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POD Farm™ 2 Recording Setup Guide Using POD Farm™ 2, POD Farm™ 2 Plug-In, POD Farm™ Elements Plug-Ins & Line 6 Hardware with Popular Recording Applications Mac OS® X and Windows® Table of Contents Getting Started ........................................................................................1•1 Installing Line 6 Audio Drivers and POD Farm™ 2 Software ...................................... 1•1 About POD Farm 2 ......................................................................................................... 1•1 Updating & Registering with Line 6 Monkey™ ............................................................ 1•1 About This Guide… ....................................................................................................... 1•2 Additional Online Resources ......................................................................................... 1•2 Line 6 Audio Driver Configuration ........................................................2•1 About the Line 6 Audio Driver ...................................................................................... 2•1 Mac® Driver Settings ..................................................................................................... 2•1 Mac OS® X System Preferences Settings ..................................................................... 2•12 Configuration as an Aggregate Device (Mac® only) .................................................... 2•14 Windows® Driver Settings ........................................................................................... 2•19 Windows® Default Sound Device Settings ................................................................... 2•29 S/PDIF Digital Output from Line 6 Hardware to an External Device ......................... 2•33 POD Farm™ 2 & POD Farm Elements Plug-Ins ..................................3•1 Activation & USB Hardware ......................................................................................... 3•2 Configuring POD Farm 2 & Elements Plug-Ins in your Host Software ......................... 3•2 Using the POD Farm 2 VST or AU Plug-In ................................................................. 3•4 External MIDI Control with POD Farm 2 Plug-In ........................................................ 3•7 Parameter Automation with POD Farm 2 & Elements Plug-Ins ................................. 3•10 POD Farm Elements Plug-In Automation Parameters ................................................ 3•13 POD Farm™ 2 Standalone Operation ..................................................4•1 Mixer View ..................................................................................................................... 4•1 ToneDirect™ Monitoring ............................................................................................. 4•5 POD Farm 2 MIDI Control ............................................................................................ 4•7 Mac® Audio Applications ........................................................................5•1 Ableton Live® 8 Setup .................................................................................................... 5•2 Apple GarageBand® ‘09 Setup ..................................................................................... 5•16 Apple Logic® Pro 9 Setup ............................................................................................. 5•25 Digidesign Pro Tools® LE 8 Setup ................................................................................ 5•37 MOTU Digital Performer® 6 Setup .............................................................................. 5•60 Propellerhead Reason® 4 Setup .................................................................................... 5•74 Steinberg Cubase® 5 Setup ........................................................................................... 5•81 ii Windows® Audio Applications ................................................................6•1 Ableton Live® 8 Setup .................................................................................................... 6•2 Cakewalk SONAR® 8 Studio/Producer Setup ............................................................. 6•17 Digidesign Pro Tools® LE 8 Setup ................................................................................ 6•31 Propellerhead Reason® 4 Setup .................................................................................... 6•55 Steinberg Cubase® 5 Setup ........................................................................................... 6•62 Line 6, POD, POD Farm, POD Studio, TonePort, GuitarPort, GearBox, Line 6 Monkey, ToneDirect Monitor- ing, FBV, FBV Shortboard, FBV Express, Variax, Line 6 Edit and CustomTone are trademarks of Line 6, Inc. All other product names, trademarks, and artists’ names are the property of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6. Copyright © 2010 Line 6, Inc. iii POD Farm 2 Recording Setup Guide - Getting Started GettinG Started Before we dive right into the world of recording, here are some helpful tips about getting your Line 6 gear setup, as well as links to other related resources for you. Installing Line 6 Audio Drivers and POD Farm™ 2 Software ® ® To use your Line 6 POD Studio™, TonePort™, GuitarPort™, POD X3 or POD xt as an audio device for your computer, you’ll need to install the Line 6 USB audio driver for your device. A “driver” is a software component that installs on a Mac® or Windows® computer that allows a hardware device to function with the computer’s operating system. If your Line 6 hardware came included with a POD Farm™ 2 software CD, simply install POD Farm 2 and it will automatically install the USB device drivers, Line 6 Monkey™ and all POD Farm 2 components for you. Or, just go to the Line 6 Software Downloads page where you can always download the latest POD Farm 2 installer. If you need some help with the installation process, please check out the additional documentation found on the POD Farm Online Help page. About POD Farm 2 Line 6 POD Farm 2 software is the Mac® and Windows® companion for all Line 6 POD Studio, TonePort and GuitarPort devices. With these devices and the purchase of the POD Farm 2 software license, you can run POD Farm 2 in “standalone operation” - which you can think of as an elaborate “user interface” allowing you to load, customize and save presets of your Tones, fiddle about with amp & effects knobs and switches on your computer, and manage the POD Farm 2 signals and levels routed to your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software. POD Farm 2 also fully supports external MIDI control for the majority of its functions, so you can use a MIDI controller device to access most parameters remotely. The POD Farm 2 and POD Farm Elements Plug-Ins are also included with the purchase of the POD Farm 2 license for POD Studio, TonePort, GuitarPort, as well as for POD® X3 ® and POD xt and an iLok USB key! POD Farm 2 & POD Farm Elements Plug-Ins POD Farm 2 Plug-In and all the POD Farm Elements Plug-Ins are provided for the Mac® AU/VST®/ RTAS®, and Windows® VST®/RTAS® plug-in formats. This allows you to apply legendary POD® amp, cabinet, mic, preamp and effects models to any number of tracks within your DAW software, utilize parameter automation, MIDI control, and enjoy the benefits of non-destructive processing. We’ve covered these features in the chapter aptly titled “POD Farm™ 2 & POD Farm Elements Plug-Ins”. Whether you own POD Farm 2 yet or not, you can use Line 6 Monkey to get it all going in minutes on your Line 6 device - just read through the following section. Updating & Registering with Line 6 Monkey™ Line 6 Monkey is the intelligent updater utility automatically installed with the POD Farm 2 software. It is highly recommended that you run Line 6 Monkey at the end of your POD Farm 2 installation, and to do so often to be sure you have all the latest updates for all your Line 6 software and hardware products. iLok Users: You do not need to run Line 6 Monkey if you have purchased the POD Farm 2 license for your iLok USB key. Please see the POD Farm 2 Basic User Guide (by launching the Help from within POD Farm 2, or by downloading it from POD Farm Online Help) for iLok instructions. 1•1 POD Farm 2 Recording Setup Guide - Getting Started Registering your Line 6 hardware is also very important because it ensures that you’re dialed in for warranty service and makes it possible for us to contact you if new software versions or other cool enhancements are offered - cutting edge technology and such! So don’t put this off any longer. Connect your Line 6 hardware to your computer and follow these steps to launch Line 6 Monkey: • On Mac®, go to /Applications/Line 6 and double-click on Line 6 Monkey. • On Windows®, go to the Start button menu/Programs/Line 6/Tools/Line 6 Monkey. Note: For the instructions on using Line 6 Monkey, product activation and license key management, please see the POD Farm 2 Basic User Guide (by launching the Help from within POD Farm 2, or by downloading it from POD Farm Online Help). About This Guide… This document is intended to provide basic setup information for Line 6 USB audio hardware and POD Farm 2 software with the most popular audio recording applications. The following sections provide setup information for both Mac and Windows systems. Use the Table of Contents or the Adobe® Reader® Bookmarks to jump directly to the chapter and sections relevant to your setup. Additional Online Resources Hungry for more info? We’ve