Owner's Manual

GETTING SET UP: SCENARIO ONE – IN THE STUDIO
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NOT SO BIG TIME CONNECTIONS
You can run your POD in a send/return type configuration even with a reasonably
sophisticated four (or more)-track recorder or a “native” computer audio system.
(You’ll ideally want more than two channels out and in on your computer system
if you want to mix guitar with other instruments.)
Computer users: Plug your guitar into the computer’s input (preferably using a
DI to get the signal level right). Make sure the POD A.I.R. switch is set to
DIRECT. Plug the output of the computer into POD and send your guitar signal
from the computer through that output, and listen to the POD output cranking
out great amp tone as you play. Remember to check for the CLIP light to
make sure you’re not overdriving POD’s input.
Multi-trackers: Plug your guitar into the multi-track’s input (preferably using a
DI to get the signal level right). Make sure the POD A.I.R. switch is set to
DIRECT. Take the output from the track on your multi-track and feed it into your
POD, adjusting the level output to POD so you don’t light that CLIP
indicator. In order to monitor POD through the multi-track, the recorded guitar
signal has to be able to go from tape (or disk) to POD without you having to hear
it; otherwise you’ll hear both the direct and POD-processed guitar at the same
time, which ain’t no good. So you want a multi-track with direct output from one
or more channels, or pre-fader effect sends (which means you can turn the
monitor level for the track all the way down, while still feeding signal from it to
the POD via its effect send).
STOMP BOXES
Got some old stomp boxes you want to run your guitar through in addition to
POD? No problem. You can place the stomp box(es) between the guitar and the
DI box (if you’re using one) or between the guitar and your mixer input (if you’re
feeling wild and running without a DI). Make sure the stomp box isn’t overdriving
your mixer channel or DI, and make sure that the stomped and then DI’d signal
doesn’t overdrive your mixer’s input. You can also experiment with putting your
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