GETTING SET UP • Re-Amping with PODxt Pro
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Pedal Power
PODXT Pro has a couple of foot control options that make getting great guitar tracks
even easier: the L
INE 6 FBV and FBV Shortboard. While we’ll go into all the details
in a later chapter, it’s good to know that both allow you to select POD
XT Pro channels,
tap in your effect speeds/times/tempos, and kick in the tuner, plus both give you Wah
and Volume pedal control. Whichever of these two Line 6 foot controllers you choose,
it will plug into the POD
XT Pro Pedal jack. Remember that the older Line 6 Floor
Board and FB4 pedals will not work with your POD
XT Pro.
MIDI Mania
Those of you with MIDI-capable studios will find that your PODXT Pro lets you control
everything via MIDI. Using MIDI, you can select any POD
XT Pro Channel and
automate any POD
XT Pro parameter. You are truly lord of your domain. Pretty neat,
huh? Read the Deep Editing & MIDI Control chapter if you plan to venture into
this realm.
Re-Amping with PODXT Pro
Having issues with commitment? PODXT Pro address your needs with its support for
re-amping—the process of recording “dry,” unprocessed guitar and then processing it
“live” during mixing so that you have totally flexibility to adjust your tone. This is
similar to the way most people record vocals without reverb—they may “audition”
some reverb while tracking, but the vocal signal sent to their recorder is generally sent
without the reverb, so they can make the final choice of reverb tone and amount during
mixdown. Even if you don’t plan to rely on re-amping all the time, you may find it
handy to record a re-amp-ready dry guitar at the same time as your standard processed
guitar signal, so the dry guitar is standing by if you need to salvage what might
otherwise turn out to be an unusable take of a once-in-a-lifetime performance.
Analog Re-amping
Just like you would for normal recording, connect your guitar to the Guitar In jack on
the front of the POD
XT Pro. And connect PODXT Pro’s left and right Analog Outs to
your audio system to you can hear what’s coming out of them. Play a little guitar just to
make sure you’re hearing it. OK so far.
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