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- #LINE 6 POD FARM SKA TONE PRO#
- #LINE 6 POD FARM SKA TONE SOFTWARE#
- #LINE 6 POD FARM SKA TONE PROFESSIONAL#
- #LINE 6 POD FARM SKA TONE FREE#
This time, the distinctive sculpted, red, anodised front panels have been confined to the mic/instrument inputs.
#LINE 6 POD FARM SKA TONE PRO#
Physically, the Pod X3 Pro is presented as a mains-powered, 3U rack device but it has been styled rather differently from earlier Pod Pro units.
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The headphone jack on the front panel is controlled by the Master Volume knob. Another nice touch is the provision of separate, unprocessed DI output for each channel. Analogue outs are on both unbalanced quarter‑inch jacks (switchable to amp or line level) and balanced Studio/Direct XLRs (switchable to mic or line level with a ground‑lift option), so pretty much any live or studio scenario is catered for.Ī connector is included for a Line 6 FBV floor controller, there's MIDI In and Out on standard five‑pin DIN sockets and stereo insert points on quarter‑inch jacks. Digital I/O is presented in S/PDIF coaxial and AES-EBU balanced formats, as well as the Variax VDI Digital Interface, which uses a CAT5 cable. The X3 Pro has two dual quarter‑inch instrument inputs, and there are also two balanced-XLR mic inputs with phantom power, gain‑trim controls and switchable low‑cut filters. The main differences between a standard Pod X3 and this Pro version are the extra connectivity and the ability to use both channels separately. This allows the simultaneous recording of both processed and unprocessed sounds, where both Tone channel outputs may be recorded in stereo. Output 1‑2 is fed by whatever you've selected for the Digital/XLR Outs, 3‑4 is Tone 1 separately in stereo, 5‑6 is Tone 2 separately in stereo, 7 is the sum of the inputs for Tone 1 and 8 is the sum of the inputs for Tone 2. DAW users will welcome the fact that the Pod X3 family's USB 2.0 connectivity supports multi‑channel recording and stereo playback without the need for an additional interface, and there's also a digital Variax connection that allows a Variax guitar to be connected in such a way that X3 Pro presets can store the Variax settings alongside those of the X3 - so a performer can call up the right guitar and pickup combination with each Pod preset. Up to nine simultaneous effects per signal chain can be used, with effects split between pre‑the‑amplifier (stomp) and post‑amp (send loop). The Pod Pro X3 uses 24‑bit A-D and D-A converters, and the internal processing employs 32‑bit floating‑point arithmetic - which is the same as in many DAWs.
#LINE 6 POD FARM SKA TONE FREE#
You can also use the Pod X3 Pro as a computer interface for a Line 6 Variax guitar, enabling you to create new guitars using the free Variax Workbench software. You can still use another interface if you prefer, but for direct USB recording from the Pod or for latency‑free processing using Pod Farm, the Pod (or other suitable Line 6 interface) must be selected as the DAW's I/O device, or be part of a composite audio driver.
#LINE 6 POD FARM SKA TONE SOFTWARE#
The hardware acts as the 'dongle' for Pod Farm and makes the latency‑free processing possible: as long as the Pod is connected to the computer, the Pod Farm software will run as a plug‑in. You also get the Pod Farm plug‑in (see SOS Jan 09), which essentially provides all the X3 facilities in the form of a Mac or Windows plug‑in, or as a latency‑free stand-alone 'virtual processor' without the need for a DAW. Alternatively, you can process two completely separate guitars, basses or voices using one processor channel for each - something not possible with the standard version.
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It features the same Dual Tone architecture as the X3, which means that you can set up two different effect/amp/speaker cab rigs at the same time and combine them.
#LINE 6 POD FARM SKA TONE PROFESSIONAL#
In true Line 6 tradition, they've followed their Pod X3 and X3 Live processors with a rackmount professional version, the X3 Pro ($979.99 MSRP), which has enhanced I/O and a few capabilities not provided on the standard 'kidney' or X3 Live floor-unit versions. Line 6 follow their Pod X3 and X3 Live processors with this rackmount professional version, the X3 Pro, offering enhanced I/O and dual processing.