the Plexi-45 model, youll getyour personal Plexi-45, with all the controls set or your very own version. Heres how itworks:

Choose an Amp Model, change the cab, tweak the room, and even use a dierent

microphone. Press the savebutton, then use the seLectknob to show the display thatlooks like this:

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