Owner's Manual

POD Farm 2 Advanced User Guide – Using Your Line 6 Hardware
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ToneDirect
™
Monitoring while Recording with POD Farm 2 Plug-in
ToneDirect™ is a feature of the POD Farm 2 application when run in standalone mode. So, in order
for you to enjoy the feel and responsiveness provided by ToneDirect™, you’ll need to run the “stand-
alone” POD Farm 2 application alongside the DAW host software hosting your POD Farm 2 Plug-in.
Keep in mind that these applications run independently of each other, so any Tone settings you make
in the POD Farm 2 standalone mode will have to be matched in the Plug-in to provide the same
results. You can achieve this by creating your settings in the POD Farm 2 standalone application,
saving them as a Tone Preset to your computer, and then recalling that preset later within the POD
Farm 2 Plug-in. Here are the steps to congure this type of setup:
• Connect the recording source (guitar, bass, mic, etc.) to your Line 6 hardware.
• Launch the POD Farm 2 standalone application and monitor the POD Farm 2 processed signal
thru your hardware’s Line Outputs. These outputs supply the ToneDirect™ Monitoring magic.
• In the POD Farm 2 Mixer View, set one of Record Sends’ Source to be a Dry Input signal.
Choose this Record Send as the input for the DAW track you’re recording into.
• Disable your DAW software’s Input Monitoring for the track you’re recording into and record
your take. You’ll see that just a dry, unprocessed signal has been recorded in your DAW track.
• Now load POD Farm 2 Plug-In on the recorded DAW audio track and dial in your desired Tone
for playback. Note that you can now tweak your POD Farm 2 amp & effects settings all you like
up until you do your nal bounce!
Sound Cards & Sound Issues
One of the many unique features of your Line 6 Hardware is its ability to function as a computer
sound card. You can choose to make your hardware the preferred sound card for your computer, or
alternatively keep your current “Built-In” sound card the default device for playing system sounds, etc.,
and connect your hardware to it so you can hear POD Farm 2 tone thru your computer’s sound card.
Choosing your Line 6 Hardware as the Default Audio Device
Within both Mac
®
and Windows
®
operating systems, it is possible to set one audio interface as the
“default” audio device - meaning, it becomes the audio device multimedia applications automatically
use for audio playback or recording (iTunes
®
, Windows
®
Media Player, your Internet Browser’s player,
games, etc.). Your Line 6 hardware will certainly provide outstanding audio quality for this purpose,
but you’ll probably want to turn off your Mac
®
or Windows
®
System sounds and avoid running other
applications while using POD Farm 2 or your DAW software to avoid unexpected blasts of audio
coming through your speakers (or into your DAW recordings!).
Note that you do NOT need to select your Line 6 device as the Mac® or Windows® default audio device
for use with POD Farm 2 or DAW applications. POD Farm 2 standalone application will use your Line 6
device automatically, and most DAWs offer their own audio device selection within their Preferences or
Options settings.