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yeah, the idea of have a small, portable POD suddenly makes more sense to me. i'm looking at getting one in the near future, and getting a tube amp when i can afford to spend 2 grand on an amp. anyways, my question is how hard is it to adjust setting to get a "custom" tone? what's the software like? a simple set of powered computer speakers are enough to run it through, right? it'll be going into the effects loop of my sx200c for the most part.
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Originally Posted by What5647 yeah, the idea of have a small, portable POD suddenly makes more sense to me. i'm looking at getting one in the near future, and getting a tube amp when i can afford to spend 2 grand on an amp. anyways, my question is how hard is it to adjust setting to get a "custom" tone? what's the software like? a simple set of powered computer speakers are enough to run it through, right? it'll be going into the effects loop of my sx200c for the most part. Not hard at all. At least on the PodXTL. Very straight forward.
You have the following options:
Amp: pick your amp
Compressor/Gate: set those settings
Cab: 4x12, 2x12, 1x12, whatever
Stomp: Anything from distortion/OD pedals to funky FX like Bender
Modulation: Chorus, flanger, phaser, etc.
Delay: Lots of delays
Reverb: Choose it.
Wah/Volume: Choose it.
Switch: This way you can set up your expression pedal for anything you want.
When practicing, I just plug my Pod's headphone output through my decent set of computer speakers. Sounds great.
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It's not "difficult", but you'll spend a lot of time refining your sounds.
The software is like most VST effects, if you have experience with those. They designed the unit so it's like just having a digital version of the front panel of whatever gear you're tweaking.
The POD will only sound as good as what you're running through, so little computer speakers will only be so good at reproducing its sound. A good pair of headphones would be better, or even better, a nice set of monitors.
I think it'd sound good thru the SX (I've used it with good results through a Carvin SX200C, I had to turn down the bass a lot, though).
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I have to admit, I've recently taken the easy way to getting great presets on my XTL. On the line6 boards, there's a thread entitled "Share your bundles" where people have posted their POD setups, some of them are very very nice and I recently wiped my settings out in place of another user's that I really, really love. Of course, I tweak his settings to match my actual amp and cab that I'm using, but man, saved me a lot of time.
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Originally Posted by Casey I have to admit, I've recently taken the easy way to getting great presets on my XTL. On the line6 boards, there's a thread entitled "Share your bundles" where people have posted their POD setups, some of them are very very nice and I recently wiped my settings out in place of another user's that I really, really love. Of course, I tweak his settings to match my actual amp and cab that I'm using, but man, saved me a lot of time. I have done that a bit as well.
Mmm JSX patch.. yummy.
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yeah, i'll probably either use a preset or someone else's till i can dial in "my" own tone. also, do you have to use a model of an amp, or can you create completely new "amps?" niether of the two tube amp's i'm the most interested in (krank revolution or a peavey 5150 II) ore on the list of amp models.
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Originally Posted by What5647 yeah, i'll probably either use a preset or someone else's till i can dial in "my" own tone. also, do you have to use a model of an amp, or can you create completely new "amps?" niether of the two tube amp's i'm the most interested in (krank revolution or a peavey 5150 II) ore on the list of amp models. You use amps to create patches. In my JSX patch, I use the Dual Rec model to immitate the JSX tone. With the Metal pack (+$50) it comes with all kinds of metal amp models.
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Originally Posted by What5647 yeah, the idea of have a small, portable POD suddenly makes more sense to me. i'm looking at getting one in the near future, and getting a tube amp when i can afford to spend 2 grand on an amp. anyways, my question is how hard is it to adjust setting to get a "custom" tone? what's the software like? a simple set of powered computer speakers are enough to run it through, right? it'll be going into the effects loop of my sx200c for the most part.
cant you get some really really great tube amps between 1000-1500$
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yes, there are alot of good tube amps out there in that pricerange. in fact, the version of the krank revolution that i want, black/black, is $1600. but after you add the price of a speaker cab, the price will be closer to 2k, ignoring bargain deals and the like.
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alright, a few more questions.
is the pod XT live worth the $100 more to have it in pedal form? i don't really want to buy the normal POD only to wish i had gotten the live model instead. does the normal PODxt have a steel or plastic shell?
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Originally Posted by What5647 alright, a few more questions.
is the pod XT live worth the $100 more to have it in pedal form? i don't really want to buy the normal POD only to wish i had gotten the live model instead. does the normal PODxt have a steel or plastic shell? This thing is a tank... Metal for sure.
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you talking of the live version, or the normal one? i know that the live one is steel, part of why i'm favoring it.
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It's worth it. I'd say don't even bother with the normal PODxt sans floorboard for live use.
While you can't create your amps, you can choose an amp that's very similar and mess around with the very, very useful EQ.
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hmm, i'd really like to be able to create some stuff from scratch, but chances are there's more than enough amp models to work with.
so what exactly is this EQ like? how drastically can you change an amp's tone?
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It's like any of your other standard 4 band parametric EQs. Very powerful, four bands of freq, boost/cut, and Q.