Owner's Manual

CONTROLS & CONNECTIONS

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the response and interactivity of the controls changes, too – to act like the tone

controls of the original amp that inspired the Amp Model you’ve selected. POD

also has a Presence bump that can be switched on and off when you hold the Ta p

button and turn the Treble knob. The detail is in the Tap (HOLD) Functions

section that begins in another couple pages or so.

Chan Vol - This knob controls the relative volume level of the “channel”

you are playing through. Use this to balance levels between the sounds you store in

two different POD channels (say between your backing and lead tones). In general,

you want to set the Chan Vol as high as possible to insure you’re getting the best

signal-to-noise ratio performance.

Reverb - How much reverb do you want today? Spin this knob to set the

Reverb level. Two ﬂavors of reverb live inside POD; a model of a spring reverb,

and a room reverb tone. Which you get depends on which Amp Model you select.

Generally speaking, if the amp that inspired a given Amp Model had a spring

reverb, that’s what you’ll get. If the amp didn’t have a reverb (like the 1968

Marshall “Plexi” which inspired the Brit Classic model), you’ll get the room. The

back cover foldout, Chapter 4, and Appendix A run down the details.

Effect Tweak - This knob varies the effect you’ve chosen. Turn it up and

the effect will go deeper, louder, faster, longer or just plain more. The speed of the

effects (delay, tremolo, chorus, ﬂanger, rotary speaker simulation) is set by the Ta p

switch (coming up in a page or two). For all the inside poop, look at the back cover

foldout, Appendix B for Effect Parameters, and the POD Effects chapter. If you

set the Effects knob to Bypass, Effect Tweak will, of course, not change anything.