® VERSION 2 - ADvaNCED USER GUIDE Getting Started With Your Hardware GX UX1 UX2 KB37 UX8 Guitar POD X3 PODXT DI Port Family Family POD Farm™ 2 Basics iLok POD Farm 2 Elements Standalone Plug-In Plug-Ins Operation Online Resources POD Farm Line 6 Online Support Online Store Table of Contents Start Here ................................................................................................1•1 About Line 6 Hardware & Software .............................................................................. 1•1 System Requirements - POD Farm 2 Plug-In & Standalone Operation ....................... 1•1 Updating & Registering with Line 6 Monkey™ ............................................................ 1•2 Product Activation & Authorization ............................................................................. 1•3 Transferring Activation to Another Computer ............................................................. 1•5 Transferring POD Farm 2 & Add-On Licenses ............................................................. 1•6 POD Farm 2 Plug-In for iLok ......................................................................................... 1•7 Using Your Line 6 Hardware ...................................................................2•1 MIDI Controller Hardware ............................................................................................ 2•1 Making the Connection ................................................................................................. 2•1 GX ................................................................................................................................... 2•3 UX1 ................................................................................................................................. 2•4 UX2 ................................................................................................................................. 2•5 UX8 ................................................................................................................................. 2•7 KB37 ............................................................................................................................. 2•11 TonePort DI .................................................................................................................. 2•13 GuitarPort ..................................................................................................................... 2•14 POD X3 Family Devices ............................................................................................... 2•15 PODxt Family Devices ................................................................................................. 2•24 PODxt - Audio Signal Routing & Re-Amping ............................................................ 2•28 Routing Audio From Your Line 6 Hardware to an External Device ............................ 2•29 ToneDirect™ Monitoring .............................................................................................. 2•30 Sound Cards & Sound Issues ........................................................................................ 2•31 Line 6 Driver Panel & Recording ............................................................3•1 Audio Routing ................................................................................................................ 3•1 The Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices Dialog ....................................................................... 3•1 Windows® - Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices Dialog ........................................................... 3•2 Mac® - Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices Dialog ................................................................. 3•12 About Sample Rate and Bit Depth .............................................................................. 3•23 POD Farm™ 2 Plug-In ............................................................................4•1 Windows® 64 Bit Support ............................................................................................... 4•1 About Plug-Ins ................................................................................................................ 4•2 Supported Plug-In Formats ............................................................................................. 4•2 Activating the Plug-In .................................................................................................... 4•3 POD Farm 2 Plug-In User Interface Overview .............................................................. 4•4 1 - Main Control Bar ...................................................................................................... 4•5 II 2 - Panel View Display .................................................................................................... 4•8 Gear View ....................................................................................................................... 4•9 Panel View .................................................................................................................... 4•10 Presets View .................................................................................................................. 4•15 Mixer View ................................................................................................................... 4•25 Assignments View ......................................................................................................... 4•27 3 - Signal Flow View Display ........................................................................................ 4•28 POD Farm 2 Plug-In MIDI Control ............................................................................. 4•34 POD Farm 2 Plug-In Parameter Automation ............................................................... 4•43 POD Farm™ Elements Plug-Ins .............................................................5•1 POD Farm Elements Plug-Ins - User Interface Overview ............................................. 5•1 POD Farm Elements Plug-In Parameter Automation .................................................... 5•4 POD Farm Elements Plug-Ins - Automation Parameter Reference ............................... 5•6 POD Farm™ 2 Standalone Operation ..................................................6•1 Application Menu Commands ....................................................................................... 6•1 Preferences ...................................................................................................................... 6•3 ‘About POD Farm 2’ Dialog ........................................................................................... 6•6 Main Control Bar ........................................................................................................... 6•7 Mixer View ..................................................................................................................... 6•8 ToneDirect™ Monitoring ............................................................................................ 6•11 Tuner View .................................................................................................................... 6•12 POD Farm 2 MIDI Control .......................................................................................... 6•12 MIDI Assignments View .............................................................................................. 6•15 Model Gallery ...........................................................................................7•1 About the Model Gallery ............................................................................................... 7•3 Guitar Amp & Cab Models ............................................................................................ 7•3 Bass Amp & Cab Models.............................................................................................. 7•11 Preamp Models ............................................................................................................. 7•14 Effects Models ............................................................................................................... 7•15 Model List ..................................................................................................................... 7•25 How To... ....................................................................................................8•1 Troubleshooting .......................................................................................9•1 What Is… ............................................................................................... 10•1 Online Resources .................................................................................. 11•1 Line 6, POD, POD Farm, POD Studio, TonePort, GearBox, Line 6 Monkey, ToneDirect, GuitarPort, FBV, FBV Shortboard, FBV Express, Variax, Spider, Spider Valve, 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 Advanced User Guide – Start Here START HERE About Line 6 Hardware & Software OK, you’ve got your guitar, a computer and a head full of songs and cool licks, so how do you get this all going? You’re just a few steps away from turning your computer into a serious tone, jamming and recording machine. First, here is some valuable information on getting started, and to ensure you have all the latest and greatest updates. System Requirements