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POD Farm 2 Advanced User Guide – Glossary (What Is...?)
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What is Compressor?
Compressor is one of the POD Farm 2 & Elements “Dynamics” Effects models. Compressors even
out audio signals by reducing the volume of the loudest sounds to better match the volume of quieter
sounds. You can use subtle compression to make your instrument playing sound more even, or drastic
compression for dramatically increased sustain and a very consistent level. Compression is also
extremely useful for vocals to even out the dynamics and allow them to be turned up and made more
prominent in the musical mix.
The POD Farm 2 & Elements Dynamics model sets also include one or more other types of Compressors
(depending on the Line 6 device and Add-Ons you own), each with their own slightly different avor.
Some effects are modeled after classic gear described in the “Model Gallery” .
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What is Core Audio ?
Core Audio is a Mac
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audio device driver protocol for digital audio, providing a low-latency and
high delity interface between a software application and a computer’s audio interface. Practically all
popular Mac
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DAW applications now utilize Core Audio to communicate with the computer’s audio
devices. Line 6 POD Studio, TonePort, GuitarPort, POD X3 and PODxt devices come with Core
Audio drivers. These drivers are installed when you run the POD Farm 2 application installer, or can
be downloaded individually from the Line 6 Support - Software Downloads page.
Core Audio provides excellent performance on Mac
®
systems since it allows the input signal that is fed
into the audio interface travel through the computer, your audio software, and back out the interface
outputs in a very short amount of time. This is what is referred to as “low latency” operation. Please see
your Mac
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recording software’s instructions for details on Core Audio operation.
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What is a DAW?
D AW is an acronym used by audio geek types to refer to a “Digital Audio Workstation” - which is
really a fancy term for any Windows
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or Mac
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computer system that is primarily congured for audio
recording & editing. With today’s fast CPU chips, fast hard drives and plentiful RAM, practically
any computer is up to the task of some serious audio recording right out of the box. The primary
components you need for a DAW are a good quality sound card (or “audio interface”) such as any Line
6 USB device, and a capable audio/MIDI recording & editing software, such as Steinberg Cubase
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or Nuendo
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, Digidesign Pro Tools
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LE, Cakewalk SONAR
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, Ableton Live
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or Apple Logic or