Owner's Manual

POD Farm 2 Advanced User Guide – Using Your Line 6 Hardware
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Connecting analog outputs to an external device
You can route the POD Farm 2 standalone application Tones to just about any type of external device
simply by connecting the Analog Outs from the back of your POD Studio, GuitarPort, TonePort or
POD directly into the external device’s line level, analog inputs. This allows you to amplify or record
your POD Farm 2/POD signal using any external device that accepts analog line level inputs.
Connect your POD Studio,
TonePort, GuitarPort or POD
Analog Outs to the analog
inputs of an external audio
device
Routing analog outputs to another sound card
If you want to use POD Farm 2 and your Line 6 device in a computer recording setup where a sound
card already exists, then you might nd it useful to connect your Line 6 hardware’s Analog Outs into
the analog inputs of the existing sound card. More information can be found in the “Sound Cards &
Sound Issues” section.
Connecting the Digital Output to an external digital device
UX2, UX8, KB37, POD X3, POD X3 Live, POD X3 Pro and PODxt Pro also include digital outputs,
which allow you to connect to digital devices such as a DAT recorder, MiniDisc, another sound card,
or most any device that offers a S/PDIF (or AES/EBU for POD X3 & PODxt Pro) format digital input.
Please refer to your hardware’s User Guide, or check out the additional documentation on the POD
Farm Online Help page of the Line 6 web site.
ToneDirect
™
Monitoring
A unique feature of Line 6 USB audio hardware is ToneDirect™ Monitoring, (or, referred to as
“USB Audio Streaming” on POD X3 & PODxt devices) which is a separate audio path that allows
you to monitor the incoming signal with the lowest possible latency, for uncompromised feel and
responsiveness when recording or jamming.
Additionally, when using POD Farm 2 in standalone operation along with your DAW software, this
allows you to set the audio buffer size in your DAW software at a large value for efcient use of your
computer, yet still enjoy extreme low latency monitoring while recording. The ToneDirect & USB
Audio Streaming audio path offers its own adjustable buffer.
ToneDirect
™
- USB Audio Streaming buffer size slider
The Line 6 ToneDirect
™
Monitoring (for POD Studio, TonePort & GuitarPort devices) and USB
Audio Streaming (for POD X3 and PODxt devices) audio path has its own buffer to allow you to keep
your ASIO
®
Buffer Size at a high value, for more solid performance and more efcient performance
of your DAW software. To access the this buffer slider, launch the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices dialog
(from the Windows
®
Control Panel, or the Mac
®
System Preferences). The initial default is a few ticks
to the right of “Extra Small” as shown. Raise this slider if you are getting any dropouts in your monitor
signal.