Controls & Connections PODxt Pro
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Line Level Input - Here’s a balanced connector for non-guitar sources (or
the line level output of a wireless guitar system). It’s also perfect for “re-amping”—
feeding an already-recorded guitar into POD
XT Pro for further processing. To use it,
you’ll also need to press the I/O & DIG SELECT button and select the Line
Input. The front panel’s Signal light shows you when you’ve got some signal
coming, and the Clip light shows you when you’re overdoing it and need to
reduce the level you’re feeding to POD
XT Pro.
Unprocessed Guitar Out - This connector actually has at least a
couple of potential uses. If you’ve got a separate rack-mount tuner, you can feed it with
this signal for instance. But the real reason it’s here is to let you do the kind of after the
fact adjustments to your guitar tone that Pro Tools users with our Amp Farm plug-in
software have come to rely on.
The idea is this: you record this unprocessed guitar out signal to your recording system.
Then, you play it back through the Line Level Input of your POD
XT Pro when
you’re mixing, and you can change amps, effects and every other aspect of your guitar
tone with complete flexibility.
’Course, it would be pretty hard to record a good guitar take without hearing the amp
and effects sound that you were planning to use, right? I mean, who can solo with a dry
guitar signal? The answer is that you don’t listen to this unprocessed signal while
recording—instead, you monitor your POD
XT Pro’s left/right processed outputs during
the recording process. You can even record both the unprocessed guitar out and the
processed left/right outputs at the same time, so you’re ready for complete flexibility in
later tone adjustments, or you can just stick with what you had. Page 3•14 has details.
POD
XT Pro’s digital outputs can also send unprocessed signal, if you prefer to capture
this signal digitally. You can set them to do this from the display pages of the I/O &
DIG SELECT button .
Effect Send & Return - The effects loop is designed for line level
devices, like rackmount effect processors, not for stomp boxes (which you can run
happily in front of your POD
XT Pro). Use the left jacks if you want to run the send or
return mono. You can choose to run the loop series or parallel from the display pages of
the I/O & DIG SELECT button . If you have the loop set to series, but nothing
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