Controls & Connections
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setting to just the right value. See Chapter 5 to learn how to set up effects to follow
the tempo that you’ve tapped.
Press and hold the
Tap
button for 2 seconds to activate the tuner. You can also add
footswitch tuner activation with an optional FBV foot controller.
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Drive –
controls how hard you’re driving the input of the chosen Amp Model.
Like the input volume control on a non-master volume guitar amp, higher settings give
you more “dirt.”
This knob, along with the
Tone Controls
,
Reverb
, and
Tone Volume
knobs, adjusts
the Tone that is currently selected – Tone 1 or Tone 2. See Chapter 4 for more info on
Dual Tone and how this all works.
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Tone Controls –
Bass
,
Middle
,
Treble
,
Presence
. Just like any guitar
amp. And when you change Amp Models, the response and interactivity of these controls
change, too – so they act like the tone controls of the original amp that inspired the Amp
Model you’ve selected.
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Reverb –
spin this knob to set the Reverb level of the Tone that is currently
selected.
13
Tone Volume –
this knob controls the relative volume level of the current
Tone.
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Master Volume –
this controls the overall output level of POD X3 and also
sets the headphone level. Changing the
Master Volume
level does not change your tone,
so you can get the tone you want at any volume level. This setting is not saved when you
store settings into one of the POD X3’s memory locations.
When running into line level gear (like recorders, mixers and PA’s), POD X3 will generally
give the best signal-to-noise performance when you have the
Master Volume
control
at max. With the
Master Volume
control turned down low, you may get extra hiss –
which obviously isn’t what you want – if you turn up your mixer or recorder’s output to
compensate. In order to allow you to set the
Master Volume
as high as possible when
connecting to recording, mixing, and other studio gear,
be sure you are plugging POD
X3’s outputs into line level
, not microphone or guitar level inputs. Line level inputs
should allow you to turn POD X3’s
Master Volume
up all the way (or close to it) and
thereby get the best sound possible. If your gear has inputs that function as mic/line level
inputs, try to set the trim for those inputs to the minimum level, and POD X3’s
Master
