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.