Putting Your Feet to Work • Meet the FBV Shortboard
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PUTTING YOUR FEET TO WORK
FBV Series Foot Controllers
PODXT is compatible with the optional FBV series foot controllers. The largest of
these, called simply the FBV, provides all the functions needed for our Vetta series
amps, and therefore includes a number of controls that aren’t needed for POD
XT. The
FBV Shortboard, on the other hand, is focused on POD
XT features, so we’ll slant our
presentation here toward the use of your POD
XT with an FBV Shortboard. If you’ve got
a standard FBV, you’ll find that it works pretty much the same way. Also available is
the FBV4, which lets you pick one of the channels of the current bank, and tap tempo.
Hooking Up
All FBV series fooot controllers comes with the necessary hookup cable, so all you have
to do is plug it into the jack on the back of your POD
XT that’s labeled PEDAL (in case
you ever need to replace it, it’s a standard CAT-5 Ethernet cable that’s available just
about everywhere these days). Since the pedal is powered over the cable, there’s no
need for a ‘wall-wart’ or other external power supply. One cable, and you’re done!
Meet the FBV Shortboard
The FBV Shortboard foot controller gives you a greatly expanded range of control over
your POD
XT, especially in live performances. The Shortboard provides foot switches
for virtually every function of POD
XT, a pedal that can be used for Wah or Volume and
a separate input for the Line 6 EX-1 expression pedal.
Pushing Your Buttons
Bank Up - Bank Down: Use these two switches to choose any of the 16
Banks of POD
XT Channel Memories. Press A, B, C, or D to actually load the
Channel Memory. You can also hold either one to quickly scroll through the banks.
Channel A, B, C & D: Load one of the four Channel Memories in the current
Bank.
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