Owner's Manual

POD Farm 2 Advanced User Guide – Glossary (What Is...?)
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What are the Amp, Cab, Preamp and Effect Models?
Line 6 pioneered the use of modeling technology for guitarists with the world’s rst “modeling” guitar
amp. Since then, all Line 6 products have included Models developed through extensive, meticulous
studies of guitar, bass and pro audio equipment heralded for its classic tone qualities.
To create a Model, we rst locate an absolute mint version of a particular piece of equipment, with that
special sound quality that makes it a truly remarkable guitar sound machine. We lock ourselves away
in the Line 6 labs and sound studios to study this piece of classic equipment in exhaustive detail. We
play guitars through it, listen to it, measure, write software, and then play and listen some more as we
carefully craft a software Model that captures the signature qualities of the equipment being studied.
The resulting Model is designed to emulate the controls and sound qualities of the original equipment
studied, including the beloved quirks and unruly qualities that made the original equipment classic in
the rst place. Each model is painstakingly perfected until it becomes an organic, living thing with
guitar tone pumping through its veins. And when they’re nally ready, we unleash these software
Models in revolutionary new products like POD Farm™ 2.
Of course, as we’re studying all that classic equipment, we’re bound to come up with an idea or two
for something that classic equipment can’t do. When we do, you end up with something like the Line
6 Insane Amp Model - with as much paint-peeling high gain as a distortion box, but the well dened,
love-to-play-it quality of a truly world class guitar amplier.
The particular Models that power POD Farm 2 were each originally developed for the Line 6
revolutionary POD
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is recorded in the world’s greatest studios, and on countless platinum recordings. Each represents a
particular guitar or bass amp, mic preamp, speaker cabinet or type of effect that has become a standard
in the music gear world. Together, they deliver a range of sound that allows you and POD Farm 2 to
achieve the signature sounds of favorite classic recordings.
Check out the “Model Gallery” section to see exactly what gear Line 6 used to capture these classic
Amp, Cab and Effects models!
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What are the Amp Model and Cab Model controls in Panel View?
When the Panel View button is selected at the top of POD Farm 2, and you select a guitar amp,
bass amp, or preamp model, the amp’s “Edit Panel” is displayed. This provides access to all the amp’s
familiar controls. Likewise, selecting the Cab button displays a Panel where you can select from among
many different speaker cabinets, mics and adjust the amount of “Room” sound mixed in.
Amp Bypass Button Amp View Button Amp Model Menu Cab View Button
Amp Edit Panel