User Manual

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USB Audio/MIDI
POD Go functions as a USB 2.0, multichannel, 24-bit, low-latency audio interface for
Windows and Mac computers, as well as for iPad and iPhone mobile devices (with
optional Apple Camera Connection Kit adapter), and is compatible with all major DAW
software. Refer to the illustration and tables below for a description of how audio is
handled between POD Go and your computer.
NOTE:ForUSBaudiooperationonWindowscomputers,youmustrstdownload
and install the Line 6 POD Go ASIO driver (see page 37).
For Mac computers and Apple iPad or iPhone mobile devices, there is no Line
6 driver installation necessary—POD Go supports the class compliant driver,
which operates at 24-bit/48kHz sample rate.
For details on driver support with the latest Windows and Mac operating systems,
please visit line6.com/support.
1/2 3/4 1 2 3 4
LEFT/MONO RIGHT
MAIN OUT
GUITAR IN
1
16C Two–Plus Decades
Off
Input Guitar
Input Gate
-48.0dB 500ms
Threshold Decay
Jamming with YouTube, Spotify, etc.
USB OUTPUTS
USB INPUTS
Input block set to USB 3/4
DI (Dry) Signal for Re-amping
Computer Input Source
USB 1 and 2 Output of POD Go (with all processing)
USB 3 and/or 4 POD Go's GUITAR IN (dry, no processing, for re-amping later)
Computer Output Destination
USB 1/2
POD Go's Main and Phones outputs (direct, no processing) for
monitoring your DAW's master output or jamming along with
YouTube™,Spotify,etc.
USB 3/4
POD Go's Input block for re-amping (only active when Input
block is set to USB 3/4)
Hardware Monitoring vs. DAW Software
Monitoring
POD Go provides hardware monitoring, which lets you hear your live input signal at
all times, independent of your DAW software's monitor settings. Hardware monitoring
can be desirable since it allows you to hear your live guitar with processing added and
essentially "latency-free," since the monitor signal is not routed through your DAW
software.
In some DAW recording scenarios, it may be preferable to utilize your recording
application's "input monitoring" or "software monitoring" feature, which routes your
live input signal through the armed recording track, thus allowing you to monitor the
inputeectedbyanyplug-insyoumayhaveinsertedonthetrack.Theonedownside
of DAW software monitoring, however, is that your live input signal will be delayed
slightly due to being routed through the software and back to POD Go's outputs,
which is referred to as "latency." POD Go is designed to provide very low latency
operation— see "ASIO Driver Settings (Windows only)" for info and settings.
When a DAW track's software monitoring is active, you'll likely not want to
simultaneously hear the POD Go hardware monitoring signal. To achieve this, it is best
to use the POD Go USB 3/4 inputs as your DAW audio track’s input source, and to
select the Main L/R Output block on POD Go and turn its Level all the way down. This
congurationallowsyoutohearandrecordonlythedry,DIsignalfromPODGointo
youraudiotrack.(SeethenextsectionformoreonrecordingaDItrack.)
DI Recording and Re-amping
A common DAW recording technique is to record a dry DI (Direct Input) signal, such as
the unprocessed signal from your guitar. This lets you process the DI track later with
plug-ins (such as the HelixNativeplug-in), and/or "re-amp" the DI track through an
amp or other outboard gear. POD Go has handy options built right in for recording DI
tracks,aswellasforeasyre-amplicationofDItracksbackthroughyourownPODGo
tones,allwithoutextrahardwareorcabling!
PODGooerstwospecialDIoutputs—USBOuts3and4,whicharefeddirectlyfrom
the GUITAR IN.