Line 6 POD X3 Family - Manual (Page 7)

Controls & Connections
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9. Keypad – these buttons allow you to do the following:
Tone 2 / Hold for Dual – press to toggle between Tone 1 and Tone 2 (you’re editing Tone 2 when the
button is lit). Press and hold to turn Dual Tone on or off.
Amp, Stomp, Mod, Delay, Verb – press to turn the Amp, Stomp, Mod, Delay, and Reverb processing
blocks on or off (the blocks are on when the buttons are lit). Double-press one of these buttons to
tweak the block. For example, just press the Stomp button two times quickly and you’re instantly
taken to the Stomp Box Edit Page. Press the Home button to leave the Edit Page and return to the
Home Page.
Tap / Hold for Tuner – POD X3 allows you to control the time and speed of your Delay and/or Mod
effects by simply tapping on this button. Just tap a few times here and the effects that are set to “lock”
to that tempo will change to match what you tapped. There’s also a Tempo parameter in the effects’
Edit Pages, so you’ll see exactly what Tempo you’ve tapped. This is especially useful if you are trying to
nudge your Tap setting to just the right value.
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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
14. 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 Volume to maximum, when setting levels.
15. Clip Light – this lights when clipping is detected, which generally means unpleasantly distorted,
bad sound. Try reducing the output level of the device that’s feeding your POD X3, or reducing the Tone
Volume for Tone 1 or Tone 2, or the volume of Tone 1 + Tone 2 that can be adjusted from the right knob