Owner's Manual
POD Farm 2 Advanced User Guide - POD Farm 2 Plug-In
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1 - Main Control Bar
The Main Control Bar is always shown at the top of the POD Farm 2 Plug-In window, and includes a
number of global controls and “View” buttons.
Tone Preset Menu Master Output Control
Tone New/Open/Save Options
Dual Tone Button
Input Control
Global Gate Controls
View Buttons View Buttons
About Box Button
System Tempo Controls
Next/Prev Preset Buttons
Input Control - Use the knob and meters here to optimize the audio signal fed into the Plug-In.*
• The knob provides level adjustment up to +18 dB of input gain. For unity gain, set knob to the
dot, (or just double click on the knob to “reset” to unity).
• The “colorized” stereo level meters provide the following input level information:
• The green to yellow range of the meters indicates up to -18 dB (instrument level).
• The yellow range of the meters indicates from -18 dB to 0 dB (full scale).
• The red “clip indicators” light up if the input exceeds 0 dB. Clipping should always be
avoided!
• If there is a mono input source, then only one meter is shown.
*Important! Setting your input level in POD Farm 2 Plug-In is critical for optimizing your audio signal
quality. Here are some helpful tips for configuring Input levels:
• Some POD Farm 2 models are calibrated to receive an “instrument level” audio signal (-18 dB).
Therefore, when any of these models exist in your Tone path, it is best to adjust the POD Farm 2
Plug-In Input Control knob so that the Input meters remain in the higher end of the green range.
These “instrument level” models include all those in the following categories:
• Guitar Amps
• Bass Amps
• Distortions
• Filters
• Dynamics (excluding the “Compressor “ model, which receives up to full scale input)
• When your Tone path does not include any of the above instrument level models, then the Input
level can be set up to full scale.
Tone New/Open/Save Options - Click on this button to choose the following Tone preset commands:
• New - Creates a new, empty Tone preset.